S. S. M. QUADRI, J.

( 1 ) SOUTH India has the distinction of having the most revered and worshipped temple of Lord Venkateswara of great antiquity on the seven hills of Tirumala-Tirupati devasthanams. Persons professing Hindu faith, belonging to different walks of life saints, writers, businessmen, poets, politicians and others are devotees of this temple. Many writers have written in prose and poetry in praise of Lord Venkateswara. Among them was a great saint and poet Annamacharya who had written Sankeerthanas in telugu language, which were inscribed on palm leaves, copper plates, etc. But, for different reasons, the public did not have the advantage of his invaluable works. Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams (T. T. D) launched a project named "annamacharya project" for purposes of unearthing hundreds of his compositions said to have been inscribed on the palm leaves, copper plates etc. One K. Srinivasulu Setly who was appointed in the T. T. D. service as tutor in Telugu language (Sri Venkateswara Arts college) and was later promoted as Lecturer in Telugu on 5-8-1968, was deputed to work in this Project at Tanjore Saraswathi Mahal Library. As for the qualification of srinivasulu Setty

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