[citation needed] Vavilikolanu Subba Rao also regularly participated in Avadhana programmes.

He intended to dedicate his translation of Valmiki Ramayana to Lord Rama of Vontimitta temple.

In the words of Vavilikolanu Subba Rao, it is a yadha--valmika--ramayanamu—a Ramayana strictly according to Valmiki.

Narayana Rao further says that in keeping with the popular belief that Valmiki's text of Ramayana has powerful mantric syllables embedded in it, Subba Rao attempted to bring similar mantric syllables into his Telugu text.

[7] The Andhra Pradesh Government has declared the Vontimitta Lord Rama as its official deity.

[citation needed] He took Sanyasa deeksha in 1920s and under the name of Vasudaasa Swami traversed across Andhra Pradesh.His disciples have set up ashrams at Nadigadda palem and Angalakuduru, to carry forward his legacy.