Global repute to Kalamalla inscription soon: Deepa Venkat

Swarna Bharat Trust’s managing trustee Deepa Venkat on Sunday (December 21, 2025) said that all steps will be taken to make the 575 CE’s Kalamalla inscription, considered the first inscription to be entirely in a Telugu script, famous across the globe.

Ms. Deepa Venkat, daughter of former Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, formally unveiled the replica of the inscription stone at CP Brown Library and Research Centre in Kadapa, at an event organised by Janumaddi Sahithi Peetham on Sunday.

The event marks the centenary year of litterateur Janumaddi Hanumath Sastry (1925 – 2025), who was fondly called as ‘Brown Sastry’ in view of his contribution to the development of the CP Brown Library.

It may be recalled that the replica was specially made by the Swarna Bharat Trust and installed at the library premises, while the original inscription stone is left at its original place in Kalamalla village in Yerraguntla mandal.

“It is upon everyone to popularise Telugu language across the globe and also pass on its literary grandeur to posterity,” she said, while crediting her father Venkaiah Naidu for the idea of making a replica for the inscription and entrusting the task to her.

Mandali Venkata Krishna Rao Official Language Commission’s president P. Trivikrama Rao paid rich tributes to the Britisher Charles Phillip Brown for initiating steps towards revival of Telugu language and wanted every Telugu to exhibit such a spirit towards one’s mother tongue.

Brown Library advisory committee member Janumaddi Vijayabhaskar recalled the Swarna Bharat Trust’s role in making the replica and called it yet another effort by the trust towards safeguarding the ancient traditions and culture.

Yogi Vemana University Vice-Chancellor B. Rajasekhar accompanied Ms. Deepa Venkat to the exhibition on rare inscriptions and research publications at the library.