THE BEST SIDE OF IBOMMATELUGU

Sri Syama Sastri, the oldest of your trinity, was taught Telugu and Sanskrit by his father, who was the pujari (Hindu priest) for the Meenakshi temple in Madurai. Syama Sastri's texts ended up largely composed in Telugu, widening their common enchantment. Some of his most famous compositions contain the nine krithis, Navaratnamaalikā, in praise in