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Chellapilla Venkata Sastry | |
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| Born | 1870 |
| Died | 1950 (aged 80) |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Telugu |
| Nationality | Indian |
Chellapilla Venkata Sastry (born 8 August 1870) was a Telugu language poet laureate and scholar. [1] He was one of the two poets known as Tirupati Venkata Kavulu and other being Divakarla Tirupati Sastry.
Chellapilla Venkata Sastry was born in a Dravida Brahmin family [2] on 8 August 1870 to Chandramma and Kamayya at Kadiyam village near Rajahmundry, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, India. After finishing a formal school education in various subjects including music, French and literature specializing in the great poet Bharavi's works like "kirataArjuneyam" at the age of 18, Chellapilla moved to Dharmavaram to get formal training in "Siddantha Kaumudi" (branch of Sanskrit grammar) under Brahma Sri Charla Brammayya Sastri. It was under Sri Brahmayya Sastri's tutelage, Chellapilla met his future partner in poetry Sri Divakarla Tirupati Sastry
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