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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Garikipati Narasimha Rao&#039;&#039;&#039; is an Indian [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Avadhani]] (literary performer)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Rich entertainer |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/11/stories/2005111101800200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219015050/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/11/stories/2005111101800200.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=19 December 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 November 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Wordsmiths hold court |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301890300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130629/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301890300.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=6 June 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 December 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. Avadhanis are respected for their abilities to spin out verses conforming to Telugu grammar on literally any subject that audience may throw at them, as a challenge. In 1996 he performed Avadhanam with 1116 &#039;&#039;Pruchchakas or Pricchakas&#039;&#039; for 21 days in [[Kakinada]]. He also delivers lectures on personality development based on Dharmic culture and way of life. He regularly appears on Telugu TV channels like [[SVBC TV|SVBC]], [[Bhakti TV]], and [[ABN Andhra Jyothi]] giving discourses on Ancient Hindu texts like Bhagavadgita Balavikaasam, [[Ramayana]], and [[Mahabharata]]. In 2022, he was awarded India&#039;s fourth-highest [[Indian honours system|civilian award]] [[Padma Shri]] by the [[government of India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2022|title=Late CDS Bipin Rawat, Kalyan Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad among Padma awardees {{!}} Full list here|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/late-cds-bipin-rawat-kalyan-singh-and-ghulam-nabi-azad-among-padma-awardees-1904364-2022-01-25|access-date=2022-01-25|website=India Today|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Garikipati Narasimha Rao&#039;&#039;&#039; is an &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Indian&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] &lt;/ins&gt;[[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Avadhani]] (literary performer)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Rich entertainer |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/11/stories/2005111101800200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219015050/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/11/stories/2005111101800200.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=19 December 2010 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 November 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Wordsmiths hold court |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301890300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130629/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301890300.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=6 June 2011 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 December 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; from [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. Avadhanis are respected for their abilities to spin out verses conforming to Telugu grammar on literally any subject that audience may throw at them, as a challenge. In 1996 he performed Avadhanam with 1116 &#039;&#039;Pruchchakas or Pricchakas&#039;&#039; for 21 days in [[Kakinada]]. He also delivers lectures on personality development based on Dharmic culture and way of life. He regularly appears on Telugu TV channels like [[SVBC TV|SVBC]], [[Bhakti TV]], and [[ABN Andhra Jyothi]] giving discourses on Ancient Hindu texts like Bhagavadgita Balavikaasam, [[Ramayana]], and [[Mahabharata]]. In 2022, he was awarded India&#039;s fourth-highest [[Indian honours system|civilian award]] [[Padma Shri]] by the [[government of India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2022|title=Late CDS Bipin Rawat, Kalyan Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad among Padma awardees {{!}} Full list here|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/late-cds-bipin-rawat-kalyan-singh-and-ghulam-nabi-azad-among-padma-awardees-1904364-2022-01-25|access-date=2022-01-25|website=India Today|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| education &lt;/del&gt;=&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| spouse &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;            &lt;/ins&gt;= Sarada&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;sakshi interview&quot;/&amp;gt;  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| spouse &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;  &lt;/del&gt;= Sarada&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;sakshi interview&quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| children &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;          &lt;/ins&gt;= &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| children =&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;awards             = [[Padma Shri]] (2022) &lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;caption &lt;/del&gt;= &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Garikipati Narasimha Rao&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| education          = M.A, M.Phil, PhD&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| nationality = [[Indian