kandukuri Vyasa Lingam dance is known as the father of the Telugu women's movement
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Kandukuri Veeresalingam was one of the early social reformers from South India who encouraged women education, remarriage of widows which was society at the time was vehemently opposed to along with opposing the dowry system.
Rai Bahadur Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu (16 April 1848 – 27 May 1919) was a social reformer and writer from the Madras Presidency, British India. He is considered as the father of the Telugu Renaissance movement. He was one of the early social reformers who encouraged the education of women and the remarriage of widows (which was not supported by society during his time). He also fought against child marriage and the dowry system. He started a school in Dowlaiswaram in 1874.constructed a temple known as 'Brahmo Mandir' in 1887 and also built the 'Hithakarini School' in 1908 in Andhra Pradesh. His novel Rajasekhara Charitramu is considered to be the first novel in Telugu literature.