Vidyaranya

Foreword The mind of little children is gentle, pure. The children who are brought up well become excellent citizens and fetch a good name for their families as well as the nation. They become the cause of our pride in our heritage. If we are able to tell the children about the great men and chaste women in our history and how they achieved such distinction, that would impress strong seals of nobility on their tender minds. That would be of immense benefit to them in their future.

It is with this aim that the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is publishing the Srinivasa Bala Bharati series. You will find here the lives of the great Indians who lived to fulfill great ideals. Simple words and simple phrases will be used in the narration in the style of telling a story. We hope the little children will make good use of these books.

Our thanks go to Dr. Sri Hari, Editor-in-Chief, TTD who thought of this proposal and gathered the needed material to put it into action. Our thanks are also due to the writers and artists who have co-operated with us in this venture.

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