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Raja-Lakshmi award to be conferred on Biruduraju Ramaraju

By Our Special Correspondent

HYDERABAD Aug. 14. The Raja-Lakshmi Award for 2003 will be conferred on Biruduraju Ramaraju, according to a communique from a Chennai-based foundation on Thursday.

The award instituted to promote arts, literature, science and humanities carries Rs.1 lakh and a citation.

Prof. Ramaraju will also receive the Dr. K. V. Rao and Dr. Jyoti Rao Award of $ 2,000.

Prof. Ramaraju has been instrumental in enriching the Telugu folklore and literature.

He has authored many books and edited some. His thesis was on `Telugu Janapada geya sahityam.'

A freedom fighter, Prof. Ramaraju had won several honours earlier.

Brahmasri Edidi Suryanarayana Murty, a renowned vedic scholar, has been selected for the Lakshmi-Raja Vaidika Puraskaram for 2003.

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