Hyderabad: Chief Minister KCR said Tirunagari Ramanujam is a great literary personality about whom the entire Telangana society is proud of.
The Chief Minister opined that Ramanujam would remain as the literary heir to Maha Kavi Dasaradhi. The KCR presented Dasaradhi Award for 2020 to Ramanujam at Pragathi Bhavan here on Saturday. The CM presented Ramanujam with a memento, shawl and a cash prize of Rs 1,01,116. The CM said Ramanujam deserves the Dasaradhi award cent percent. He said Bala Veera Sathakam, Aksharadhara, Tirunagareeyam was written by Ramanujam became very popular.
The CM appreciated Ramanujam for his grip on traditional and Sanskrit literatures as well as his knowledge about modern literature. Blend of traditional and modern literature that what makes Ramanujam stand out. The CM hoped that Ramanujam would continue to contribute more to enrich the Telugu literary world.
TRSPP Leader Dr. K Keshav Rao, Government’s Chief Advisor Rajiv Sharma, Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar, DGP Mahender Reddy, Cultural Affairs Secretary Srinivas Raju, Director Mamidi Harikrishna, CM OSD Desapathy Srinivas, Ramanujam’s son Srinivas and others attended. Ramanujam recited a poem he wrote praising the CM as the modern-day Maha Vishnu.
Sanskrit is an Indo-Aryan or Indic language of the ancient Indian subcontinent with a 3,500-year history.
