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'''Melattur Venkatarama Sastry''' (1770–1830) was a Telugu poet and playwright who is credited with founding the [[Bhagavatha Melas]].<br />
== Early life ==<br />
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Venkatarama Sastry was born in 1770 in [[Melattur, Tamil Nadu|Melattur]] in the then [[Thanjavur Maratha kingdom]]. His mother tongue was [[Telugu language|Telugu]] and his ancestors had migrated in the 1550s after the fall of the [[Vijayanagara]] Empire. Sastry's father was Gopalakrishnayya.<br />
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Venkatarama Sastry learnt music and dance from Lakshmanarya. Venkatarama Sastry was fluent in Sanskrit and was a great disciple of [[Narasimha]].<br />
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==Works ==<br />
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Some of Venkatarama Sastry's important works are<br />
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* ''Prahalada Charitra''<br />
* ''Rukmangada Charitra''<br />
* ''Markandeya Charitra''<br />
* ''Ushaparinayamu''<br />
* ''Harischandra''<br />
* ''Sitakalyanamu''<br />
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== References ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=The southern school in Telugu literature|pages=84–85|first=N. Venkata|last=Rao|publisher=[[University of Madras]]|year=1978}}<br />
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[[Category:1770 births]]<br />
[[Category:1830 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:People from Thanjavur district]]</div>->AnomieBOT