It is a unique mix of aesthetics and ethics. Adikavi Valmiki's epic has become my heart and soul. It might be a blessed coincidence: I was born on Ap(Sri Rama Navami). Weighed down not by age but by enormous and profound learning and scholarship, he is humble to a fault. My father was equally devoted to the deity of Simhachalam, known as Appanna. My father, I am told, had performed the uphill task of circumambulating the hill many times praying for a son and he begot me. I was born in Padmanabham, a village came to be known by the deity atop the steep hill. By teaching 'Sribhashyam' since time immemorial, my ancestors had earned that title. Said Appalacharyulu: "My ancestors to the nearest forefathers had been the honourable clan of students tutored in 'Sribhashyam' (commentary on the Badarayana Sutras known as 'Brahma Sutras') under the able guidance of the descendants of the direct disciples of Sri Ramanuja. The epithet 'Sribhashyam' is associated with Sri Ramanujacharya. He always finds beautiful meanings in beautiful things. To the grammarian, linguist and author in him, both 'Truth' and 'Beauty' are identical concepts. Sriman Sribhashyam Appalacharyulu is at once a seer and a preceptor. The Vedanta (Upanishad) reveals the artist. To reveal art and conceal the artist is the aim of art. An artist is the creator of beautiful things.
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