Chintakindi Mallesham
Padma Shri Awardee (2017) & Innovator of Laxmi ASU Machine | Revolutionising Pochampalli Handlooms Padma Shri 2017 · Laxmi ASU Machine · Time per Sari: 5 Hours → 1.5 Hours · Productivity: 2 Saris/Day → 6-8 Saris/Day · 600+ Machines Sold · Amazing Indians Award Chintakindi Mallesham — the grassroots innovator of Pochampalli Chintakindi Mallesham is a school dropout and grassroots innovator who revolutionised the Pochampalli handloom industry. Born in a traditional weaver's family in Sharjipet village, Aler Mandal, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, Telangana , he completed only Class VII before giving up formal education in 1986. Despite limited technical knowledge, his deep empathy for his m…
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Raja Narsa Goud
The Merchant-Philanthropist of Nizamabad | Founder of Victoria Leprosy Hospital & Friend of All Faiths King George V Medal (1930) · Built Temples & Masjids · 60 Acres for Leper Home · 10,000+ Blankets Distributed · 1866–1948 Raja Narsa Goud — the merchant-philanthropist of Nizamabad
In the annals of Hyderabad State, few names shine as brightly as that of Raja Narsa Goud . Born into a modest excise-contracting family in 1866 , Narsa Goud rose to become one of the three wealthiest businessmen of the Deccan. Yet his legend was forged not by riches alone, but by an unparalleled generosity that erased divisions of caste and creed. For decades after his death, destitute villagers wou…
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Nagavarma I
Jain Poet, Grammarian & Author of Karnataka Kadambari | The First Prosodist of Kannada 10th Century CE · Karnataka Kadambari · Chandombudhi · First Kannada Prosody Treatise · Died 21st February 993 CE · Devulapalli Inscription (Medak, Telangana) Nagavarma I — the Jain poet who gave Kannada its first prosody treatise Nagavarma I (10th Century CE) was one of the earliest and most celebrated writers in the Kannada language. He lived during the reign of King Rakkasa Ganga (Rachamalla V, 986–999 CE) of the Western Ganga dynasty. Nagavarma I is best known for two extant works: Karnataka Kadambari , a champu (mixed prose-verse) romance novel adapted from Bāṇa's Sanskrit Kadambari, and Chandomb…
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Aggalayya
Royal Physician (Ayurveda) · Mahasamantha · Vaidyaratnakara Pranacharya · Vaidyasikhamani · 1034–1074 CE 11th Century Surgical Wizard · First Epigraphic Evidence of Sastra-Chikitsa · Royal Physician to Chalukya Kings · Titles: Vaidyaratnakara, Pranacharya, Vaidyasikhamani Aggalayya — the 11th century surgical wizard of Telangana Aggalayya (also known as Aggalarasa) (c. 1000 – c. 1080 CE) was a legendary royal physician, Mahasamantha, and the first epigraphically documented surgeon in Indian history. Flourishing between 1034 and 1074 CE , he served as the royal physician (Ayurveda) to the Chalukya kings Jagadekamalla I (Jayasimha II) and Someswara II . The Saidapur Jaina Inscription of 1034 CE pr…
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