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Midde Ramulu (1941–2010)

Karimnagar pastoral ballad virtuoso who brought Telangana's acrobatic Oggu Katha Mallanna and Beerappa epics into national archives.

Archival portrait of Telangana Oggu Katha narrator Midde Ramulu

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Archival portrait of Telangana Oggu Katha narrator Midde Ramulu
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Born in Hanmajipet village of Rajanna Sircilla (formerly Karimnagar) district, Telangana, Midde Ramulu assembled his Oggu Katha ensemble in youth, leading five-person pastoral narratives driven by the hourglass oggu damaru drum, brass తాళం cymbals, and whirling yellow-dhoti leaps. 1

Over four decades of village shrine vigils and All India Radio recordings, he standardized performance training for hundreds of Kuruma and Golla oral epic singers across Telangana. 1

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Oggu Katha Mallanna & Beerappa Folk Epic Recitation
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Midde Ramulu and the Oggu Katha Repertoire of TelanganaTelugu Academy / Department of Culture, Telangana, 2015—
"Midde Ramulu (1941–2010)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/midde-ramulu · CC BY-SA 4.0.