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Scholars and litterateurs paid tribute to Bulusu Venkataramanayya.
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Bulusu Venkataramanayya
It was a pleasant sight watching a host of scholars in classical Telugu and Sanskrit gathering at Ravindra Bharati’s conference hall to speak and hear about one of the great scholars of Telugu literature, Bulusu Venkataramanayya. The occasion w
as his Centenary year, organised by B.V.R. Trust, formed by his family members, with an intention to publish and circulate Bulusu’s many works, numbering more than a hundred. The hard fact remains that Bulusu was instrumental in introducing authentic works of great poets and grammarians of the past, by going through these scripts before they went into print by the renowned publishing house ‘Vavilla Rama Sastrulu and sons’.. Bulusu Venkataramanayya was himself a ‘Sahiti Viswa Siromani’and ‘Ubhayabhasha Praveena’. There was no form of Telugu literature that he did not touch and promote including play writing, novel and story writing, commentaries on great classical works including Alankara Sastras. He was considered as one among the top ranking writers of verse and prose, besides being a researcher. He was a great literary critic. Andhra Alankara Vangmayam, Gajapatirajula Sahitya Poshanam that won Andhra Sahitya Academy award, Vavilla Vaari Vangmaya Seva, Andhra Kavi Sapta Sati, covering about 700 poets between 11th and 19th centuries, with details about their works were some of his outstanding works. He wrote Vyakarana Grandhalu (Grammar), in asimple language. Nirmalanandamu was his first play that he wrote as a student in 1926, when he was in Maharaja college of Vizianagaram.
Though most of the speakers on the stage and also many in the auditorium expressed their disappointment of not having met Bulusu Venkataramanayya personally, many said they had read his works, especially Dharma Padham serialised in Andhra Patrika for two decades. And these articles are brought out in a book form now, which was released at this function by M.V.R. Sastry, editor of Andhra Bhoomi. Dr. Veturi Ananda Murthy released the souvenir brought out to mark the occasion. Anadamurthy revealed that it was this very Bulusu Venkataramanayya who taught him the first alphabet as a child. The event was presided over by Betavolu Ramabrahmam, a great scholar. The other speakers included Rangacharya, Poranki Dakshinamurthy, Justice P. Kodanda Ramayya, Vajhala Venkatasubrahmanya Sarma and Alladi Swaminathan, all of whom spoke of literary contribution of Venkataramanayya. On the occasion, another great scholar and author of many books - Mahamahopadhya Pullela Sriramachandrudu was warmly felicitated. Pullela recalled how great Bulusu’s critical analysis of his (Pullela’s) Alankara Sastras was in the great literary magazine of those times, Bharati. “His analysis was quite balanced and constructive,” he added.
The centenary functions were already held in Varanasi, Chennai and Vizianagaram. This one, held at Hyderabad, concluded the centenary year of Bulusu Venkataramanayya.
G.S.
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