Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma (6 March 1919 - 25 July 2006) was a
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...
writer,
Sanskrit
Sanskrit (; stem form ; nominal singular , ,) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. It arose in northwest South Asia after its predecessor languages had Trans-cultural ...
scholar, researcher, reformist and historian.
Sarma won the
Kendra Sahitya Academy Award
The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary honour in India, which the Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy of Letters, annually confers on writers of the most outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 22 languages of the ...
in
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...
for the Year 2007 for his autobiography: ''Satapatram'' ("A Hundred Petals").
In his ''Hundred Petals'', Sarma devoted very little space to write about himself but penned what he had seen during his nine-decade-long life. His autobiography emerged as an authentic work on contemporary social, political and cultural conditions. Sarma presented his ''Hundred Petals'' to his wife Kammalamma with a word of praise for her patience.
Early life
Sarma was born on 6 March 1919
in a traditional
Telugu
Telugu may refer to:
* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India
** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language.
* Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...
Brahmin
Brahmin (; ) is a ''Varna (Hinduism), varna'' (theoretical social classes) within Hindu society. The other three varnas are the ''Kshatriya'' (rulers and warriors), ''Vaishya'' (traders, merchants, and farmers), and ''Shudra'' (labourers). Th ...
family in
Anantapur district
Anantapur district, officially Ananthapuramu district, is one of the eight districts in the Rayalaseema region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The district headquarters is located in Anantapur city. It is one of the driest places in South ...
and later migrated to
Alampur in
Mahabubnagar district
Mahabubnagar district, also known as Palamuru district, is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Mahabubnagar is the district headquarters which is popularly known as Palamoor. The district shares boundaries with Narayanapet, Vikarabad ...
in his childhood along with his family and made the historical town his home.
Works
Sarma produced nearly 37 books, including many on the historical backgrounds of temples.
*''Madhava Vidyaranya Charita'' (which was later translated into Kannada)
*''Hindu Dharmam''
*''Alampura Kshethra Mahatyam''
*''Copper Plate of Vinayaditya at Pallepadu''
*''Keyurabahu Charitra''
*''Vignana Vallari''
*''Mana Vaastu Sampada''
Preservation advocacy
He devoted half of his life for the revival of Jogulamba temple at
Alampur, which was in ruins and fought for construction of flood protection wall to save the historic temple complex.
Awards
*
Sarma was posthumously (died 25 July 2006) awarded Kendra Sahitya Academy Award in Telugu for the Year 2007 for his autobiography- SATAPATRAMULU(A Hundred Petals).
References
External links
Review on the book Satapatram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarma, Gadiyaram Ramakrishna
1919 births
2006 deaths
Telugu writers
Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Telugu