Even the history books do not have much on Bhatlapenumarru, a tiny village amid lush green fields in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, though it was where a national legend, Pingali Venkaiah, was born. A two-story building built a few years ago with money pooled by the villagers and some philanthropists, which is used mostly as a community hall, is the only ‘memorial' that stands in the name of Pingali Venkaiah, the architect of the Indian National Flag. A life-size statue of Venkaiah, along with that of Mahatma Gandhi, greets visitors at the village centre.

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