Telugu Bhasha Dinostavam -Telugu language day celebrated on August 29

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Telugu ‘bhasha dinostavam' (language day) is celebrated on August 29 to coincide with the birth anniversary of Gidugu Vengata Ramamurthy, who championed the cause of modern Telugu language. Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy Pantulu was a Telugu writer who was known for his stance in spreading the Telugu language in his time.

"The Telugu Language Day coincides with the Birth anniversary of Gidugu Venkata Ramamurthy Pantulu. Gidugu like Guruzada Appa Rao and others, advocated the use of spoken Telugu so that the majority of the people could understand it instead of the language that was used by earlier poets and scholars. Previously scholars advocated a language of status which was the bookish language of scholars and poets like Srinatha, Tikkana and Potana, and they looked down upon the colloquial spoken dialect which they considered inferior to the language of the scholars and pundits. But this bookish language was more sanskritized and, as such, could not be understood by the lay people." - Source