Jayadheer Tirumala Rao Explained

Jayadheer Tirumala Rao
Birth Date:20 June 1950[1]
Birth Name:Repalle Tirumala Rao
Birth Place:Warangal
Alma Mater:Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University
Occupation:folk researcher, historian, poet

Jayadheer Tirumala Rao (born 20 June 1950) is a professor, poet, and historian from Telangana, India. He has been researching about tribal people and their culture for more than 35 years.[2]

Life

Jayadheer Tirumala Rao graduated from Telugu university in 1974. He became interested in studying the Gonds and Chenchu tribes spread in southern Indian forests.[3] He gathered the oral histories of several tribes like Koyas as part of his research.[4]

He was elected as the president of Telangana writers forum in 2014.[5] [6]

In 2017, he conducted an exhibition in Ravindra Bharathi, Hyderabad with the items he had collected from various places in the Deccan Plateau.[7] In 2019, an open music exhibition was conducted showcasing more than 100 varieties of musical instruments collected by him.[8] [9] In 2021, he organized another exhibition which showcased rare manuscripts at State Art Gallery, Madhapur.[10]

He documented the oral history of Sammakka Saralamma popular deities among the tribal people.[11]

He promotes state policy changes to continue the tribal arts and culture for future generations.[12]

Works

He wrote a series of essays with the title Tovva Muchatlu in Andhra Bhoomi from 2011 to 2018. In these articles he depicted cultural, economic, and socio-political issues.[13]

He wrote three poetry books: Aranya Nethram, Prathi Dhvanulu, Aagraha Geethalu.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: కథానిలయం - View Writer . kathanilayam.com . 2 September 2022.
  2. Web site: Pecheti . Prakash . Jayadhir Tirumala Rao revives art and culture of Adivasis . Telangana Today . 2 September 2022 . 17 November 2020.
  3. Web site: Chak . Rahul . Tales of the marginalised collected over three decades Hyderabad News - Times of India . The Times of India . 2 September 2022 . en.
  4. Web site: U . Vishal . A Tiger, A Tribal Deity & Asia’s Largest Tribal Gathering Madras Courier . madrascourier.com . 2 September 2022 . 24 February 2022.
  5. Web site: Pratap . తెలంగాణ రచయితల వేదికకు జయధీర్ (పిక్చర్స్) . telugu.oneindia.com . 2 September 2022 . te . 10 November 2014.
  6. Web site: The Politics of Language . www.thehansindia.com . 2 September 2022 . en . 1 November 2015.
  7. Web site: ఆధిపత్య చరిత్రకు భిన్నమైన జనచరిత్ర . Sakshi . 2 September 2022 . te . 12 February 2017.
  8. Web site: Rare tribal and folk instruments from Telangana to be displayed at Hyd exhibition . The News Minute . 2 September 2022 . en . 4 November 2019.
  9. Web site: Kasara . Venu . తెలంగాణ కళల తావు తిరుమల రావు . తెలంగాణ . 2 September 2022 . 1 September 2021.
  10. Web site: KV . Moulika . Telangana: 300-year-old manuscript a big draw at exhibition Hyderabad News - Times of India . The Times of India . 2 September 2022 . en.
  11. Web site: Swathi . V. . His voice, a capsule of tribal histories . The Hindu . 2 September 2022 . en-IN . 9 January 2018.
  12. Web site: Bhoomi . Vivek . Awards welcome, but can they sustain tribal art forms? . The New Indian Express . 2 September 2022.
  13. Web site: A. K. . Prabhakar . నిత్య పథికుడి నిరంతర సంభాషణ - జయధీర్ తిరుమలరావు తొవ్వ ముచ్చట్లు : ఎ. కె. ప్రభాకర్ . Telupu TV - Telugu News . 2 September 2022 . 19 July 2022.
  14. Web site: ఖాళీల పూరింపే నా కృషి: జయధీర్‌ . telugu.oneindia.com . 2 September 2022 . te . 19 November 2003.

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