Adibhatla Narayana Das, a versatile genius and doyen of Harikatha
Narayana Das, also called as 'Harikatha Pithamaha’ was born on 31st August 1864 to Venkata Chayanulu and Lakshmi Narasamamba, in Ajjada, a small village on the shores of Suvarnamukhi in the present Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh.
He was a poet, dancer, vaggeyakara, musician, litterateur, linguist and creator of modern school of Harika