Background
Krishnasastri was born in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was born in Ravuvari Chandrampalem and was brought up in Pitapuram in a family of court-poets.
Krishnasastri was born in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. He was born in Ravuvari Chandrampalem and was brought up in Pitapuram in a family of court-poets.
He is famously known as Andhra Shelley. He grew interest in English literature while he was in his high school. Krishnasastri started writing poetry from a very young age.
Krishnasastri"s works changed significantly after he met Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan in 1929.
Krishnasastri joined All India Radio in 1945 and wrote a number of plays for lieutenant He also translated Sri Goda Devi"s Tamil Tiruppavai into Telugu Keertanaas.
Other translations of Tiruppavai are available - but they are all word for word. His translation is unique because he had taken the central idea of each Pasuram, made it into pallavi and wove around it the rest of the paasuram into anupallavi and charanam(s).
They were set to pure carnatic music, even as they were composed, by Amruthavalli Sundaram.
The publication with notation, is Orient Longman. Doctor B. North. Doctor