News:During the International ‘Satavadhanam’ program, the Vice President has observed that ‘avadhanam’ as a literary feat has greatly contributed to the Telugu language’s glorious tradition.
Facts:
- Avadhānaṃ: It is a literary performance popular from the very ancient days in India.
- Origin: It originated as a Sanskrit literary process and is revived by poets in Telugu and Kannada in modern times.
- Features: It involves solving tricky literary posers, improvising poems and tests a person’s capability of performing such multiple tasks simultaneously.
