PREFACE
Districts of India
Andhra –Districts in Andhra
I
am planning to write in detail about each and every district in India.
So
that we as Indians and the rest the world know not only the vast geographical
area of India but also what are the things that they have contributed and continue to contribute to the world either
through the rich resources, resourceful
individuals and resplendent culture.
Emphasis
will be more on the interesting contributions to culture, art, architecture,
science, spirituality, philosophy of life, its rich resources, its geographical specialties a bit of its history, a brief biography of the stalwarts who have
enlightened others, enhanced life, and entertained and empowered society on the
whole, and these are mostly about individuals who lived in the past and some living at present too who have made
their contributions in many fields which has made our nation proud and put that
region in the world atlas.
I
have omitted in this arena all politicians, film personalities, sports persons,
business men as that would make it very voluminous. Besides, these
personalities anyway get written about a lot, very often rather
disproportionately, compared to the contributors in other fields of life.
I
initially had a hesitation as to start from which district. Then I decided to
go alphabetically state wise. So I am starting with ANDRAPRADESH which
represents the national psyche in a nut shell through its variety, harmony in
variety, its rich cultural heritage and above all it has produced some of the
greatest international personalities who have exhibited and enthralled the
world not only with their extraordinary genius and brilliance but also have the
manifested the pinnacle of the field of their activity, that too by their sheer
enlightenment, uniqueness and unparalleled original creativity.
It
has one of the sweetest and most musical language, Telugu, as complimented by
none other than one of the greatest poets of India, Subramanya Bharthiyar, a
Tamil poet.
I
shall be writing about hundreds of short biographies of the great souls of
Andra and Telugu language but to give you a small sample let me mention two or
three whose imprint in the world and impact on human souls is unparalleled in
the history of humanity namely the greatest philosopher J.Krishnamurthy and the
greatest music composer Saint Tyagaraja and Sri Satya Sai baba of Puttapurthi.
Before
I write about the districts of Andhra I must write clearly about the
following four things:-
1]
Andhra what is the etymology of this word?and how? and when the state of Andhra
Pradesh took birth Officially?- In the context of this Chapter I would like to
place on record that I have only culled out information from several sources
and presenting them without any deep or divergent interpretations or personal
write ups.
2]
The sweet language Telugu. How it got its name and its many manifestations.
Here too I would like to place on record that I have only culled out
information from several sources and presenting them without any deep or
divergent interpretations or personal write ups.
3]
The great Vijanagara King krishnadevaraya
4]
Kuchipudi Dance –its origin and relevant details.
After
these 4 Chapters on Andhra, Telugu etc let us go into the slides on various districts of Andrapradesh. In some
places I have indicated within the slides of the district the biography of the
great personalities who were either born in that district or have made their
contribution to that district.
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