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Introduction By Sri Sri Rajah M. Bhujanga Rao Bahadur, F. A. U Zamindar of Lakkavaram, Vella, etc., Estates. (Ashtavadhani1, author of a 100 Telugu works, Obtainer of Royal appreciation and a certificate of merit from the Government and a Gold medal for translating the New Testament into Telugu verse). I read almost all the works of Rev Purushotham Chowdhary. He is a true Christian of the highest order. The very fact that almost all the different Denominational Churches of Andhra Desa adopted many of his devotional songs in their worship, is a clear proof of his great merit and non- sectarian Christian spirit. In Telugu, he proved himself a poet of the classical order. His verses are lucid and run like a natural flow on an ebbing river. He is able to express his thoughts very clearly and no where can we find him blinking to find a suitable word, or phrase to express his inner thoughts. He has done a great service to the Christian community and to the Telugu public at large, and I am sure his name will last in this country as long as the Telugu people exist. It's the duty of every Andhrite to join hands in commemorating his name to perpetuity. The work Mr. John Chowdhary, his grandson, enlightening the aristocracy of India with Christian principles, is well known to all the general public, as the Founder and Honorary Secretary of the Mission to the Aristocracy of India. It is quite fitting that this God loving grandson should take up to write and produce the life of so great a grandfather whose name is well known to all the Telugu Christian public. I sincerely wish that the publication of the work proves a great success. I also pray that the Lord would spare Mr. John Chowdhary, for many years to come to serve the Lord Jesus Christ and his Countrymen. Ellore 2.2.1935 S/d Rajah M. Bhujanga Rao
1. A scholar who faces 8 learned men and women, answering their questions about descriptions, teasers, speaking out poems line after line, answering unconnected witty speech, a total of 8 highly complicated procedures, over a period of a few hours extempore.