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| name = Ramayanam Sarveswara Sastry<br />
| birth_date = 1889<br />
| birth_place = Bheemasingi, [[Vizianagaram District]]<br />
| years_active = 1910–1960<br />
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| occupation = Stage Actor<br />
| death_date = 1 October 1962<br />
| death_place = [[Anakapalli]]<br />
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'''Ramayanam Sarveswara Sastry''' ({{te|రామాయణం సర్వేశ్వర శాస్త్రి}}) (1889 &ndash; 1 October 1962) was a stage actor.<ref>Sarveswara Sastry, Ramayanam, Luminaries of 20th Century, Part II, Potti Sriramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005, pp: 918-9.</ref><br />
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He was born in Bheemasingi village in [[Vizianagaram district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]]. His parents were Laxminarasimha Sastry, a pundit known as "Abhinava Bheemakavi" and Venkata Subbamma. His ancestors used to recite Hindu epic [[Ramayanam]] in the village regularly which garnered their family the name of Ramayanam.{{fact|date=June 2019}}<br />
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Sastry completed his schooling in Rippon High School at Vizianagaram. He had a passion of playing dramas since childhood, hence, joined Vizianagram Amateur Theatrical Society in 1910 and played different roles till 1919. Later, he joined the Vijayarama Dramatic Academy of Vizianagaram Kingdom and was a part of it until, 1935. He also worked as a teacher in Branch College till 1947.{{fact|date=June 2019}}<br />
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He played many characters on stage including: Rajasimha in ''Rasaputra Vijayam'', [[Ramadas]] in ''Ramadasu'', [[Srikrishna]] in ''Prasanna Yadavam'', ''Pandavodyogam'' and ''Padmavyooham'', Gayudu in ''Gayopakhyanam'', Rustum in ''Vijayanagara Samrajya Patanam'', [[Harischandra]] in ''Harischandra'', [[Arjuna]] in ''Krishna Rayabaram'', [[Nala]] in ''Chitra Naleeyam'', Bilvamangal in ''Chintamani'' and [[Hiranyakashipu]].{{fact|date=June 2019}}<br />
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He has toured [[Madras]] and Machilipatnam in 1928 and portrayed many Ramadasu and Harischandra characters. He got about 20 medals from the different [[Zamindar]]s.<ref>Ramayanam Sarveswara Sastry, Nataratnalu, Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy, Sitaratnam Granthamala, Vijayawada, 2002, pp: 92-4.</ref><br />
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He died on 1 October 1962 at [[Anakapalli]].{{fact|date=June 2019}}<br />
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