Garikapati Narasimha Rao


Garikipati Narasimha Rao is a Telugu Avadhani in Andhra Pradesh, India. Avadhanis are respected for their abilities to spin out verses conforming to Telugu grammar on literally any subject that audience may throw at them, as a challenge. In 1996 he performed Avadhanam with 1116 Pruchchakas or Pricchakas for 21 days in Kakinada. He also delivers lectures on personality development based on Hindu culture and way of life. He regularly appears on Telugu TV channels like Bhakti TV, and ABN Andhra Jyothi giving discourses on Ancient Hindu texts like Ramayana, and Mahabharata.

Personal life

Garikipati Narasimha Rao was born on 14 September 1958 to the couple Venkata Surya Narayana and Venkata Ramanamma. He married Sarada who is from East Godavari, Annavaram. He named his two sons Sri Sri and Gurajada. His younger son Gurajada who was named after great Telugu poet Gurajada Apparao is a PhD scholar in Telugu at university of Hyderabad. He is an ABVP activist also. He also started giving speeches from the year 2015 following his Father's footsteps. His speeches are uploaded on YouTube channel Sri Garikipati Narasimha Rao Official .

Career

He started performing Avadhanams in the year 1992. He has conducted more than 288 avadhanams, including Dvigunita Avadhanam at Dallas for the American Telugu Association in 2002. Garikipati is known for his Dhāraṇā, which is a key requirement for performing Avadhanams.
On 26 November 2018, while at Koti Deepotsavam Stage, Garikipati Narasimharao emotionally announced that very soon he will retire from discoursing pravachanams and public speeches after completing already accepted projects, in order to attain inner peace and enlightenment.

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