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'''Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sarma''' (1919 - 2006) was a [[Telugu language|Telugu]] writer, [[Sanskrit]] scholar, researcher, reformist and historian.<ref name=GRS>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/28/stories/2007122856650400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071231175227/http://www.hindu.com/2007/12/28/stories/2007122856650400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-12-31 |title=Andhra Pradesh / Kurnool News : Belated recognition to a pioneer |date=2007-12-28 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2013-08-25}}</ref> Sarma won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Telugu|Kendra Sahitya Academy Award]] in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] for the Year 2007 for his autobiography: ''Satapatram'' ("A Hundred Petals").<ref name="GRS"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/general_info.php?id=17 |title=Sahitya Akademi Awards 2007 - General Information - Know India: National Portal of India |publisher=Know India |accessdate=2013-08-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922134459/http://knowindia.gov.in/knowindia/general_info.php?id=17 |archivedate=22 September 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref><br />
In his ''Hundred Petals'', Sarma devoted very little space to write about himself but penned what he had seen during his nine-decade-long life. His autobiography emerged as an authentic work on contemporary social, political and cultural conditions. Sarma presented his ''Hundred Petals'' to his wife Kammalamma with a word of praise for her patience.<ref name="GRS" /><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Sarma was born on 6 March 1919<ref name=kamat>{{cite web|url=http://www.kamat.com/jyotsna/blog/gadiyaram.htm |title=Amma's Column: Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sharma |publisher=Kamat.com |date= |accessdate=2013-08-25}}</ref> in a traditional [[Telugu people|Telugu]] [[Brahmin]] family in [[Anantapur district]] and later migrated to [[Alampur, Mahbubnagar|Alampur]] in [[Mahabubnagar district]] in his childhood along with his family and made the historical town his home.<ref name="GRS" /><br />
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==Works==<br />
Sarma produced nearly 37 books, including many on the historical backgrounds of temples.<br />
*''Madhava Vidyaranya Charita'' (which was later translated into Kannada)<ref name="kamat" /><br />
*''Hindu Dharmam''<br />
*''Alampura Kshethra Mahatyam''<br />
*''Copper Plate of Vinayaditya at Pallepadu''<br />
*''Keyurabahu Charitra''<br />
*''Vignana Vallari''<br />
*''Mana Vaastu Sampada''<br />
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==Preservation advocacy==<br />
He devoted half of his life for the revival of Jogulamba temple at [[Alampur, Mahbubnagar|Alampur]], which was in ruins and fought for construction of flood protection wall to save the historic temple complex.<ref name="GRS" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/28/stories/2005022803700500.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070524232244/http://www.hindu.com/2005/02/28/stories/2005022803700500.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-05-24 |title=Andhra Pradesh News : Razed temple rebuilt after 615 years |date=2005-02-28 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2013-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/09/stories/2003100904830400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031026095850/http://www.hindu.com/2003/10/09/stories/2003100904830400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2003-10-26 |title=Scholar raises objections to re-installation of Jogulamba idol |date=2003-10-09 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2013-08-25}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*[[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Telugu|Sarma was posthumously (died 25 July 2006) awarded Kendra Sahitya Academy Award]] in Telugu for the Year 2007 for his autobiography- SATAPATRAMULU(A Hundred Petals).<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://pustakam.net/?p=1766 Review on the book Satapatram]<br />
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