Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Dasu

Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Das (31 August 1864 – 2 January 1945) was a multifaceted fountainhead of talent in diverse fields of learning and forms of fine arts in Madras Presidency, British India. He was born in Ajjada village, near Bobbili, presently in Balijipeta mandal of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Pandit Ajjada Adibhatla Narayana Das garu, a versatile genius of all time from Andhra Pradesh. He was a poet, musician, dancer, linguist, and philosopher with an unparalleled body of work in a wide variety of subjects with great depts. A seemingly impossible feat by human effort inspiring the rest to push their limits. A Real life "Sakala KaLa Vallabha" poly art exponent. An embodiment of Bharateeyata (Indian-ness) articulating the universal appeal, touching the unifying chord of Advaita or applied non-duality, among all fields of learning and arts dedicating a full life to study and deliver creative productivity in isolation competing with one-self maximizing time spent on the planet. He performed Swadhyaya (self-taught) like Tapas (penance) and vice versa. Making his life and body of work a compelling case study for scholars and aspirants in the same breath. His merit and perseverance proved that one can indeed become "a master of many trades" as long there is passion, grit and acumen. A noted previous century knighthood donned University Vice chancellor had hailed him as the "walking university" a contemporary AI Techie would call him a "Human chatGPT" and wonder permanently how his learning and generating model worked. Narayana Das was a linguist with proficiency in as many as eight languages (including Arabic and Persian), poet, philosopher, playwright, composer, dancer, actor and the creator of the unique art form, Hari Katha. He had mastery over several Indian and classical languages like Telugu, Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, English, Arabic and Persian.