137th Fete of TTD Legend Sri Veturi jon 7th Feb

The 137th birth anniversary of Sri Veturi Prabhakara Sastri will be celebrated grandly in Tirupati on February 7th under the auspices of the TTD Sri Veturi Prabhakara Sastri Vanmaya Peetham.

On this occasion, TTD senior officials will offer floral tributes to the bronze statue of Sri Veturi Prabhakara Sastri located opposite the SVETA Bhavan in Tirupati at 10 am.

Thereafter commemorative lecture will be held at Sri SV Ven Oriental College premises in Tirupati wherein eminent scholars will deliver lectures on Veturi contributions.

Sri Veturi Prabhakara Sastri is known as a poet, historical researcher, legal researcher, publisher of the ancient scripture Sanskrit metaphor translator, folk  literature promoter, 

He is also popularly as a researcher who identified the first Telugu word 'Nagabu', the author of the commentary on the Talapatra scripture, Annamayya Sankirtana literature promoter, and the first initiator of the Annamacharya Utsava. He penned many ancient epics published by the TTD.