In one of the poems, "Jagannathuni Ratha Chakralu", Sri Sri addressed those who were suffering due to social injustices and said, "Don't cry, don't cry. His book Maha Prasthanam (The Great Journey), an anthology of poems, is one of his major works. Krishna Sastry’s pain was the pain of the world, while the world’s pain became Sri Sri’s pain.” The essence of his personality was captured by Gudipati Venkatachalam when he compared him with the great romantic Telugu poet Devulapalli Krishnasastri: “While Krishna Sastry made his anguish known to the whole world, Sri Sri spoke in his voice about the anguish of the whole world. He moved poetry forward from traditional mythological themes to reflect more contemporary issues. He wrote visionary poems in a style and meter not used before in Telugu classical poetry. Srirangam Srinivasa Rao was the first true modern Telugu poet to write about contemporary issues that affected the day-to-day life of a common man in a style and metre which were not used in classical Telugu poetry. Some of the songs, such as "Hamsavale O Padava", "Oogisaladenayya", "Premaye janana marana leela", scored by Saluri Rajeswara Rao, were major hits. He entered into Telugu cinema with Ahuti (1950), a Telugu-dubbed version of Junnarkar's Neera aur nanda (1946). He wrote visionary poems in a style and metre not used before in Telugu classical poetry. He introduced free verse into his socially concerned poetry through Maha Prasthanam. He later worked for All India Radio and armed forces. In 1938, he joined as a sub-editor of Andhra Prabha, a daily newspaper. He went to Madras for his higher studies in 1928 and completed them by 1931. He later married Sarojini, with whom he had a son and three daughters. He married Venkata Ramanamma at an age of 15 and adopted a girl child. He completed his education in the same school in which his father, Sri Venkata Ramaiah, was working as a mathematics teacher. Srirangam Srinivasa Rao, popularly known as Sri Sri, was born on 30 April 1910 in Visakhapatnam.
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