Chetti Bhanumurthy
| Chetti Bhanumurthy | |
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| Born | 23 February 1888 Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Died | January 6, 1973 (aged 84) Andhra Pradesh, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Education | L.Th. (Senate of Serampore College (University)) |
| Occupation | Theologian |
| Church | Canadian Baptist Mission/Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars |
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Offices held
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Pastor, Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars Teacher, Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada and Ramayapatnam Baptist Theological Seminary, Ramayapatnam |
| Title | The Reverend |
Chetti Bhanumurthy (born 23 February 1888; died 6 January 1973) was a Hymn Writer whose hymns are found in the Hymnal in Telugu. Bhanumurthy was a Pastor of the Canadian Baptist Mission/Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars who also led the Principalship of the Baptist Theological Seminary, Kakinada from 1945-1956 leading to its affiliation to the nation's first University, Senate of Serampore College (University) in 1946
Comparative religion Scholar R. R. Sundara Rao who researched at the University of Wisconsin–Madison highlighted the literary standard of Chetty Bhanumurthy terming him as a pioneer hymn writer whose songs had the element of Bhakti. The Old Testament Scholar, Victor Premasagar was also enthused by the lyrical content in Bhanumurthy's compositions, especially Hymn Number 94 titled Yesuku Samanulevaru (Translated Who is equal to you Lord?) with direct reference to Psalm 71:19 and strikingly similar to Thyagaraja's composition in Kharaharapriya. Dayanandan Francis brings Chetty Bhanumurthy in the line of another Hymn writer, Puroshottam Choudhary and writes,
Like Choudhary, Bhanumurthy also is interested in picking up ideas, thought-forms and even ragas from popular Hindu poems and lyrics, while at the same time endeavouring to broaden the perspectives found in such religious literary forms with distinctive Christian ideas.
In 1915, Bhanumurthy discerned his avocation towards priesthood and went for ministerial formation to the Serampore College, Serampore, a constituent College of the nation's first University, studying upto 1918, during the Principalship of George Howells, as a candidate of the Canadian Baptist Mission/Convention of Baptist Churches of Northern Circars where Bhanumurthy obtained a Licentiate in Theology (L.Th.).
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