600th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Annamayya

Tirupati, March 18

600 Birth Anniversary celebrations of Poet Saint Annamacharya will be hosted at saint's birth place Tallapaka as well as at Tirupati simultaneously from April 19th to 21st according to TTD Chairman Karunakar Reddy. He was attending the review meeting held for the purpose at Tirupati with officials on Tuesday and stressed that Annamayya birth Anniversary celebrations should be conducted in more grandeur style in comparison with Thyagaraja Aradhana at Guruvayoor. Each and every one who brought open the Annamayya's literature and music to this world would be invited to attend the celebrations, he suggested. Chief Minister Rajasekhar Reddy will unveil the 108 feet statue of Annamacharya on April 19th at Tallapaka. He has requested the officials to organize a Nagara Sankeertana from Rajampeta in Kadapa District to Tallapaka village with thousands of devotees, Scholars, Artistes, Music Lovers and Literates. TTD EO Ramanachari said TTD would organize Srivari Kalyanam and Unjal Sewa at Tallapaka during the occasion.