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Gururajulu Naidu

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Shri Gururajulu Naidu was one of the greatest proponents of the art of Harikathe story telling. He is known as Harikathe pitamaha of Karnataka. Along with Achyuta Dasa and Keshava Dasa, he formed the trinity of Harikatha Vidwans. Gururajulu Naidu popularised Harikathe in Karnataka by bringing out albums of Harikathe. His daughters also are popular Harikatha vidwans. A partial listing of Gururajulu Naidu's Harikathe are:

  1. Renukadevi Mahatme
  2. Bhookailasa
  3. Bheema Jarasandha
  4. Bhakta Sudama

Shri Gururajulu Naidu trained Harikatha to several disciples, few named as Shri N. Suryanarayanadas, Smt. Kumari Malini, LakshmanaDas.

His Harmonist:Vidwan Shivaramu

Gururajulu naidu also known as Arun kumar in Kannada film industry.He acted in movies like "Hannele Chiguridhaga""mooruvare Vajragalu"MadhuMalathi" his Co-Star in these movies are Dr.Rajkumar.he also acted with Madhavi in "Shivakanye".In Bangalore in his hanour a roundabout named by municipality called "Gururajulu naidu vruttha".

Style

Gururajulu Naidu's style of Harikathe is far removed from the slow and traditional style. It is fast paced, interspersed with many humorous stories. Each Harikathe is about 90 minutes long. Though he has been criticised for this by the purists, the immense popularity of Gururajulu Naidu's Harikathe shows how the masses loved them. The content here is very less compared to the mahatma's true abilities.

His some of the popular numbers are:

  1. Bhaktha Markendeya.
  2. Bhaktha Siriyala.
  3. MahiRavana.
  4. Maya Bazaar.
  5. Nallathanga Devi.
  6. Gaja Gowri Vratha.
  7. Shri Krishna Garudie.
  8. Lava Kusha.
  9. Nakku Nagisi Aluva Maresu.
  10. Bhaktha Sudhama.
  11. Bheema Jharasandha.
  12. Girija Kalyana.
  13. Mooruvare Vajragalu.
  14. Kiratarjuna.
  15. Sathya Harishchandra.
  16. Uttarana Paurusha.
  17. Chandrahaasa
  18. Maruthi Vijaya
  19. Santha Sakku Bhai
  20. Koluru Kodu Gusu
  21. Ayyappa Swamy
  22. Babru Vahana
  23. Muruvare Vajragalu
  24. Bhukailasa
  25. Nala Damayanthi
  26. Shani Prabhava
  27. Ramayana (4 Parts)
  28. Renuka Devi Mahathme
  29. Bhakta Kumbara
  30. Santha Ganeshwara
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