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The most extensive work in Telugu is that of Sri Viswanadha Satyanarayana, called the Srimadramayana Kalpavrukshamu. This is a free re-telling of the Valmiki Ramayana. It was awarded the first Jnanpith award in Telugu, for which the poet was later acclaimed as Kavi Samrat.
Viswanatha Satyanarayana (10 September 1895 – 18 October 1976) was a 20th-century Telugu writer. His works included poetry, novels, dramatic play, short stories and speeches, covering a wide range of subjects such as analysis of history, philosophy, religion, sociology, political science, linguistics, psychology and consciousness studies, epistemology, aesthetics and spiritualism.
The Katha states how the deity Narayana vows to aid his devotees during Kali Yuga, the last of the four ages in Hindu cosmology, in particular the performers and attendees of the Satyanarayana Puja. The Katha narrates that the performance of the puja is in itself a promise to God, and recounts the plights of characters who either fail to ...
Katha (or Kathya) is an Indian style of religious storytelling, performances of which are a ritual event in Hinduism. It often involves priest -narrators ( kathavachak or vyas ) who recite stories from Hindu religious texts , such as the Puranas , the Ramayana or Bhagavata Purana , followed by a commentary ( Pravachan ).
Vishwanatha Satyanarayana: Viswanadha Madhyakkarulu (Poetry) 1963 Tripuraneni Gopichand: Panditha Parameswara Sastry Veelunama (Novel) 1964 Gurram Joshua: Kreestu Charitra (Poetry) 1965 Acharya Rayaprolu Subbarao: Misra Manjari (Poetry) 1966 No Award 1967 No Award 1968 No Award 1969 Tummala Seetharama Murthy: Mahatma Katha (Poetry) 1970 D ...
Sri Satyanarayana Mahathyam (transl. Glory of Sri Satyanarayana) is a 1964 Indian Telugu-language Hindu mythological film directed by S. Rajinikanth. It stars N. T. Rama Rao and Krishna Kumari , with music composed by Ghantasala .
Veyi Padagalu (pronunciation: veɪjɪ pədəgɑlʊ, English: "A Thousand Hoods") is an epic Telugu novel written by Viswanatha Satyanarayana. It is a critically acclaimed work of 20th century Telugu literature and has been called "a novel of Tolstoyan scope". [1] The novel has been translated into several other Indian languages.
In 1970, Satyanarayana won India's highest literary award, Jnanpith Award for the book. [3] He became the first Telugu writer to receive the Jnanpith Award through this work. [4] [5] [6] Ramayana Kalpavruksham is considered to be the magnum opus of Viswanatha Satyanarayana and one of the most prominent works of modern Telugu literature.