Pingali Venkayya - Early Life

Early Life

Pingali Venkayya was born in Bhatlapenumarru, near Masulipatnam, the present day Machilipatnam of Andhra Pradesh, British India to Hanumantharayudu and Venkataratnamma. He belonged to a Telugu Brahmin family. After finishing high school at Machlipatnam, he went to Colombo to complete his Senior Cambridge.

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