Vice President launched ‘International Satavadhanam’ event

The Vice President Shri M Venkaiah Naidu has observed that ‘avadhanam’ as a literary feat has greatly contributed to the Telugu language’s glorious tradition. ‘Avadhanam’ is like a test of the poet’s literary prowess and scholarship, he added. This extraordinary feat, a historical and unique feature of only a few languages, should be further promoted, the Vice President advised.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

Avadhānaṃ is a literary performance popular from the very ancient days in India.

Avadhānaṃ originated as a Sanskrit literary process and is revived by poets in Telugu and Kannada in modern times.

It involves the partial improvisation of poems using specific themes, metres, forms, or words.

The Avadhanam event showcases, through entertainment, of superior mastery of cognitive capabilities – of observation, memory, multitasking in multiple modes of intelligence – literature, poetry, music, mathematical calculations, puzzle solving etc.

Avadhāni refers to the individual who performs the Avadhānaṃ; one of the many individuals asking questions is a Pṛcchaka (questioner).