Jatavallabhula Purushottam

{{short description|Indian poet, author, and activist (1906-?)}}

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{{Infobox writer

| name = Jatavallabhula Purushottam

| honorific_suffix = M.A.

| image = Purushottam garu.jpg

| birth_place = Nadavapalli

| birth_date = {{birth-date|17 February 1906}}

| death_date =

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Jatavallabhula Purushottam (born 17 February 1906, date of death unknown) was an Indian poet, author and activist who was the first president of Vishva Hindu Parishad in Andhra Pradesh. Purushottam was born at a village in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. He was an orator and wrote poetry in Telugu and Sanskrit.{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/07/01/stories/2006070103680200.htm |title=The Hindu : Metro Plus Vijayawada / Land & People : Scaling great heights under thatched roof |website=www.hindu.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071127123228/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/07/01/stories/2006070103680200.htm |archive-date=27 November 2007 |url-status=dead}} Selected verses of his book Chitrasatakam are a part of the syllabus for 11th class students in Andhra Pradesh. Some of his books, e.g. Hindumatam, Dharma Manjari etc., were published by Tirumala Tirupathi Devstanam.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/dharmamanjari014710mbp|title = Dharma Manjari|year = 1994|publisher = TTD Tirupati}}