Tributes paid to Potti Sriramulu

Rajamahendravaram: Andhra State Formation Day was observed at Kotagummam Centre in Rajamahendravaram on Sunday, commemorating the formation of Andhra State following the supreme sacrifice of Amarajeevi Potti Sriramulu, who undertook a hunger strike demanding a separate state for Telugu-speaking people.

The programme was organised under the leadership of All-Party Committee convenor Desireddy Balaram Naidu. On the occasion, Balaram Naidu, Lions Club president Grandhi Venkateswara Rao, Pandiri Veerabhadra Swamy, V Babji, Suresh and others performed milk Abhishekam to the statue of Potti Sriramulu and garlanded it as a mark of respect. They paid rich tributes to the great leader and recalled his sacrifice for the formation of Andhra State.

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Deekshitula Subrahmanyam

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Deekshitula RV Subrahmanyam is a Staff Reporter with The Hans India, covering the erstwhile East and West Godavari districts, along with Alluri Sitarama Raju and Polavaram districts. A journalist with experience of over three decades, he began his career as a Telugu mofussil reporter in 1991. He writes extensively on politics, tribal affairs, rural development, tourism, development, and human-interest stories He is the author of the six-part Telugu prose Ramayana Sitarama Kathasudha and has received several literary and journalistic honours, including the JCI Young Writer Award, Vadlamudi Rammohan Rao Memorial Award and Madduri Annapurnayya Memorial Award.

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