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<p>Authority control</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu&#039;&#039;&#039; (1812–1891) was a Telugu Pundit and owner of the Telugu publishing house Saraswati Mudralayamu, which was later renamed [[Vavilla Press]]. The Vavilla family in [[Andhra Pradesh]] secured a page in history as a premier publishing house owning a press.&lt;ref&gt;The Great Indian patriots, Volume 2 By P. Rajeswar Rao&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Birth and childhood==<br /> Ramaswamy Sastrulu was born at Vavilla, a village near [[Allur, Nellore district|Allur]], [[Nellore District]]. He was the youngest among the five children of his parents. He lost his mother at a very young age, after which his father shifted to another village, Dandikunta. Along with his brother, Sri Anantanarayana, Sastrulu had Vedādhyāyana (Learning of Vedas) from most famed Pundits Sri Gattupalli Sastrulu and Sri Krishna Upadhyayulu at [[Nellore]]. Later he learnt Vyākarana (Grammar) from Pundit Sri Papayya Sastri at [[Draksharama]].<br /> <br /> ==First printing press in Telugu==<br /> Vavilla Ramaswamy Sastrulu started the Telugu press in 1854 in Chennai in a press named Hindu Bhasha Sanjeevini. Later he established Adi Saraswathi Nilayam. During his lifetime till 1891, he published about 50 important books in Telugu and Sanskrit languages. Even [[C. P. Brown]] appreciated his efforts, stating: &quot;In days when people had to read books written by hand, V.Ramaswamy Sastrulu relieved their difficulties by starting a printing press&quot;.&lt;ref&gt;Modern Indian literature, an anthology, Volume 3 By K. M. George, Sāhitya Akādemī&lt;/ref&gt; It was later handled by his son Vavilla Venkateswara Sastrulu, who improved it greatly, printing more than 900 books in Telugu, Tamil and English.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> *Trilinga Rajatotsava Samputamu, sri vavilla venkateswara shastry. 1941, Vavilla Press.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * [https://books.google.com/books?id=04tDyxmNOhsC&amp;pg=PA106 Vavilla press in The Great Indian patriots by P. Rajeshwar Rao.]<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Sastrulu, Vavilla Ramaswamy}}<br /> [[Category:Telugu people]]<br /> [[Category:People from Nellore district]]<br /> [[Category:1812 births]]<br /> [[Category:1891 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Indian publishers (people)]]<br /> [[Category:Businesspeople from Andhra Pradesh]]<br /> [[Category:19th-century Indian businesspeople]]</div>

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