Title: Pingali Lakshmi Kantham (1894-1972)
Description: Sri Pingali Lakshmi Kantham has contributed significantly  to Telugu Literature --as a poet ,as a researcher ,an academician , a teacher , a critic , a  broadcaster and a writer. From his bright  beginnings in Bandar under the tutelage of Sri Chellapilla Venkateswara Sastry , his illustrious guru ,  to the various positions he occupied in the academia and advisory bodies , and co authoring, with sri Katuri Venkateswara Rao  an acclaimed  poetical work 'Soundaranandamu' , make  this biography  interesting.  The author (also his son)  is  a noted writer on Bhagavan Sri Raman Maharshi.
Subjects: soundaranandamu, All India Radio, Andhra University, Sri Venkateswara University, Telugu Academy
Time periods: 1894-1972