Maa Telugu Talliki (,

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: ''Mā Telugu Talliki''; ) is the official song of the

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. The

Telugu Thalli Telugu Talli (IAST: ''Teluɡu Talli''; ) is the female personification of Telugu people and their culture. She holds the harvest in her left hand portraying that the Telugu land is always filled with greenery (prosperity and happiness). In th ...

is portrayed as a symbol of

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. Many schools and government events start with this song.

Background

It was written by

Sankarambadi Sundaraachari Shankarambadi Sundarachari (10 August 1914 – 8 April 1977) was an Indian writer and poet in the Telugu language, although of Tamil origin. He wrote '' Maa Telugu Talliki, Malleypu Danda'', the official state song of the present-day Indian state ...

and sung by Suryakumari for the

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''Deena Bandhu'' (1942) which starred

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but was released as a private label by the artist.

Lyrics

Legacy and in popular culture

The song was used in the 1976 film '' Alludochadu'' featuring Ramakrishna and

Jayasudha Jayasudha Kapoor (born Sujatha Nidudavolu) is an Indian actress and politician known for her works predominantly in Telugu cinema. She has also worked in few Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and Hindi films. Known as natural actress, she received fiv ...

. The song was used in 1985 film ''

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'' featuring

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and

Suhasini Suhasini Maniratnam (born 15 August 1961) known mononymously as Suhasini, is an Indian actress, director, producer and writer in the Tamil film industry. She has worked as an actress in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada films. She made her ...

. It was last used in the 2010 film ''

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'' featuring

Rana Daggubati Ramanaidu "Rana" Daggubati (; born 14 December 1984) is an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Telugu language films, in addition to Hindi and Tamil languages. Rana is described as one of the few actors in India who were ...

and

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References

External links

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Background

Lyrics

Legacy and in popular culture

See also

References

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