Sri Sankarambadi Sundaraachari
| Shankarambadi Sundarachari | |
|---|---|
| Born | Shankarambadi Sundarachari Tiruchanur, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Hindu |
| Citizenship | India |
| Genre | Poet |
| Notable works | Maa Telugu Talliki |
Shankarambadi Sundarachari was a writer and poet in the Telugu language, although of Tamil origin. He wrote Maa Telugu Talliki, Malleypu Danda, the anthem of the present-day Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Sankarambadi Sundarachari was born in 1914 (exact date not known) in a Tamil family at Tiruchanur, near Tirupati Madras Presidency, British India. Though his roots are in Hindu religious traditions, he use to protest certain rituals he perceived to be superstitions. However, he liked to study Sanskrit, Telugu languages at TTD High school, Tirupati. While studying high school final (S.S.C), atheism had more influence on him. This antagonised his parents and in a conflict, came out of his house to live on his own.He spent his life in utter poverty with doing odd jobs.
After moving out of his parents house, for sustenance, he worked as a waiter at a Hotel.
He got disillusioned with the petty jobs and wanted to test his luck at Andhra Patrika, renowned news Daily in Telugu, whose editor Kasinathuni Nageswara Rao, great freedom fighter. Kasinathuni was impressed with Sankaram and offered him a job. Sankaram joined the daily, but soon, he could not continue there for long and resigned due to his overt independent attitude. He spend his last days at ahobilam at his relative house kp ramesh.
Sankaram then decided to continue his education and completed B.A (Bachelor of Arts). He applied for 'Inspector of School education' and was selected for the post and the initial posting was in Chittor. His sincerity got him good name and popularity. However his profound love for Telugu language, poetry made him to focus more on it.
In 1942, he has penned Maa Telugu Talliki, which became state anthem for Andhra Pradesh later. At first, he penned this song for a Telugu Film Deena bandhu but for reasons not known, Director of the film hasn't kept it in the film. So Sankaram got disheartened but HMV Gramphone company bought this song for mere INR. 116/- (Hundred sixteen rupees only) from him. The music for the lyrics were composed by Tanguturi Suryakumari and S. Balasaraswathi. The Album was released and it was overwhelmingly received by the public turning it as a great seller for the company.
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