people|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;India&lt;/del&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| works              &lt;/ins&gt;= &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sagaraghosha, Vyaktitva Deepam, Ishta Daivam, Vaikuntapali, Avadhana Shathakam&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| occupation = Avadhani&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| nationality &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;       &lt;/ins&gt;= [[Indian people|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Indian&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;| occupation &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;        &lt;/ins&gt;= &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Orator, &lt;/ins&gt;Avadhani &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and Author in Telugu&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| website            = https://srigarikipati.com/&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;| caption            = Garikipati Narasimha Rao&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Garikipati Narasimha Rao &#039;&#039;&#039; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt; &lt;/del&gt;is &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;a &lt;/del&gt;[[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Avadhani]] (literary performer)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Rich entertainer |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/11/stories/2005111101800200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 November 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Wordsmiths hold court |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301890300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 December 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;in &lt;/del&gt;[[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. Avadhanis are respected for their abilities to spin out verses conforming to Telugu grammar on literally any subject that audience may throw at them, as a challenge. In 1996 he performed Avadhanam with 1116 &#039;&#039;Pruchchakas or Pricchakas&#039;&#039; for 21 days in [[Kakinada]]. He also delivers lectures on personality development based on &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Hindu &lt;/del&gt;culture and way of life. He regularly appears on Telugu TV channels like [[SVBC TV|SVBC]], [[Bhakti TV]], and [[ABN Andhra Jyothi]] giving discourses on Ancient Hindu texts like Bhagavadgita Balavikaasam, [[Ramayana]], and [[Mahabharata]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Garikipati Narasimha Rao&#039;&#039;&#039; is &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;an Indian &lt;/ins&gt;[[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Avadhani]] (literary performer)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Rich entertainer |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/11/stories/2005111101800200.htm &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101219015050/http://hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/11/stories/2005111101800200.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=19 December 2010 &lt;/ins&gt;|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 November 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Wordsmiths hold court |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301890300.htm &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606130629/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301890300.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=6 June 2011 &lt;/ins&gt;|work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 December 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;from &lt;/ins&gt;[[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. Avadhanis are respected for their abilities to spin out verses conforming to Telugu grammar on literally any subject that audience may throw at them, as a challenge. In 1996 he performed Avadhanam with 1116 &#039;&#039;Pruchchakas or Pricchakas&#039;&#039; for 21 days in [[Kakinada]]. He also delivers lectures on personality development based on &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Dharmic &lt;/ins&gt;culture and way of life. He regularly appears on Telugu TV channels like [[SVBC TV|SVBC]], [[Bhakti TV]], and [[ABN Andhra Jyothi]] giving discourses on Ancient Hindu texts like Bhagavadgita Balavikaasam, [[Ramayana]], and [[Mahabharata]]. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;In 2022, he was awarded India&#039;s fourth-highest [[Indian honours system|civilian award]] [[Padma Shri]] by the [[government of India]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|date=January 25, 2022|title=Late CDS Bipin Rawat, Kalyan Singh and Ghulam Nabi Azad among Padma awardees {{!}} Full list here|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/late-cds-bipin-rawat-kalyan-singh-and-ghulam-nabi-azad-among-padma-awardees-1904364-2022-01-25|access-date=2022-01-25|website=India Today|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Personal life ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Personal life ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Garikipati Narasimha &lt;/del&gt;Rao was born on 14 September 1958 to the couple Venkata Surya Narayana and Venkata Ramanamma. He married Sarada who is from [[Annavaram|East Godavari, Annavaram]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;sakshi interview&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;last1&lt;/del&gt;=Nirmala Reddi|title=గరికపాటి మస్ట్ శారదమ్మ షుడ్|url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/family/interview-with-garikapati-narasimha-rao-81917?pfrom=inside-related-article|website=sakshi.com|publisher=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He