Guntur (Inde)Guntur, ville indienne située à au nord du golfe du Bengale, a le statut de corporation municipale. C'est le chef-lieu du district de Guntur, et la troisième ville la plus peuplée de l’État d’Andhra Pradesh, avec une population de . En 2012, la corporation municipale a été étendue par regroupement avec dix villages voisins, et la population urbaine s'est trouvée portée à .
GulbargaGulbarga ou Kalaburagi (ಕಲಬುರಗಿ) est une ville de l'État du Karnataka en Inde, située dans le district éponyme. Elle est reliée à Bombay, Bangalore, Hyderabad par la ligne ferroviaire. La population, composée de 45 % de femmes et de 55 % d'hommes, est alphabétisée à 67 %. Elle est à 64 % hindoue, à 34 % musulmane et à 2 % d'autres religions, elle parle principalement l'ourdou et le kannada. Elle est tournée vers la mer, la pêche, le commerce et le tourisme. Du à l'annexion par l'Inde en 1948, elle faisait partie de la Principauté d'Hyderabad.
TeckLe teck est un arbre tropical de la famille des Verbenaceae selon la classification classique, de celle des Lamiaceae selon la classification phylogénétique. Son nom vient du malayalam Thekku. Il en existe trois espèces distinctes. Le teck produit un bois précieux et imputrescible recommandé pour la fabrication des ponts de bateaux, de meubles de jardin. L'espèce la plus commune, Tectona grandis (dit teck d'Indochine), est originaire d'Inde, de Malaisie, du Laos et de Thaïlande.
PothanaBammera Pothana (1450–1510) was a Telugu poet best known for his translation of the Srimad Bhaagavatam from Sanskrit to Telugu. He was a Telugu and Sanskrit Scholar. His work, Srimad Bhagavatamu, is popularly called as Pothana Bhagavatam in Telugu. Pothana was born into a Niyogi Brahmin family at Bammera Village in Jangaon District of Telangana. Historians has some differences about the exact birth place of Pothana, some claim it is as present day Bammera Village in Jangaon District of Telangana and some claim it as present day Vontimitta in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
District de GanjamGanjam district is a district in the Indian state of Odisha. Ganjam's total area is 8,206 km2 (3,168 mi2). The district headquarters is Chhatrapur. Ganjam is divided into three sub-divisions Chhatrapur, Berhampur, and Bhanjanagar. The Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908 lists Ganjam, along with the Thanjavur and South Canara districts, as the three districts of the Madras Presidency where Brahmins were most numerous. As of 2011 it is the most populous district of Odisha (out of 30). Ganjam was a part of ancient Dakshina Kalinga.
YerrapragadaYarrapragada or Erranna was a Telugu poet in the court of King Prolaya Vema Reddy (1325–1353). The surname of Erranna was Yerrapragada or Yerrana, which are epithets of the fair-skinned Lord Skanda in the Telugu language, but became attached to his paternal family due its having notable members with fair or red-skinned complexions. He was honoured with the title Prabandha-paramēśvara ("Master of historical anecdotes") and Śambhudāsuḍu ("Servant of Lord Śiva").
SanskritisationSanskritisation (or Sanskritization) is a term in sociology which refers to the process by which castes or tribes placed lower in the caste hierarchy seek 'upward' mobility by emulating the rituals and practices of the dominant castes or upper castes. It is a process similar to "passing" in sociological terms. This term was made popular by Indian sociologist M. N. Srinivas in the 1950s.
Telugu literatureTelugu literature is the body of works written in the Telugu language. It consists of poems, short stories, novels, plays, and song lyrics, among others. There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium, the first extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya. The language experienced a golden age under the patronage of the Vijayanagara king-poet Krishnadevaraya.
The Indian ExpressThe Indian Express is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name The New Indian Express, while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original Indian Express name with "The" prefixed to the title. In 1932, the Indian Express was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P.
Andhra MahabharatamAndhra Mahabharatham ఆంధ్ర మహాభారతం is the Telugu version of Mahabharatha written by the Kavitrayam (Trinity of poets), consisting of Nannayya, Thikkana and Yerrapragada (also known as Errana).The three poets translated the Mahabharata from Sanskrit into Telugu over the period of the 11–14th centuries CE, and became the idols for all the following poets. More than calling "Andhra Mahabharatham" as a translation of Sanskrit Mahabharatha written by Lord Ganesha under the supervision of Veda Vyasa, this Andhra Mahabharatham was an independent translation.
