Gruhalakshmi Swarnakankanam

Swarnakankanam award

Kasinadhuni Nageswara Rao launched a monthly magazine for women, Gruhalakshmi, in 1928 and founded the Swarnakankanam (gold bracelet) award in 1934 to honour women for excellence in literature and social reform.

Recipients of the award

  • Kanuparti Varalakshmamma (1934)
  • Ganti Krishnavenamma(1950)
  • Kommuri Padmavatidevi (1956)
  • Utukuri Lakshmikantamma
  • Illindala Saraswatidevi
  • K. Ramalakshmi
  • Tenneti Hemalata (Lata)(1963)
  • Vedula Meenakshidevi
  • Nayani Krishnakumari
  • Gudipudi Indumatidevi
  • Kanakadurga Ramachandran
  • Abburi Chayadevi
  • Gidugu Lakshmikantamma

External sources

  • K. Ramalakshmi (Comp.)(1968) Andhra Racayitrulu samaachara suchika. Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Sahitya Akademi.
  • Yeddanapudi Sulochanarani and Prabhavati, Vasa. Ed.(2009) Nenu, naa rachanalu. Hyderabad: Mahila Chaitanya sahiti samskrutika samstha.
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