My tribute to Rallappalli garu arose because I overheard two people in the Music Academy saying they wondered why he was given the Sangita Kalanidhi!! I then realised I knew very little of this great man too and so did some digging. The Hindu managed to unearth a photo of Annamacharya’s statue and the photo of Rallapalli is from Sruti archives.
http://www.hindu.com/fr/2008/11/14/stories/2008111451360600.htm
A nice article on a richly deserving scholar! I hear that there is a biography of his by SK Ramachandra rao or someone titled ‘Purusha Saraswathi’. Not sure of the publication , where it might be available etc. Have you read/heard of it.
Vidya
I read about it only when I surfed the net. I will see if it is in the Music Academy library.
Dear Friends,
On behalf of Rallapalli family we have hosted a full fledged website on
Sangeeta Kalanidhi Dr Rallapalli Anantha krishna Sharma. Please visit by clicking the link.
http://sites.google.com/site/rallapallisharma/
Thanks
nandan