Garikapati Narasimha Rao: Difference between revisions

'''Garikipati Narasimha Rao''' is an Indian [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Avadhani]] (literary performer)<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>{{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 }}</ref> 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 ''Pruchchakas or Pricchakas'' 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's fourth-highest [[Indian honours system|civilian award]] [[Padma Shri]] by the [[government of India]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>