maa ayyagaru

Friendz, I know that we r al familiar with this famous personality. But I want to share another interesting story  now...

Shri Varavara Raogaru is very famous poet, critic, human activist and also excellent journalist. I now want to add that he was very fond of maa ayyagaru Puttaparthivaru's poetry while he was working. He was so mad after 'Sivathandavam' of maa ayyagaru and by-hearted the work completely in those days. While he was working at 'judcherla' he invited maa ayyagaru to that town twice or thrice to give literary lectures. Below is the very rare photo of 26th Feb. 1967 when Puttaparthivaru gave extensive lecture on 'POTHANA' in Judcherla college where Varavara raogaru was working.....

In the above photo of 1967, maa ayyagaru is 4th from left 6th being Sri Varavara Raogaru. Can u recognise him here in black pants and pure white shirt friendz? And now another connoisseur of maa ayyagaru's poetry I know is 6th from right in the back row, Acharya Srirangacharya, who worked as Lecturer and Principal of Sanskrit college, Palem who was and is also a thick friend of Varavara Raogaru.
Acharya Sriranga Charya, Acharya Ravva Srihari and Acharya Lakshmana Murthy (warangal)  were the three friendz who were almost 'sishyas' of maa ayyagaru in 1960s. Though they them selves have become famous in their own fields now a days, they still remember their deep reverence towards Puttaparthivaru till now. Srirangacharyavaru recollects very joyfully  how maa ayyagaru was very much adicted to beedies and coffee  in those days.He also told me recently that once these friends published my father's 'Sivathandavam'. While maa ayyagaru was returning back to Kadapa from Judcherla after lecture,  they placed the 500copies bundle of 'Sivathandavam' by his side in the train and asked him to take home that parcel without forgetting.Puttaparthi very seriously nodded his head, and the friendz took leave. Puttaparthi as usual immersed in  reading the favorite dictionary prepared by self.  As Puttaparthi reached Kadapa station, he went away home, without taking the parcel of 'Sivathandavam' books placed by his side by the above friendz. That was the power of his 'very studious reading'. Even me also noticed how he forgets every thing around in his mad habit of reading. After some days, in a letter to Puttaparthi,  Srirangacharya enquired whether Puttaparthi and the bundle of books reached Kadapa safely. After some days, Puttaparthi in his reply,  very sincerely agreed his mistake of forgetting the bundle in the train it self which was not traced out after many a trials. That was the story behind the above photo friendz..
Hope u agree that Puttaparthi was a 'DEEEEEPPPPP reader' and a very 'Sincere absent minded polyglot and poet'.