THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO TELUGU

Sri Syama Sastri, the oldest in the trinity, was taught Telugu and Sanskrit by his father, who was the pujari (Hindu priest) for the Meenakshi temple in Madurai. Syama Sastri's texts ended up mainly composed in Telugu, widening their common attractiveness. A few of his most famed compositions include the 9 krithis, Navaratnamaalikā, in praise of y