Saraswati Devi
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Saraswati Devi was a Telugu scholar, poet, of early 20th century from jataprole Samstanam, Paalamuru. She was the editor of a literary magazine called “Vijayanti” and also the founder of a reading group called “Snehalata Kavita sangham’. Her works reflect both traditional themes and modern approaches. Saraswati Ramayanam, her famous work, was prescribed as a text book at Madras University and many other universities in 1930-40’s. She started her annual literary journal in 1929 and published more than 200 hundred books. National news papers like The Hindu praised their work and acknowledged this group’s contributions as “precious efforts in making new reading public”. Great significance of Snehalata Kavita Sangam is that all the board members in this literary group were women. All the evidences show that Many women of Jataprole of Telangana region were deeply involved in poetry writings discussions (no research has been done so far about this group or of their work). She got most prestigious award in those days.
Source: Aandra Kavayitrula Charitra by Uutukuri Laxmi Kantam
