Lakkavajhala Venkata Gangadhara Sastry is an Indian singer and composer. He established Bhagavadgita foundation to spread its importance.
He recorded complete verses of
Bhagavadgita in audio format.
As a playback singer,
he sang more than 100 songs in Telugu and Kannada films.
Personal life
Sri L V Gangadhara Sastry was born on 27 June 1967 in
Avanigadda,
Krishna district
Krishna district is district in the coastal Andhra Region in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, with Machilipatnam as its administrative headquarters. It is the coastal district of Andhra Pradesh. Machilipatnam is the most populated city in the di ...
,
Andhra Pradesh
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, to L. Kasiviswanadha Sarma and Srilakshmi. His parents had some knowledge of classical music. He learned music basics from them. He became a follower of
Ghantasala. He completed a B.A from
Acharya Nagarjuna University
Acharya Nagarjuna University (IAST: ''Ācārya Nāgārjuna Vișvavidyālaya'') is a state university in Namburu, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
History
The university was established as Nagarjuna University by Act 43 of 1976 of A.P. ...
. He worked as a film journalist in
Eenadu group from 1990–2002.
Bhagavadgita
He recorded over 700 verses along with
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
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meanings after 7 years of extensive research.
Awards
He received ''
Kala Ratna'' award from the government of Andhra Pradesh in 2017.
References
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1967 births
Living people
Telugu playback singers
Recipients of the Kala Ratna
Singers from Andhra Pradesh
20th-century Indian singers
Telugu film score composers
Kannada film score composers
20th-century Indian composers
Acharya Nagarjuna University alumni