Tirupati Venkata Kavulu

Tirupati Venkata Kavulu refers to the Telugu poet duo Divakarla Tirupati Sastry (1872-1919) and Chellapilla Venkata Sastry (1870-1950). They belonged to the classical genre of poets. They have dramatized several of the Hindu epics into dramas and plays consisting of singable verses set to perfect meter. Several of their plays, especially pandavodyogavijayalu have been extremely popular with many drama clubs and audiences across Andhra. Venkata Sastry has trained a large number of later age poets including Viswanatha Satyanarayana and Veturi.