Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma selected for ‘Kopparapu’ award
Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma has been named the recipient of the 2026 Kopparapu Kavula National Pratibha Award. The award ceremony will take place in Visakhapatnam and feature a discourse on the poetic works of the Kopparapu brothers.
Why it matters
The event highlights the preservation of regional literary traditions and cultural recognition in India.
Discourse exponent Samavedam Shanmukha Sarma has been selected for the ‘Kopparapu Kavula National Pratibha Award 2026.’ The award will be presented at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at Kalabharati auditorium in Visakhapatnam as part of the 24th anniversary celebrations of the Kopparapu Kavula Kalapeetham.
The programme, organised under the guidance of Kalapeetham founder-president M. A. A Sarma, will include the release of the book ‘Sri Kopparapu Sodara Kavula Satavadhana Soundaryam.’
Mr. Shanmukha Sarma will deliver a discourse on the Kopparapu brothers’ poetic work ‘Daiva Sankalpam.’
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