The Vavilla family in Andhra Pradesh secured a page in history as a premier publishing house owning a press.
[1] Ramaswamy Sastrulu was born in a Dravida Brahmin family[2][3] at Vavilla, a village near Allur, Nellore District.
During his lifetime till 1891, he published about 50 important books in Telugu and Sanskrit languages.
Even C. P. Brown appreciated his efforts, stating: "In days when people had to read books written by hand, V. Ramaswamy Sastrulu relieved their difficulties by starting a printing press".
[4] It was later handled by his son Vavilla Venkateswara Sastrulu, who improved it greatly, printing more than 900 books in Telugu, Tamil and English.