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Pingali Lakshmikantam was an India

India

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n poet and writer.

Early life

Lakshmikantam was born into a Brahmin

Brahmin

Brahmin Brahman, Brahma and Brahmin.Brahman, Brahmin and Brahma have different meanings. Brahman refers to the Supreme Self...

in Arthamuru

Arthamuru

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, West Godavari

West Godavari

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district, British India. His father was Venkataratnamu, his mother was Kutumbamma. Ancestors of Pingali

Pingali

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family were Tikkana

Tikkana

Tikkana was born into a family of Shaivite family during the Golden Age of the Kakatiya dynasty. He was the second poet of the "Trinity of Poets " that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over a period of centuries. Nannaya Bhattaraka was the first, though he translated only two and a half...

and Pingali Suranna.

He studied up to fifth grade in Guduru

Guduru

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, 6th and 7th grades in Repalle

Repalle

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, and from 8th grade through his BA

Bachelor of Arts

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in Bandar

Machilipatnam

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. After finishing the Secondary School Leaving Certificate

SSLC

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Career

Lakshmikantam worked as a copyist for 2.5 years in the sub-court of Vijayawada

Vijayawada

Vijayawada is the third largest city in Andhra Pradesh, India, located on the banks of the Krishna River and bounded by the Indrakiladri Hills on the West and the Budameru River on the North. The city is located in the Krishna District, about from the state capital Hyderabad.Vijayawada literally...

. After finishing his BA, he taught at Bandaru Noble School and later at Bandaru Noble College until 1926. After a brief stint at Madras Oriental Manuscript Library as a researcher in 1927, Laksmikantam served as the president of Andhrasakha, a division of Andhraviswa Kalaparishat from 1931 through 1949. He began this new career by preparing syllabus for Telugu and Sanskrit literature courses. He taught history and criticism of Telugu literature to BA (honors) and MA students.

Later, he served as a Literary Adviser to All India Radio

All India Radio

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and directed several Sanskrit

Sanskrit

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rupakas (dramas). He was appointed in 1954 as a member of working committee of Central Academy of Literature. In 1961, he was appointed as a professor at Sri Venkateswara University

Sri Venkateswara University

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, Tirupati

Tirumala - Tirupati

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. From 1968 till his death, he served as a member of Board of Governors of Telugu Academy and Chairman of Academic Council.He was the Head of the Department of Telugu at Madras Christian College.

In the beginning of 20th century, drama was very popular in Andhra. Lakshmikantam proficiently played several roles with his brother Narsayya. His roles included Arjuna

Arjuna

Arjuna in Indian mythology is the greatest warrior on earth and is one of the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahābhārata. Arjuna, whose name means 'bright', 'shining', 'white' or 'silver' Arjuna (Devanagari: अर्जुन, Thai: อรชุน, Orachun, Tamil: Arjunan, Indonesian and Javanese: Harjuna,...

in “Gayopakhayanam,” Krishna

Krishna

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in “Narakasuravadha,” Rakshasa in “Mudrarakshasam”, and Dharmaraju in “Pandavodyogavijayalu.” He also participated in another popular literary tradition called Avadhanam

Avadhanam

Avadhana is a literary performance popular from the very ancient days in India, cultivated by the Telugu speaking community. It involves the partial improvisation of poems using specific themes, metres, forms, or words....

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It was a fashion to write poetry as a pair. Pingali Lakshmikantam paired up with Katuri Venkateswarrao and became famous as Pingali- Katuri Poets. Their joint ventures are tolakari and soundaranandnam.

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