Chellapilla Venkata Sastry

Background

Chellapilla Venkata Sastry was born on 8 August 1870 to Chandramma and Kamayya at Kadiyam village near Rajahmundry, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Career

He was one of the two poets known as Tirupati Venkata Kavulu and other being Divakarla Tirupati Sastry. There was a priceless library of palm leaf books at home collected by this poet. They were shifted to Yanam where he studied Telugu, English and Sanskrit.

He studied under Kanukurthi Bhujanga Rao and Allamraju Subrahmanya Kaviraju.

Experiences from their journey and their struggles in Kasi as poor telugu students were described in his book Kasi Yatra.

Connections

Partner:

Sri Brahmayya Sastri

Friend:

Krishna Sastry