"దేశ భాషలందు తెలుగు లెస్స" - తుళువ రాజు శ్రీకృష్ణదేవరాయ
"dESa bhAshalaMdu telugu lessa" - tuLuva rAju SrI kRshNadEvarAya
Telugu is the sweetest among all languages of the Land - Great Tuluva Emperor Sri Krishnadeva Raya, 16th Century

తెలుగు మాట...తేనె ఊట
TELUGU...a language sweeter than honey

మంచిని పంచుదాము వడపోసిన తేనీటి రూపం లో
తేనెకన్న మంచిదని తెలుగును చాటుదాము వేనోల్ల
ఇదే నా ఆకాంక్ష, అందరి నుంచి కోరుకునె చిరు మాట

"TELUGU - Italian of the East" - Niccolo Da Conti, 15th Century


"సుందర తెలుంగిళ్ పాటిసైతు" - శ్రీ సుబ్రహ్మణ్య భారతి
"suMdara teluMgiL paaTisaitu" - SrI subrahmaNya bhArati
Let us sing in Sweet Telugu - Tamil poet Sri Subrahmanya Bharati, 20th Century

Friday, August 18, 2006

Raja-Lakshmi award for S.P. Balasubrahmanyam



HYDERABAD: The prestigious Raja-Lakshmi award for 2006 will be presented to S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, popular playback singer.

The award carries a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000, a citation and a memento. It will be presented to the singer at a function in Visakhapatnam on November 19, according to P.V. Ramaniah Raja, managing trustee of the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation in a press note.

Balasubrahmanyam will also receive Dr. K.V. Rao and Dr. Jyoti Rao award of $ 2,000 given in association with the Telugu Fine Arts Society, New Jersey. A prolific and gifted singer, Balu, as he is popularly known, is famous for his incredible vocal range, rich voice and mastery of style, technique and control.

Making a debut in Telugu film music as a singer in 1966 with `Sri Sri Sri Maryada Ramanna,' he has rendered over 36,000 songs in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Malayalam languages.

He holds the Guinness record for the most number of song recordings by a male singer.

Courtesy: The Hindu


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