Early Life
Jashuva was born into a poor yaadava caste family in Vinukonda, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India to Virayya and Lingamma. His father was Yadav and his mother Madiga (an intercaste marriage). Due to poverty and their caste, his childhood was difficult in a society which considered his caste untouchable. His parents raised him as a Christian, yet Jashuva often drew inspiration from Hinduism and Hindu mythological epics. This angered his Christian society, which was quick to proscribe Jashuva's family from their community. This did not deter Jashuva who continued to write poetry in Telugu.
He graduated with Ubhaya Bhasha Praveena (as a scholar of Telugu and Sanskrit languages).
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