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Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham〔 (26 September 1867 – 17 June 1946) was an Indian playwright, novelist and author of short stories, who wrote in the Telugu language. He was a romantic and a social reformer in the tradition founded by Veeresalingam.〔Babu, A. Satish. ''Tourism development in India : a case study'' New Delhi : A.P.H. Pub. Corp., 2008. ISBN 978-81-313-0346-7 ISBN 81-313-0346-2 p. 73〕 His best-known plays are probably ''Gayopakhyanam'' (1909) and ''Ganapati'' (1920). Narasimham was visually impaired since his youth, and became blind after his graduation. He nonetheless served as an instructor in Telugu at the Government Arts College in Rajahmundry. He was active in the Indian independence movement; he eschewed "foreign cloth" and wore ''khādī'' dhoti, shirt, coat and turban. ==Early life== Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham was born on 26 September 1867 in a Dravida Brahmin family of Aaraama Dravidulu Sect. He was born at Khandavalli village in West Godavari district at the residence of his maternal uncle. His father's name is Chilakamarti Venkanna and mother's name is Venkataratnamma and were residents of Veeravasaram village in West Godavari district.〔V.V.L. Narasimha Rao. ''Makers of Indian Literature: Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham'', Sahitya Academy, ISBN 81-7201-499-6.〕 Narasimham's earlier name was Punniah and was later named after a popular temple deity Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy of Antarvedi village. According to his autobiography,〔Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham. ''Sweeya Charitamu'', Kalachakram Prachuranalu, Rajahmundry, 1968 (Third Edition)〕 his aunt's daughter Punnamma died after giving birth to a child. Narasimham's mother saw her in her dream and was asked to name Narasimham after her. Later, Narasimham's father and paternal grand mother did not like the name and changed it. As a boy, he was said to resemble his maternal grandfather, Bhadraiah Sastry who died a year before the grandson was born. His body, height, tonal quality, poetic talent, together with a sort of purblindness (sic) where all inherited from the grandfather.〔 Due to his partial blindness, he had trouble walking alone in the nights and was unable to read during nights. He was unable to see the numbers written on the blackboard and unable to catch ball while playing. He used to take help from his friends who used to read aloud the school lessons for him.〔Dr. Muktevi Bharathi, ''Chilakamarti Jeevitam – Sahityam'', Visalandhra Publishing House, Hyderabad, 2001.〕 At the age of five, his ''Upanayanam'', the sacred thread ceremony was performed. His father tried a lot to make Narasimham learn Sandhyavandanam by sending him to his grandfather's village Khandavalli, his aunt's villages Velagadurru and Manchili. Finally, he stayed in Matsyapuri village near Veeravasaram for several months and learned ''Trikaala'' Sandhyavandanam.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chilakamarti Lakshmi Narasimham」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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