1973 - Unveiling the portrait

The ball was set rolling with the unveiling of Mahakavi Dasu Sreeramulu¿s portrait at Sri Krishnadevaraya Andhra Bhasha Nilayam on December 8, 1973. Mr.Devulapalli Ramanujarao, Secretary Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Academy, presided over the meeting where other notable Telugu literary figures Dr. Diwakarla Venkatavadhani, Dr.Patibanda Madhava Sarma, Dr. Pramod Lale ( Reader Osmania University) and Dasu Padmanabha Rao ( President of the committee). Mr. V.V Giri, the President of India, sent a message. Dasu Vamana Rao, the oldest living grandson of the mahakavi, in his classic message said Saint Tyagaraya's rAma nee SamAnamevarura¿ would be an apt tribute to the mahakavi. A photo representation of the event is shown below.


Ramanuja Rao unveiling
Sriram Kavi's portrait
Dr.G.V.Subrahmanyam,Dr. Pramod Lale,
Prof Divakarla Venkatavadhani, D.Ramanuja rao
M L Narasimha Rao and Dasu Atchuta Rao (Hon. Secretary)

Having achieved this, the committee then plunged into the more challenging activity of printing the works of the great poet. With a stalwart in the printing and publishing field, like Dasu Padmabha Rao as the president, it took the help of Dasu Narasimha Rao (I) another doyen in the field. Chronologically here is the list of activities undertaken by the samithi and completed successfully


1974 - Telugu Nadu

A reprint of Telugu Nadu (sixth edition) was released by Ramanuja Rao (photo below) at a function organised by M.L. Narasimha Rao , honorary secretary of the Bhasha Nilayam , on May 8, 1974. Dr. Diwakarla Venkatavadhani presided over the meeting in which Iriventi Krishnamurthy and G.V.Subrahmanyam spoke.


1974 - Abhinava Gadya Prabandhamu

ABHINAVA GADYA PRABANDHAMU (third edition) written in classical prose by Dasu Sreeramulu in just a week. Kalaprapoorna Nidadavolu Venkata Rao wrote an elaborate introduction to it.


1975
  • Dasu Damodara Rao(II) spared no effort to bring out a souvenir with 12 articles by eminent scholars in a record time, thanks also to the commendable technical help of Dasu Narasimha Rao (I) and to the efforts of Dasu Padmanabha Rao(II) in getting advertisement support.
  • The ¿mahakavi dasu sreeramulu jayanti sanchika¿ was released by Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Sathyanarayana at the first World Telugu Conference at Hyderabad in 1975.
  • The Mahakavi Dasu Sreeramulu Smaraka Samiti organised a meeting in Vijayawada on April 6 to mark the event, in which literary luminaries like Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Viswanatha Venkateswarlu, Garuru Subbarama Sastry and others spoke.
  • Eminent scholars like Vutukuri Lakshmikantamma, Kanuparthi Varalakshmamma and others paid tributes to the Mahakavi at a function in Bapatla on May 16 to mark his death anniversary.

    • World Telugu Conference

    Kavi Samrat Viswanadha Sathyanarayana
    releasing Jayanthi Samchika of Sriramulu
    at the world Telugu Conference, Hyderabad 1975.

    1978 - Devi Bhagavatam

    The third edition of the epic DEVI BHAGAVATAM was released by Dr. Diwakarla Venkatavadhani at Sri Satyanarayana Swamy temple, Ashok Nagar, Hyderabad on October 10, 1978. Photos of the event are shown below.


    Prof. Divakarla Venkatavadhani
    releasing the book.
    Seen sitting are Devulapalli Ramanuja Rao and
    Dr. G V Subrahmanyam

    Prof.Divakala Venkatavadhani addressing the meeting.
    Also seen: Dasu Padmanabha Rao and Ramanuja Rao.
    Dasu Atchuta Rao presenting te report of Samiti.

    1979
    Surya satakamu(2nd Edition) was reprinted, with an introduction by Nidadavolu Venkata Rao.