‘Saṅgīta Sāhitya Sārvabhauma’, ‘Laya Brahma’, ‘Pañcamukhī Paramēsvara’, ‘Āṭa Pāṭala Mēṭi’, ‘Sahaja Pānḍitya Vilāsa’, ‘Pūrṇa Puruṣuḍu’, ‘Pumbhāva Sarasvati and ‘Harikathā Pitāmaha’ Ajjāḍa Ādibhaṭla Nārāyaṇa Dās (Ajjāḍa-his birthplace), did inestimable service to the world of Telugu literature and arts by the creation of the novel art form Harikatha. He served Harikatha for six decades (1883-1945) transporting his audience into his world of Harikatha by his multi-faceted personality. The connoisseurs of arts of his time conferred on him the title of ‘Harikathā Pitāmaha’. Tūmāṭi Dōṇappa in his ‘Telugu Harikathā Vāṅgmaya Caritra’ highlights the glorious period of six decades in which Nārāyaṇa Dās’ Harikatha-s reigned supreme as Nārāyaṇa Dāsa yuga[^1] , and the years before 1883 as Prāṅ (pre) Nārāyaṇa Dāsa yuga and the years after 1945 as Anantara (post) Nārāyaṇa Dāsa yuga. Some of the prominent Harikatha artistes of the period before 1883 were Dhuḷipāḷa Kriṣṇa Kavi, Koppera Bābu Rao, Mainampāṭi