Puroshottam Choudhary

Puroshottam Choudhary (1803-1880)[1] was a composer of bhajans (hymns) for Telugu Christians.[2] He was a Baptist, and came from a Telugu-speaking district of Madras Presidency.[3] He was living in Ganjam district when a man visited his village and gave him a Christian tract; he read it several years later. He was the first Telugu Brahmin convert to Christianity to receive baptism.[4] He is described as "the first poet of the Telugu Church". During his life he wrote almost 120 hymns and seven Christian tracts in Telugu.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Mallampalli 2004, p. 116
  2. ^ Rao 1983, pp. 5–6
  3. ^ Elisha 2006: "Telugu Baptist pastors like Puroshottam Choudhary and Das Anthervedy from the Telugu-speaking districts of Madras Presidency were present even before the British Baptist Missionary Society's Serampore Mission and the London Missionary Society began their mission."
  4. ^ Menachery & Hambye 1982, p. 102
  5. ^ Mallampalli 2004, p. 117

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