Question

Which person purity movement start in andhra region?

Answer 1

Raghupati Venkatratnam, a social reformer from Machilipatnam district in Andhra Pradesh started the purity movement.

He opposed the evils of widow abuse, child abuse, untouchability, devadasi system etc.

He established many orphanages and hostels, promoted widow remarriages, and education of women.

He was popularly known as Brahma Rishi among his fellows members at the Brahma Samaj.

Answer 2

Dr V. Ramakrishna started the purity movement in Andhra Pradesh.

This is basically a social movement against the cast system that prevailed in India in the early years of Indian Renaissance.

Dr Ramakrishna led those social reforms and the leadership gradually was passed to the educated middle class of the society.