named his two sons Sri Sri and Gurajada. His elder son  was named after great telugu poet Srirangam Srinivasarao completed his Hotel management and working as a General manager.His younger son Gurajada who was named after great Telugu poet Gurajada Apparao is a PhD scholar in Telugu at university of Hyderabad. He is an ABVP activist also. He also started giving speeches from the year 2015 following his Father&#039;s footsteps. His speeches are uploaded on YouTube channel Sri Garikipati Narasimha Rao Official &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[&lt;/del&gt;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-R8HFk3PQHu3nWb1C1Maw&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;Rao was born on 14 September 1958 to the couple Venkata Surya Narayana and Venkata Ramanamma. He married Sarada who is from [[Annavaram|East Godavari, Annavaram]].&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;sakshi interview&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;first&lt;/ins&gt;=Nirmala&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|last=&lt;/ins&gt;Reddi|title=గరికపాటి మస్ట్ శారదమ్మ షుడ్|url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/family/interview-with-garikapati-narasimha-rao-81917?pfrom=inside-related-article|website=sakshi.com&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|date=20 November 2013&lt;/ins&gt;|publisher=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He named his two sons Sri Sri and Gurajada. His elder son  was named after great telugu poet Srirangam Srinivasarao completed his Hotel management and working as a General manager. His younger son Gurajada who was named after great Telugu poet Gurajada Apparao is a PhD scholar in Telugu at university of Hyderabad. He is an ABVP activist also. He also started giving speeches from the year 2015 following his Father&#039;s footsteps. His speeches are uploaded on YouTube channel &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Great Sri Garikipati Narasimha Rao.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=&lt;/ins&gt;Sri Garikipati Narasimha Rao Official &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;- YouTube|url=&lt;/ins&gt;https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-R8HFk3PQHu3nWb1C1Maw&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|access-date=2022-01-25|website=www.youtube&lt;/ins&gt;.&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;com}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Career==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Career==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;He &lt;/del&gt;started performing [[Avadhanam]]s in the year 1972. He has conducted more than 288 [[avadhanam]]s, including &#039;&#039;Dvigunita Avadhanam&#039;&#039; at [[Dallas]] for the American Telugu Association in 2002. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Garikipati &lt;/del&gt;is known for his [[Dhāraṇā]] (memorising and reciting), which is a key requirement for performing Avadhanams.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rao &lt;/ins&gt;started performing [[Avadhanam]]s in the year 1972. He has conducted more than 288 [[avadhanam]]s, including &#039;&#039;Dvigunita Avadhanam&#039;&#039; at [[Dallas]] for the American Telugu Association in 2002. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rao &lt;/ins&gt;is known for his [[Dhāraṇā]] (memorising and reciting), which is a key requirement for performing Avadhanams.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On 26 November 2018, while at Koti Deepotsavam Stage, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Garikipati Narasimharao &lt;/del&gt;emotionally announced that very soon he will retire from discoursing pravachanams and public speeches after completing already accepted projects, in order to attain inner peace and enlightenment.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation|last=Bhakthi TV|title=ఇక నుంచి ప్రవచనాలు చెప్పను అని కన్నీళ్లు పెట్టుకున్న గరికిపాటి {{!}} Garikipati Takes Shocking Decision|date=2018-11-26|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdGBXAWHXj0|access-date=2018-11-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;On 26 November 2018, while at Koti Deepotsavam Stage, &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Rao &lt;/ins&gt;emotionally announced that very soon he will retire from discoursing pravachanams and public speeches after completing already accepted projects, in order to attain inner peace and enlightenment.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation|last=Bhakthi TV|title=ఇక నుంచి ప్రవచనాలు చెప్పను అని కన్నీళ్లు పెట్టుకున్న గరికిపాటి {{!}} Garikipati Takes Shocking Decision|date=2018-11-26|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdGBXAWHXj0|access-date=2018-11-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Literary works==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Literary works==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Sagara Gosha (Padya Kavyam)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Sagara Gosha (Padya Kavyam&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;) ({{Ill|Sagara ghosha (Telugu poetry)|te|సాగర ఘోష|WD=Q112786774}}&lt;/ins&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Mana Bharatam (padya kavyam )&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Mana Bharatam (padya kavyam )&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Bashpa guccham (padya kavita samputi)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* Bashpa guccham (padya kavita samputi)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l41&quot;&gt;Line 41:&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot;&gt;Line 