Vemuri Saradamba

{{Short description|Telugu poet}}

[[File:Vemuri Saradamba.jpg|thumb|Vemuri Saradamba]]

[[File:Vemuri Saradamba.jpg|thumb|Vemuri Saradamba]]

'''Vemuri Saradamba''' (1881–1899) was an Indian child prodigy of the 19th century. She was a poet, musician, ''[[veena]]'' player, and performer. In a short span of 19 years of her life, as a teenage girl, she exemplified herself as votary of woman development in a society, where it was undesirable to give even a basic education to a girl child and teaching fine arts like music, dance was considered a cardinal sin by high caste families.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Atchuta Rao |first=Dasu |date=July–September 2015 |title=Vemuri Saradamba: Champion of Girl’s Education |journal=Triveni |language=English |volume=84 |issue=3 |pages=6–8}}</ref>

'''Vemuri Saradamba''' (1881–1899) was an Indian child prodigy of the 19th century. She was a poet, musician, ''[[veena]]'' player, and performer. In a short span of 19 years of her life, as a teenage girl, she exemplified herself as votary of woman development in a society, where it was undesirable to give even a basic education to a girl child and teaching fine arts like music, dance was considered a cardinal sin by high caste families.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Atchuta Rao |first=Dasu |date=July–September 2015 |title=Vemuri Saradamba: Champion of Girl’s Education |journal=Triveni |language=English |volume=84 |issue=3 |pages=6–8}}</ref>