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మాశర్మ పై...మాడుగుల నాగఫణిశర్మ పద్యం...| Dr. Madugula Nagaphani Sarma | Kopparapu Kavulu
Avadhana Sahasraphani Brahmasri Dr. Madugula Nagaphani Sarma was born on 1959 at Kadava Kolanu, Ananthapur District, A.P. to Sri Nagabhushana Sarma & Smt. Susheelamma. Sri Sarma was awarded Ph.D. by the Sanskrit University of Tirupathi for his thesis “Dharma Swaroopam in Kalidasa Kavyas”. Sri Sarma was honored by appointment as “Poet Laureat” of Datta Peetham of Mysore by His Holiness Sri Sri Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Swamy in the presence of His Excellency Dr. Sankar Dayal Sarma, the then President of India.
Sri Sarma performed his first “Astavadhanam” at a very tender age of 14. So far he performed 500 Astavadhanams, 15 Satavadhanams in Sanskrit &Telugu languages and stood as exemplery in every year from 1994 onwords by his performances. For the first time in the history of Telugu Literary world Sri Sarma peformed an impossible feat “Brihat Dwi Sahasravadhanam” in Telugu and Sanskrit. Sri Sarma visited USA at the invitation of ATA and performed more than 100 Avadhanams at various cities of America.
Sri Kopparapu Kavula Kalaapeethamu is an unique YouTube Channel, dedicated to promote Telugu Culture, Language and Hertage.
The first half of the twentieth century was truly a golden age for Telugu literature, after a similar such phase during Sri Krishnadevaraya’s reign. The period between 1950 and 1980 saw great literary output across various genres too, but the early twentieth century saw the revival of ‘avadhanam’ – a great literary form in Telugu.
Kopparapu Sodara Kavulu – ‘the poet-brothers of Kopparam’ – were two of the foremost exponents of this form. Their talent and achievements have been described as manavatita or beyond human capacity, in the era of many janta-kavulu (pairs of poets). The prominent pairs at the time were the great Tirupati-Venkata Kavulu, Venkata-Ramakrishna Kavulu, Venkata-Parvateeswara Kavulu and Pingali-Katuri Kavulu.
