Pichu Sambamoorthi
Pichu Sambamoorthi (1901–1973) was an Indian musicologist, writer and the professor of musicology at the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He was the author several books on music, including ''A Dictionary of South Indian Music and Musicians'', ''Great composers'', ''South Indian Music'', ''Sruthi Vadyas (Drones)'' and ''Laya Vadyas: Time-Keeping Instruments''. He was awarded the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi in 1972. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1971, for his contributions to music. He was also a 1963 recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship. Biography Born on 14 February 1901 at Bitragunta, a small village in the erstwhile Madras Presidency (presently in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh), Sambamoorthi trained in vocals and violin under various teachers such as Boddu Krishniah, M. Doraiswami Iyer, S. A. Ramaswami Iyer and Krishnaswami Bhagavatar. He started his career, in 1928, as a ...
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Bitragunta
Bitragunta is a village in Nellore District of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Bogole mandal of Kavali revenue division. It forms a part of Nellore Urban Development Authority The Nellore Urban Development Authority (NUDA) is an urban planning agency spread over the district of Nellore of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was constituted on 1 February 2016, under ''Andhra Pradesh Metropolitan Region and Urban Dev .... References {{Nellore district Villages in Nellore district ...
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