Potti Sriramulu -Pride of Telugu - TTD Museum Chief

Amarajeevi and a great Patriot Sri Pottu Sriramulu was an icon of Telugu Pride said TTD Chief Museum Officer Sri Krishna Reddy. 

Participating in the grand Sri Potti Sriramulu Jayanti fete held at Annamacharya Kala Mandira on Saturday as chief guest, he said Sriramulu was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi teachings and joined Sabarmati ashram and there onwards went to jail after Sslt and Quit India agitations. 

After several assignments as director of Gandhi Trust and a campaign for Dalit temple entry, he launched hunger satyagraha at Bulusu Sambamurthy home on Royapetah Road in Madras till his death. 

Speaking later CPRO DrT Ravi said the non-violent method adopted by him became a road model in the formation of linguistic states. 

Earlier several TTD employees also spoke and paid floral tributes to his portrait.

DyEO Welfare Department Smt Snehalata presided over the function attended by large number of employees.