An Indian scholar and eminent writer in Sanskrit and Telugu literature Pullela Sriramachandrudu passed away here on Wednesday evening. He was 87 years of age. Born in Amalapuram on October 24, 1927, he started his academic journey as an ardent student of ‘Vyakarana Sastra’ and went on to acquire three masters degrees in Sanskrit, Hindi and English from Banaras Hindu University.
Among his best-known accomplishments are translation of the Valmiki Ramayana with a word-to-word meaning and commentary in Telugu that runs into over 10,000 pages. Credited with writing several books in the two languages, he received the Padma Shri, among other honours. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao expressed his condolences and recalled his achievements.
