A SECRET WEAPON FOR IBOMMATELUGU

Sri Syama Sastri, the oldest on the trinity, was taught Telugu and Sanskrit by his father, who was the pujari (Hindu priest) in the Meenakshi temple in Madurai. Syama Sastri's texts were mainly composed in Telugu, widening their popular appeal. A number of his most popular compositions involve the 9 krithis, Navaratnamaalikā, in praise on the godd