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"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

Saturday, April 21, 2007

ఘంటశాల 'అష్టావధనం'

Filmstar of yesteryears Kantha Rao to be felicitated
  • Dr. Rahmatullah of Kamineni Hospitals will take questions
  • Venue is Miryalaguda Rice Millers' Association Auditorium
NALGONDA: Navya Kala Nikethan, a cultural organisation, is organising `astavadhanam', exclusively on the singer of yesteryears Ghantasala Venkateswara Rao, at Rice Millers' Association Auditorium in Miryalaguda, on Sunday evening.

Rahmatullah, a doctor working with Kamineni Hospitals, will take questions from a group of persons at a time on all aspects of the mellifluous singer, the organisation's founder president Tadakamalla Rama Ranga Rao said in a press release, here on Saturday. Akhila, Bala Kameswara Rao, Giridhar et al will pay tributes to the singer by singing his songs before the commencement of `astavadhanam.' K.V. Rao, M. Purushottamacharyulu, Bala Kameswara Rao, N.K. Rama Rao, Pulijala Giridhar Rao, M. Ramanuja Charulu, Chennuri Ranga Rao, Ch. Venkata Ratna and others will pose questions to Rahamatullah.

The organisers are going to felicitate the actor of yesteryears T.L. Kantha Rao, to mark the occasion. "Son of the soil Kanta Rao will be felicitated in a befitting manner," Rao said.

Courtesy: The Hindu


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