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- ↑ List of OBCs in Andhra Pradesh
- ↑ Bayya, Venkatesh (16 February 2013). "Budabukkala minstrel's song falling silent". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- 1 2 Venkatasubbaiah, P.C. (30 December 2021). "Budubudakkalas, the Traditional Beggars in South India" (PDF). Skylines of Anthropology.
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