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Arunasramam is a book publishing house started by my father Late Gottumukkula Ramakrishna Sastry garu in November 1949.
Sri Gottumukkula Ramakrishna Sastry garu was born on 29-11-1911 in Nadakuduru, Kakinada, East Godavari Dt, Andhra Pradesh, India. He is an Ayurveda Doctor by profession however he has special studies in Telugu and Sanskrit Kavyams, Natakams, Chandassu, Tarkam, Samkhyam, Vyakaranam.
He was a very good poet and scholar in Telugu and Sanskrit. He has written and published three Padyakayams Kunti, Sravanam, Gomata and also have unpublished works like Sri Venkatachala Mahatyam, (Prabandham)Neelakanta Vijayam,(Prabandham) Mruchakatikam (Natakam) and many other poems and essays. He also participated in many literary meetings and kavisammelanams.
Sri Ramakrishna Sastry performed about 50 Ashtavadhanams in East Godavari district. For more details of his Astharadhanams, please refer 'Ashtavadhana Vidya Sarvaswam' by Sri Rapaka Ekambaracharyulu.(pages 832 to 837)
He was awarded the titles like Ayurvedacharya, Avadhanisekhara etc
His contemporory poets were Sri Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Sri Sripada Krishna Murthy Sastry, Sri Dasaradhi Krishnamacharya, Karuna Sri, Jashuva etc
Sri Ramakrishna Sastri garu rendered Valmiki Ramayanam pravachanam during 1953-1954
He had an excellent style of reciting poems and slokas in various litetarary meetings
Sastri gari kutumbam :
Father : Sri Narasimham garu Mother : Ratnamamba garu
five brothers and four sisters
Wife : Subblakshmi
Sons : 3 sons 1. G.V.Narasimha Murthy
2. G.Raghunadha Sarma
3. G.Sivasankara Sarma
Daughter Arundhathi
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Sri Ramakrishna Sastry garu has reached heavenly abode on 21-1-1956
at the young age due to heart attack
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Arunasraman publications - before 1956 published by sri Ramakrishna sastry
1. Kunti (padya kavyam) by Sri Guttumukkula Ramakrishna Sastry garu
2. Sravanam (padya kavyam) by Sri Guttumukkula Ramakrishna Sastry garu
3. Simhagadam (natakam) by Sri Surabhi Narasimham garu
4. Ananda Ramayanam (padya kavyam) by Sri Gundu Lakshmana Sastry garu
5. Gomata (padya kavyam) by Sri Guttumukkula Ramakrishna Sastry garu
published by Eluru Gorakshana samiti Eluru February 1932
Extract form Sravanam book published in 1953
Note : Kunti padya kavyam was first published in February
1951. It was prescribed as text book for B.A. Telugu in Andhra University
during 1952 - 1954 years and later in other Universities like Benaras Hindu University, Utkal University, Sri Venkateswara University etc.