Veeresalingam biography of rory

Veeresalingam was born into a poor Brahmin family on 16 April at Rajamundry. His father was Subbarayudu and mother was Purnamma. He lost his father at the age of four. In spite of poverty, his mother sent him to the Government District School. He finished Matriculation in and worked as a teacher in Korangi Town. He was a reformist writer.

His initial writings were in classical style of Prabandhas. Later he became interested in erotic literature.

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His Abhagyopakhyanamu is a humorous satire on the Andhra society. His novel Rajasekhara Charitram was the first Telugu novel. Veeresalingam was one of the greatest personalities and earliest reformers in India to demand for radical changes in Telugu Indian society. He had a keen insight, great courage and dynamic energy. He fought against untruth and championed the cause of progress with vigor.

He fought for education for women, and remarriage of widows. He started Vivekavardhini , a monthly journal, to point out and criticize the defects in the society.