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Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 28, Apr 2006 4:46:41 PM IST

ammaa vaaLLadi raajamahEndravaram kaadE..ikkaDE.... hammayya konni vivaraalu telisipOyaayi mee gurinchi intakee meeru raajamanDrilO rikshaa tokkutunnaarannamaaTa:)

Posted by: Aruna At: 28, Apr 2006 4:46:20 PM IST

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Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 28, Apr 2006 4:40:01 PM IST

EnTanDE ammagaarinTiki raajamandaramochhi naakkanapaDakunDaa vochhEsaaru ?!

Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 28, Apr 2006 4:39:11 PM IST

haay siri:)

Posted by: Aruna At: 28, Apr 2006 4:34:47 PM IST

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Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 28, Apr 2006 4:32:49 PM IST

gOdaari sineemaa ..! http://idlebrain.com/movietape/godavari.html

Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 28, Apr 2006 4:28:38 PM IST

mari "gOdaari"sineemaa sTilsanDi ..! http://www.cinegoer.com/gallery/movies/godavariex/ http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/moviegallery/8082.html gOdaari paaTalinanDikkaDa ! http://www.teluguone.com/cinima/audio/

Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 28, Apr 2006 2:10:10 PM IST

mana telugOlla baasa gurinchi maa seDDaa baagaa seppaaranDikkaDa..! http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Telugu+language&curtab=2222_1 History Telugu words appear in the Maharashtri Prakrit anthology of poems (the Gathasaptashathi) collected by the first century BC Satavahana King Hala. Telugu speakers were probably the oldest peoples inhabiting the land between the Krishna and Godavari rivers. Andhra society is one of the ancient societies of India. One can encounter several tales about Andhras in epics like Mahabharatam and Ramayanam, in great puranas, and Buddhist Jataka Tales. This confirms the ancient nature of Andhra society. The name Andhra is ancient and remained unchanged throughout history. The first clear historical inscriptions in Telugu appear about the 7th century AD and known literature starts with Nannaya writing the Telugu Mahabharata in the 11th century AD. There has been prolific literature ever since, but the golden age is considered by many to be the 16th century, under the patronage of the Vijayanagar Emperor Krishna Deva Raya. The western portion of the Telugu speaking lands came under the influence of Mughal rulers during and after the 14th century, and most recently by the Nizams of Hyderabad. Ancient Sanskrit, Persian and Urdu influences show most in the Telugu dialect from these regions. In 1956, 10 Nizam districts and four districts of Rayalaseema were merged to the so-called Northern Circar districts forming the modern telugu vernacular state of Andhra Pradesh. The Telugu and Kannada had same script till around 220 AD. One can see the common script carved on stone in Delhi National Museum. Old Kannada is essentially the continuation of the Kadamba script. The Kadamba script itself evolved from Brahmic script. It was used to write South Indian languages of Kannada and Telugu. In fact, Old Kannada is also known as the Kannada-Telugu script. Differentiation of the Old Kannada script into the modern scripts of Kannada and Telugu began as early as the 13th century CE, but the process did not finish until the early 19th century CE with the arrival of printing. Even so, the Telugu and Kannada scripts have remained extremely similar. [1] [2] Classification Telugu is a member of the Dravidian family of languages (list). Some other languages in this family are: Tamil Kannada Malayalam Tulu Kodava The Chenchu language, Savara language, and Waddar language are closely related to Telugu. For details about the family of languages to which Telugu belongs, see Dravidian languages. Geographic distribution Telugu is mainly spoken in the state of Andhra Pradesh and a bit in the neighboring states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharastra, Orissa and Chhattisgarh in India, but it is also spoken in Bahrain, Fiji, Malaysia, Mauritius and the United Arab Emirates where there are large numbers of Telugu speaking expatriates. Telugu speaking Andhras have become a large and successful Indian community in the USA [3]. Official status Telugu is one of the official languages of India. It is the official language of the state of Andhra Pradesh Dialects The dialects of Telugu identified by Ethnologue are Berad, Dasari, Dommara, Golari, Kamathi, Komtao, Konda-Reddi, Madiga Salewari, Telangana, Telugu, Vadaga, Vadari, Srikakula, Vishakapatnam, East Godavari, Rayalseema, Nellore and Guntur. In Tamil Nadu the Telugu dialect is classified into Salem, Coimbatore, Chennai Telugu dialects. It is also widely spoken in Virudhunagar, Tuticorin, Madurai and Thanjavur districts . Derived languages The dialect spoken in the area between Vijayawada (Krishna) and Rajahmundry (East Godavari; Rajamahendri in ancient times) where the first Telugu scholar Nannaya Bhattaraka first wrote the script and other important works is considered the standard dialect. Nannaya has given Telugu a character and the form of language. Vocabulary Like all Dravidian languages, Telugu has a base (or lexicon) of words which are essentially Dravidian in origin. Words that describe objects or actions associated with common or everyday life -- like తల; 'tala' (head), పులి; 'puli' (tiger), ఊరు; 'Uru' (town/city) have cognates in other Dravidian languages and are indigenous to the Dravidian language family. However, Telugu is also largely Sanskritized, that is, it has a wide variety of words of Sanskrit/Prakrit origin. This large Sanskrit influence can be attributed to many factors. One major influence was the rule of the Satavahana kings, who extensively used Prakrit as the official language of courts and government, whereas their subjects spoke Dravidian Telugu. Further, cultural exchange between the Aryan peoples and the Dravidians was very common since ancient times. As is the case with most Indian languages, the vocabulary of what is referred to as pure or 'shuddha' Telugu is almost exclusively based on Sanskrit The famous Indian literary epic, the Mahabharatha, was translated into telugu over a period of a few centuries by Nannaya, Tikkana and Yerrapragada. Nannaya is also credited to have participated in formalizing Telugu grammar. Pothana wrote the Bhagavatam that focuses on devotion to MahaVishnu and his avatars (incarnations). Vemana wrote moral and social poems that are still popular in common man's usage. The Vijayanagara dynasty produced a very prolific set of poets during the reign of Sri Krishnadevaraya. Allasani Peddana, Nandi Timmana, Maayadagari Mallana, Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu, Tenali Ramakrishna, Dhoorjati and Pingali Soorana were Krishnadevaraya's court poets. Sri Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swami (like his western counterpart Nostradamus) composed "Kalagnanam", the records of the past, present, and future. A number of famous luminaries in classical Indian music called "Carnatic Music" wrote their works in telugu. Thyagaraju, Annamacharyulu, Kshethrayya and Badrachala Ramadasu are among a large number of contributors. Modern composers like Mysore Vasudevachari also chose Telugu as their medium of composition. Even though poerts like Annamayya also composed in other South Indian, a large chunk of their work was in Telugu.

Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 28, Apr 2006 1:51:45 PM IST

http://www.answers.com/topic/rajahmundry aay ! mana raajamandaram gurinchanDi ! maa seDDaa goppagaa raasaaranDi mari ! meerE sadavanDi! Ra·jah·mun·dry (rä'jə-mʊn'drē) A city of eastern India on the Godavari River east of Hyderabad. A pilgrimage center, it has timber and tobacco industries. Population: 332,000. Rajahmundry (rä'jəməndrē) , city (1991 pop. 401,397), Andhra Pradesh state, E central India, in the Godavari River delta. It is a center of the tobacco industry and headquarters of the Godavari irrigation works. The Pushkaram religious festival, attracting thousands of pilgrims, is held there every 12 years. In the 15th cent. Rajahmundry was a fortress town of the Bahmani and Vijayanagar kingdoms. Rajahmundry Rajahmundry or Rajamundry is a major city in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh state of southern India. The population is 313,347 (agglomeration 408,341) (2001 census). It is located 16°58′60″N, 81°46′60″E at the top of the Godavari River delta. History Its original name is Raja Mahendri or Raja Mahendravaram. It was the first capital of any known Telugu Kingdom. The Chalukya ruler Rajaraja Narendra ruled this city around 1022. The city has traces of 11th century fine palaces, and fort walls. However, new archeological evidence suggests that the city may have existed far before the Chalukyas. In the Middle Ages, it was called Raja Mahendra Varam. Later the name underwent various changes to Rajahmahendravaram, Rajahmahendramu, Rajamandramu raajamandaram ..nEnanTannaadi idEnanDi ! and Rajahmundhri. It later became Rajahmundry during British rule. Nannayya, the poet laureate, who was called 'Adi Kavi' (The first Poet) of telugu belonged to this place. He, along with Tikkana and Yerrana, is responsible for the translation of Jaya, Sanskrit version of Mahabharata, into telugu. It is the birthplace of telugu literature. Kandukuri Veeresalingam, who is a social reformer and also the author of Rajashekhara Charithra, the first Telugu novel, is also from Rajahmundry. He himself married a widow and is against bad practices in society. Attractions Asia's largest rail-cum-road bridge on the river Godavari linking Kovvur and Rajahmundry is considered to be an engineering feat. The Dowlaiswaram bridge across the Godavari is seven kilometres south of Rajahmundry. Sir Arthur Cotton's museum is located in Dowlaiswaram, who was a british engineer and led the constuction of the bridge It is also one of the Hindu piligrimages. There are a number of temples here like the Kotilingala(10 million Sivalingas) temple on the bank of the Godavari. The city hosts Puskaram congregations that take place once every 12 years during which millions of people from all over the country take a holy bath in the river Godavari. And Pedapatnam Lanka is a beautiful place. It is called as Konaseema looks very Greenary. So many places in konaseema are rich sources of oil and natural gas. External links Rajahmundry profile History of Rajahmundry Rajahmundry.net http://www.rajahmundry.net/index.asp

Posted by: Mr. Siri Siri At: 28, Apr 2006 1:40:40 PM IST

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