NATIONAL MOVEMENT IN ANDHRA: A CULTURAL STUDY

Culture plays an important role in creating a Nation's consciousness. Indian culture has a hoary past and inspiring ideas and ideals. From the ages people united with the same ideals through out India. The national awakening in the 19th and 20th century also popularized our cultural past. The preaching of Swami Vivekananda and Dayananda Saraswati, who propagated the idea of superiority of Vedas is the best example of this scenario which imbibed self respect in the Indians. In the light of colonial era, when freedom struggle started, the leaders took the same ideals from our culture to spread the movement amongst the common people. Celebrating festivals, recitation of purānas, observing fastings, singing bhajans, samkeertanas, prabhātabheris are a part of Andhra culture. Hence an attempt is made to study how these cultural aspects were applied to motivate the Telugu people in the National movement.