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Warangal: The City, its Art & its Architecture

November 2, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Architecture, Art, Dharma, High Culture, History, Telangana, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

After Amaravati, the second capital of the Telugus was Warangal (also referred to by its Sanskrit name, Ekasila). Literally meaning “One Stone” (Oru gallu), the great capital of the Kakatiyas long stood truly as a “single …

Jewelry: Edu Vaaraala

September 10, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Culture, Elite, Fashion, High Culture, Traditions, TrendsVelugu Thalli

Hello Everybody!!! Velugu Thalli here back from our summer break. We are back with a bang, or I should say, sparkle with this week’s fashion piece: Edu Vaaraala Jewelry

Edu Vaarala Nagalu, or as I like to call them, J…

Personalities: Vempati Chinna Satyam

August 18, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Dance, High Culture, India, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Any mention of Andhra’s most famous classical dance form, Kuchipudi, is incomplete without the celebrated maestro, Vempati Chinna Satyam.

Vempati gaaru was instrumental in not only popularising the dance style internationally, but universalising it as well. Famous students of …

Amaravati: The City, its Art & its Architecture

July 7, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Architecture, Art, Dharma, High Culture, HistoryN.R.I.pathi

The Great City of Amaravati has a storied history not only in Andhra and India, but in the rest of Asia as well.

Those of you following us on twitter would have read our tweets (storified for your convenience…

Introducing New Blogger: Mahamaya

Fig1 BuddhaBrot fractal an illustration of dependent origination, what appears to be a structure that appears to have a form actually is a fractal a recursive functional dependent structure.

Hi. I am Mahamaya. I am an aerospace engineer. I …

Personalities: Balamurali Krishna

May 4, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Carnatic, High Culture, India, Music, Personalities, TeluguN.R.I.pathi

Balamurali Krishna is an Andhra legend. Along with Thyagaraja, Annamacharya, & Bhadrachalam Ramdas he is undoubtedly one of our greatest classical composers. His stamp on the Classical Indian Music tradition is undeniable, and he remains a stalwart of the…

Personalities: Rani Rudrama Devi

April 24, 2014UncategorizedAndhra, Dharma, High Culture, History, India, PersonalitiesN.R.I.pathi

Continuing our series on great Andhra Personalities, our spotlight this week is on Maharani Rudrama Devi of Warangal.

Background

Born Princess Rudramba to King Ganapati Deva, she was the first and only ruling Queen of the Kakatiya dynasty …

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