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Telugu is a Dravidian language native to the Indian states of Andhra and Telangana, where it is also the official language. Spoken by about 96 million people (2022), [ 4 ] Telugu is the most spoken language of the Dravidian language family, and one of the twenty-two scheduled languages of the Republic of India . [ 5 ]
All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols. [2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including flowers listed below.
Telugu literature is the body of works written in the Telugu language.It consists of poems, short stories, novels, plays, and song lyrics, among others.There is some indication that Telugu literature dates at least to the middle of the first millennium, the first extant works are from the 11th century when the Mahabharata was first translated to Telugu from Sanskrit by Nannaya.
The Telugu-speaking area of Andhra State was carved out of Madras state on 1 October 1953, with Kurnool as its capital city. [62] On the basis of the Gentlemen's Agreement of 1956 , the States reorganisation act created Andhra Pradesh by merging the neighbouring Telugu-speaking areas of the Hyderabad State with Hyderabad as the capital on 1 ...
The contributions of various Telugu/Tamil/Sanskrit grammarians to the formalisation of English grammar gave Telugu literary traditions a truly global reach. Telugu literature is highly influenced by Sanskrit literature and Hindu scriptures. Nannayya, Tikkana, and Yerrapragada form the trinity who translated the great epic Mahabharatha into
The Emblem of Telangana is the state emblem of Telangana in South India. [1] The arms has the Kakatiya Kala Thoranam in the middle, and the Charminar inside it and bordered in green. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
Telugu is the most widely spoken Dravidian language on Earth and is spoken in all of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in India and parts of other southern states as well. The history of Telugu goes back as early as to 230 BC to 225 AD, [1] and the evidence for the existence of Telugu language is available in the Natya Shastra of the Bharatha people.
In the earliest period Telugu literature existed in the form of inscriptions, precisely from 575 CE onward. Metrically composed Telugu inscriptions and those with ornamental or literary prose appear from 630 CE. [101] [102] Most scholars posit that Telugu literature existed prior to Nannaya (11th century), the first known Telugu poet.