Kopparapu Sodara Kavulu
Kopparapu Sodara Kavulu (Telugu: కొప్పరపు సోదర కవులు) consists of Kopparapu Venkata Subbaraya Kavi (November 12, 1885 – March 29, 1932) and Kopparapu Venkataramana Kavi (December 30, 1887 – March 21, 1942). They were famous poets and well known for conducting Avadhanams. They were born to Venkatarayalu and Subbamamba at Kopparam village in Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. They were trained under Ramadugu Krishna Sastry and Potharaju Ramakavi and exhibited extempoer poetry at a very young age.
Kopparapu family
Their ancestors were also well-known poets. One of them was Kopparapu Kamaraja Kavi, who wrote Jambavati Parinayam, and another, named Kopparapu Venkataratna Kavi, wrote Sambhavi Satakam and Rama Dandakam.
A younger brother of this poet-duo, Kopparapu Buchirama Kavi (December 9, 1892 – May 29, 1956), was also an eminent poet and avadhani.
Kopparapu Seetarama Prasadaraya Kavi, the son of Venkata Subbaraya Kavi, was famous extempore poet and gave some avadhana performances.
Notable performances
Kopparapu Sodara Kavulu gave some notable performances before renowned literary persons.
- In Hyderabad, they performed at the residence of Adiraju Tirumala Rao and were gifted gandapenderams.
- In Nellore, they performed before Jayanthi Ramayya Pantulu, Vedam Venkataraya Sastry and were honored with Asukavisimha
- In Chennai, they performed before Veturi Prabhakara Sastry, Chennapragada Bhanumurthy, Kavyakanta Ganapati Sastry and continuously dictated about 400 poems per hour and surprised the entire audience.
Peetham
In 2002, a peetham in the name of Kopparapu Sodara Kavulu Peetham was established by M.V.Ch.R.M. Subbaraya Sarma, who is the grandson of one of the duo.[1] Every year to mark the peetham's anniversary, Sarma honors
During each anniversary of the peetham, Sarma honors a well-known writer and also oversees the publication of a book. A book entitled Kopparapu Sodara Kavula Sahitya Darsanam, compiled and edited by renowned writer-poet Bethavolu Ramabrahmam was released during the fourth-anniversary celebrations in 2005.
Publications
- Kopparapu Sodara kavulace Baptla - Cirela pattanamulalo nonarpabadina satavadhanamu (1913) published by B.K. Swamy
References
- Luminaries of 20th Century, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University, Hyderabad, 2005.