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first twin women poets in Telugu. They wrote several philosophical poems on Ramana
Maharshi - important ones are Aradhana and Nivedyam. They translated essence of Bhagavadgita into Telugu by name Gnana Netram. She wrote the auto-biography of Sri Rama Yogi, both in Telugu and English. Kankamma was an accomplished write and her writings appeared in Bharati, Krishnapatrika, Grihalakshmi, Anasuya, Hindusundari Jaminryot and in many other journals. She lost her property due to the tyranny and repression of Venkatagiri Zameendar. She established in 1952 an industrial training centre for poor, orphan and under-privileged women.
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friends for concealing fire arms and for firing practice. When she became the follower of
Mahatma, she donated the land to establish the "Pinakini Satygrahasramam". Gandhiji inaugurated the "Pinakini Satyagraha Ashram" on 7 April 1921. Chaturuvedula Krishnaiah (C.V.Krishna), Digumarti Hanumanta Rao, his wife Krishnabai and Kondiparti Punnaya were the founder Members of the Ashram.
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exchanged 1-5 acres of the school site, in
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Kanakamma participated in non-cooperation movement and in Salt
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Congress committee. After she lost her only daughter, M.Venkatasubbamma in 1934, who was a budding writer and social worker, she became a devotee of Ramana Maharshi and Ramayogi of Annareddy palem. Ponaka Kanakamma and Dronamraju Lakshmibaiyamma were the
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