44:&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Awards ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Awards ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu presenting the ‘Ramineni Awards 2018’ to Telugu Avadhani, Shri Garikapati Narasimha Rao, instituted by Dr. Ramineni Foundation, in Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh.JPG|thumb|&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;300px&lt;/del&gt;|The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu presenting the Ramineni Award in 2018]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu presenting the ‘Ramineni Awards 2018’ to Telugu Avadhani, Shri Garikapati Narasimha Rao, instituted by Dr. Ramineni Foundation, in Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh.JPG|thumb|&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;227x227px&lt;/ins&gt;|The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu presenting the Ramineni Award in 2018&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/ins&gt;]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* He received Loknayak Foundation Award on 18 January 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;thehansindia.com&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Lok Nayak awards for Garikapati, Gandhi|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2016-01-23/Lok-Nayak-awards-for-Garikapati-Gandhi/201953|website=thehansindia.com|publisher=The Hans India|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* He received Loknayak Foundation Award on 18 January 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;thehansindia.com&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Lok Nayak awards for Garikapati, Gandhi|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2016-01-23/Lok-Nayak-awards-for-Garikapati-Gandhi/201953|website=thehansindia.com&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|date=23 January 2016&lt;/ins&gt;|publisher=The Hans India|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &quot;Gurajada Samskritika Samakhya&quot;, a literary organization honored him with &quot;Gurajada Visishta Puraskar&quot; in November 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Gurajada Visishta Puraskar&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;web&lt;/del&gt;|title=&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;‘Gurajada &lt;/del&gt;Visishta &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Puraskar’ &lt;/del&gt;for Garikipati|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/%E2%80%98Gurajada-Visishta-Puraskar%E2%80%99-for-Garikipati/article16670203.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* &quot;Gurajada Samskritika Samakhya&quot;, a literary organization honored him with &quot;Gurajada Visishta Puraskar&quot; in November 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;Gurajada Visishta Puraskar&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;news&lt;/ins&gt;|title=&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;Gurajada &lt;/ins&gt;Visishta &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Puraskar&#039; &lt;/ins&gt;for Garikipati|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/%E2%80%98Gurajada-Visishta-Puraskar%E2%80%99-for-Garikipati/article16670203.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;|date=21 November 2016&lt;/ins&gt;|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Ramineni Foundation Awards]] in 2018.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;* [[Ramineni Foundation Awards]] in 2018.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;* [[Padma Shri]] in 2022.&amp;lt;ref name=&quot;toi1&quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web |last1=Jan 26 |first1=Siva G. / TNN / |title=Padma Shri award to Sahasra Avadhani Garikapati {{!}} Hyderabad News |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/padma-sri-award-to-sahasra-avadhani-garikapati/articleshow/89124371.cms |website=The Times of India |language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== References ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== References ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Reflist}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Reflist}}&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature &amp;amp; Education}}&lt;/ins&gt;{{Authority control}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Authority control}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Garikipati Narasimha}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{DEFAULTSORT:Rao, Garikipati Narasimha}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Category:1958 births]]&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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{{Infobox person&lt;br /&gt;
| name = Garikipati Narasimha Rao&lt;br /&gt;
| image = Garikapati Narasimha Rao in March 2015.JPG&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date = &lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place =  Bodapadu Agraharam, [[Tadepalligudem mandal]], [[West Godavari district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India.&lt;br /&gt;
| father   = &lt;br /&gt;
| mother   = &lt;br /&gt;
| education =&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse   = Sarada&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;sakshi interview&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
| children =&lt;br /&gt;
| caption = Garikipati Narasimha Rao&lt;br /&gt;
