Question

who are known as the vidyasagar of south India?

Answer 1

Rao Bahadur Kandukuri Veeresalingam Pantulu (Telugu: కందుకూరి వీరేశలింగం పంతులు) (16 April 1848 – 27 May 1919) was a social reformer, writer of Andhra Pradesh. He is the Father of renaissance movement in telugu. He was one of the early social reformers who encouraged women education, remarriage of widows which was not supported by the society during his time and fought against dowry system. He also started a school in Dowlaiswaram in 1874. He constructed a temple as 'Brahmo Mandir' in 1887 and the 'Hithakarini School' in 1908 in Andhra Pradesh. His novel Rajasekhara Charitramu is considered to be the first novel in Telugu literature. He often considered as Raja Rammohan Roy of Andhra. He was also known by the Title Gadya Tikkana means 'Tikkana of Prose'
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Answer 2

The answer is Kandukuri Veeresalingam.


Kandukuri Veeresalingam is known as the Vidyasagar of South India. He played a wide role in encouraging widow remarriage and women’s education while protesting against dowry practices at the same time. He launched a journal called Viveka Vardhini through which he made the society aware of the problems faced by women.