VIZIANAGARAM: District collector MM Naik has said that Mahakavi Gurajada Apparao’s literary works are national assets. He wrote several books aiming at ushering in reforms in society. And honouring his great literary services, the State Government had announced his birth anniversary as a government festival.
The district administration celebrated the Mahakavi’s 153rd birth anniversary Monday. On the occasion, Naik said that Gurajada questioned the then prevailing social customs through his works. He wrote ‘Kanyasulkam’ about 125 years ago but its theme is still relevant today. Specially mentioning the oft quoted Gurajada’s “Desamante Matti Kadoi-Desamante Manushuloi”, the collector said that the saying brought a democratic revolution, a successful weapon during the freedom movement in the country.
The district administration had sent a proposal to the government to construct an open-air auditorium at a cost of `22 lakh in honour of Gurajada. The house of Gurajada would also be developed as an heritage building, he added.