| nationality = [[Indian people|India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| occupation = Avadhani&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Garikipati Narasimha Rao &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;  is a [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Avadhani]] (literary performer)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Rich entertainer |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/11/11/stories/2005111101800200.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=11 November 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=Wordsmiths hold court |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/fr/2005/12/23/stories/2005122301890300.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=23 December 2005 |accessdate=19 April 2010 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. Avadhanis are respected for their abilities to spin out verses conforming to Telugu grammar on literally any subject that audience may throw at them, as a challenge. In 1996 he performed Avadhanam with 1116 &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Pruchchakas or Pricchakas&amp;#039;&amp;#039; for 21 days in [[Kakinada]]. He also delivers lectures on personality development based on Hindu culture and way of life. He regularly appears on Telugu TV channels like [[SVBC TV|SVBC]], [[Bhakti TV]], and [[ABN Andhra Jyothi]] giving discourses on Ancient Hindu texts like Bhagavadgita Balavikaasam, [[Ramayana]], and [[Mahabharata]].&lt;br /&gt;
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== Personal life ==&lt;br /&gt;
Garikipati Narasimha Rao was born on 14 September 1958 to the couple Venkata Surya Narayana and Venkata Ramanamma. He married Sarada who is from [[Annavaram|East Godavari, Annavaram]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;sakshi interview&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|last1=Nirmala Reddi|title=గరికపాటి మస్ట్ శారదమ్మ షుడ్|url=http://www.sakshi.com/news/family/interview-with-garikapati-narasimha-rao-81917?pfrom=inside-related-article|website=sakshi.com|publisher=[[Sakshi (newspaper)|Sakshi]]|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He named his two sons Sri Sri and Gurajada. His elder son  was named after great telugu poet Srirangam Srinivasarao completed his Hotel management and working as a General manager.His younger son Gurajada who was named after great Telugu poet Gurajada Apparao is a PhD scholar in Telugu at university of Hyderabad. He is an ABVP activist also. He also started giving speeches from the year 2015 following his Father&amp;#039;s footsteps. His speeches are uploaded on YouTube channel Sri Garikipati Narasimha Rao Official [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-R8HFk3PQHu3nWb1C1Maw].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Career==&lt;br /&gt;
He started performing [[Avadhanam]]s in the year 1972. He has conducted more than 288 [[avadhanam]]s, including &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dvigunita Avadhanam&amp;#039;&amp;#039; at [[Dallas]] for the American Telugu Association in 2002. Garikipati is known for his [[Dhāraṇā]] (memorising and reciting), which is a key requirement for performing Avadhanams.&lt;br /&gt;
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On 26 November 2018, while at Koti Deepotsavam Stage, Garikipati Narasimharao emotionally announced that very soon he will retire from discoursing pravachanams and public speeches after completing already accepted projects, in order to attain inner peace and enlightenment.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Citation|last=Bhakthi TV|title=ఇక నుంచి ప్రవచనాలు చెప్పను అని కన్నీళ్లు పెట్టుకున్న గరికిపాటి {{!}} Garikipati Takes Shocking Decision|date=2018-11-26|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdGBXAWHXj0|access-date=2018-11-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Literary works==&lt;br /&gt;
* Sagara Gosha (Padya Kavyam)&lt;br /&gt;
* Mana Bharatam (padya kavyam )&lt;br /&gt;
* Bashpa guccham (padya kavita samputi)&lt;br /&gt;
* pallavi (songs)&lt;br /&gt;
* Mahasahasravadhanam&lt;br /&gt;
* Dwi satavadhanam&lt;br /&gt;
* Dharadharana&lt;br /&gt;
* Kavitakhandika satavadhanam&lt;br /&gt;
* Moukhika sahityam (parisodhana)&lt;br /&gt;
* Pillala bommala Telugu nighantuvu&lt;br /&gt;
* Maa Amma (padyalu)&lt;br /&gt;
* Avadhana satakam&lt;br /&gt;
* Vaikunthapali&lt;br /&gt;
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== Awards ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu presenting the ‘Ramineni Awards 2018’ to Telugu Avadhani, Shri Garikapati Narasimha Rao, instituted by Dr. Ramineni Foundation, in Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh.JPG|thumb|300px|The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu presenting the Ramineni Award in 2018]]&lt;br /&gt;
* He received Loknayak Foundation Award on 18 January 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;thehansindia.com&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Lok Nayak awards for Garikapati, Gandhi|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Andhra-Pradesh/2016-01-23/Lok-Nayak-awards-for-Garikapati-Gandhi/201953|website=thehansindia.com|publisher=The Hans India|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* &amp;quot;Gurajada Samskritika Samakhya&amp;quot;, a literary organization honored him with &amp;quot;Gurajada Visishta Puraskar&amp;quot; in November 2016.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;Gurajada Visishta Puraskar&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=‘Gurajada Visishta Puraskar’ for Garikipati|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/%E2%80%98Gurajada-Visishta-Puraskar%E2%80%99-for-Garikipati/article16670203.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=14 December 2016}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Ramineni Foundation Awards]] in 2018.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Television personalities from Andhra Pradesh]]&lt;br /&gt;
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