Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu
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Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu (1812–1891) was a Telugu Pundit and owner of the Telugu publishing house Saraswati Mudralayamu, which was later renamed Vavilla Press. The Vavilla family in Andhra Pradesh secured a page in history as a premier publishing house owning a press.The Great Indian patriots, Volume 2 By P. Rajeswar Rao
Birth and childhood
Ramaswamy Sastrulu was born in a Dravida Brahmin family{{Cite book |last=Sekaram |first=Kandavalli Balendu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dzduAAAAMAAJ&q=dravida+brahmin |title=The Andhras Through the Ages |date=1973 |publisher=Sri Saraswati Book Depot |pages=29 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=P. Rajeswar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=04tDyxmNOhsC&pg=PA106 |title=The Great Indian Patriots |date=1991 |publisher=Mittal Publications |isbn=978-81-7099-288-2 |pages=105–106 |language=en}} at Vavilla, a village near Allur, Nellore District.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}}
First printing press in Telugu
Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu started the Telugu press in 1854 in Chennai in a press named Hindu Bhasha Sanjeevini. Later he established Adi Saraswathi Nilayam. During his lifetime till 1891, he published about 50 important books in Telugu and Sanskrit languages. Even C. P. Brown appreciated his efforts, stating: "In days when people had to read books written by hand, V. Ramaswamy Sastrulu relieved their difficulties by starting a printing press".Modern Indian literature, an anthology, Volume 3 By K. M. George, Sāhitya Akādemī It was later handled by his son Vavilla Venkateswara Sastrulu, who improved it greatly, printing more than 900 books in Telugu, Tamil and English.
References
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- Trilinga Rajatotsava Samputamu, sri vavilla venkateswara shastry. 1941, Vavilla Press.
External links
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=04tDyxmNOhsC&pg=PA106 Vavilla press in The Great Indian patriots by P. Rajeshwar Rao.]
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Category:People from Nellore district
Category:Indian publishers (people)