Aatukuri Molla

Aatukuri Molla, the fifteenth-century poet whose Telugu Ramayana is loved for its simple language.

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Date of issue April 26, 2017

Denomination Rs. 5

Quantity printed 301590

Printer Security Printing Press, Hyderabad

Perforation 13¾

Watermark No Watermark

Colours Multicolor

Printing process Wet Offset

Credit Sh. Brahm Prakash

Catalogue codes Michel IN 3156 Stamp Number IN 2925 Yvert et Tellier IN 2845 Stanley Gibbons IN 3308

Themes Authors, Famous people, Literary People (Poets and Writers), Literature, Women

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Molla’s Ramayana

Aatukuri (Kummari) Molla (1440–1530), whose name means jasmine in Telugu, was born at Gopavaram in the Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, into a family of potters devoted for generations to Shiva. She had no formal schooling: her gift for poetry was called sahaja panditya, an inborn learning. Though from a family of Shiva devotees, she revered Rama as much, and her Telugu Ramayana, written in simple and beautiful language, remains loved by ordinary readers.

India Post issued three ₹5 stamps on 26 April 2017 for three Telugu poets: Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Tarigonda Vengamamba and Aatukuri Molla. They were designed by Brahm Prakash and printed by Security Printing Press, Hyderabad, 301,590 of each. India Post’s list of 2017 issues shows “Tourism in India” in this place by mistake.