Tirupati Venkata Kavulu ( Poets Tirupati & Venkata) refers to the Telugu poet duo Divakarla Tirupati Sastry (1872–1919) and Chellapilla Venkata Sastry (1870–1950). These twin poets are acclaimed as the harbingers of modern poetry in Telugu. They have dramatised several of the Hindu epics into dramas and plays consisting of singable verses set to perfect meter. Several of their plays, especially pandavodyogavijayalu have been extremely popular with many drama clubs and audiences across Andhra Pradesh. Venkata Sastry has trained a large number of later age poets including Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Pingali Lakshmikantam and Veturi.

Awards

Literary works

Original compositions in Sanskrit

1. Dhatu Ratnakara Campu (1889–1893) is a campu cavya with the story of Ramayana illustrating the use of verbal forms for the roots given by Pāṇini, the Sanskrit grammarian.
2. Sringara Sringataka (1891) is a small playlet called Veedhi with predominantly erotic sentiment.
3. Kali Sahasram (1891–1894) is incomplete work (300 slokas) modelled on Lakshmi Sahasram in Sanskrit.
4. Mula Sthaneswara Stuti (1893–1894) was composed in Arya vrittas on Mulasthaneswara, local deity of Nellore.
5. Ashtkas (Kalikadi Stotra), 1889–1890
6. Suka-Rambha Samvadam (1893–1894) is an argumentation between Śuka, the sage and Rambha, the danseuse. Suka interprets Ananda, the Supreme Bliss, in terms of Vedantic Truth and Rambha interprets it in terms of erotic experience.
7. Namassivaya Stotram (1914–1915) is a devotional panegyric on Shiva.
8. Kshampanam (1914–1915)
9. Pishtapeshanam (1914–1915)
10. Salabhalabhanam (1914–1915)

Translations from Sanskrit to Telugu

Translations from English to Telugu

Original works in Telugu poetry

Original works in Telugu drama

Original works in Telugu prose