Overview
- Ande Sri, 64, died on Monday at Gandhi Hospital after collapsing at his Hyderabad home, with hospital officials citing cardiac arrest and a history of hypertension.
- His funeral took place on Tuesday in Ghatkesar with full police honours, where Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy served as a pallbearer alongside ministers and senior leaders.
- The government will seek Cabinet approval to teach Jaya Jayahe Telangana in schools and will place 20,000 copies of his anthology Nippula Vaagu in public libraries statewide.
- Revanth Reddy announced a government job for a family member, a memorial in the poet’s name, and a renewed request to the Centre to confer the Padma Shri posthumously.
- Ande Sri authored the Telangana state anthem and became a voice of the statehood movement, receiving recent recognition including an honorary doctorate and a Rs 1 crore award.