Prasanna Bharathi is a publicly charitable trust under the Indian Trusts Act. The Trust deed was registered with the Sub Registrar’s Office at Akkayyapalem, Visakhapatnam on the 23rd of February 1996. Shri Kondepudy Subba Rao is the Settler who constituted the Trust.

A Board of Trustees manages the Trust. Among several other activities, the publication of the quarterly literary journal “Prasanna Bharathi” is the main activity of the Trust. The journal has a separate editorial board comprising several eminent scholars. Details of the Trustees and the editorial Board are given separately.

History

Background

The modern period in Telugu literature, which began in the late 19th century was dominated by several illustrious literary magazines like Krishna Patrika, Bharathi, Aandhri etc., which provided a platform for writers and poets, and served as journals by publishing researched articles. They essentially catered to the classical style in poetry. However, towards the end of the 20 th century almost all the journals/magazines which catered to traditional style in poetry ceased publication. At the same time, interest and support for traditional literature, poetry in classical metrical style declined. Almost the entire print media barring a few magazines gave importance to literary forms like, broken verse, short story, and novel. There was then a felt need for journals / magazines that encouraged and provided a platform for poetry in the classical style. During the late eighties Shri Kondepudy Subba Rao started a movement known as “Andhra Padya Kavita Sadassu” to revitalise the literary world and refocus their interest in the classical style of poetry.