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Vavilla Press
Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu and Sons (Telugu: వావిళ్ల రామస్వామి శాస్త్రులు అండ్ సన్స్) is a 150-year-old Indian publishing house. It was started by Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu in 1854 in Chennai in a press named Hindu Bhasha Sanjeevini. Later he established Adi Saraswathi Nilayam. During his lifetime, he published about 50 important books in Telugu and Sanskrit. His well-educated son Vavilla Venkateswara Sastrulu led the house in 1906 and actively continued the tradition and improved it greatly. He named it "Vavilla Press". It was associated with Gita Press of Gorakhpur and Choukhamba Press of Varanasi. He published books with perfect proofreading by the experts in the field and successfully printed in Royal, Demy and Crown sizes. He was the first to get his books bound with calico cover and glittering letters. Vavilla Press published mostly classic literature, epics, Puranas, and commentaries. They publishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu
Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu (1812–1891) was a Telugu Pundit and owner of the Telugu publishing house Saraswati Mudralayamu, which was later renamed Vavilla Press. The Vavilla family in Andhra Pradesh secured a page in history as a premier publishing house owning a press. Birth and childhood Ramaswamy Sastrulu was born at Vavilla, a village near Allur Allur or Alluru or Alloor or Allooru may refer to: Places in India * Alor, Bastar, a village in Kondagaon district, Chhattisgarh * Allur, Gulbargha, a village in Kalaburagi district, Karnataka * Alluru, Krishna District, a village in Krishna distri ..., Nellore District. First printing press in Telugu Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu started the Telugu press in 1854 in Chennai in a press named Hindu Bhasha Sanjeevini. Later he established Adi Saraswathi Nilayam. During his lifetime till 1891, he published about 50 important books in Telugu and Sanskrit languages. Even C. P. Brown appreciated his efforts, stating: "In days when people ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |