Shri Datta Darshanam is a 1985 Telugu film directed by Kamalakara Kameswara Rao. The story is based on the life of Hindu deity Dattatreya

Dattatreya

Dattatreya or Datta is a Hindu deity encompassing the trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, collectively known as Trimurti. The name Dattatreya can be divided into two words - "Datta" and "Atreya" referring to the sage Atri, his physical father.Various Hindu sects worship him differently...

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Plot

Atri and Anasuy takes a very long penance to get divine blessings. As a result, Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva incarnated as their son Dattatreya. He grows up to be a great Yogi. Indra prays him for help, when is dethroned by Jambhasura. Datta kills Jambhasura with His yogic powers. Vishnudatta, a Brahmin scholar is tested by Datta and gives the great upadesham. Kartaveerya is born with defects and worships Datta and he is bestowed with all powers. Later Kartaveerya became egoistic and is hence controlled by Parashurama. Jamadagni, father of Parashurama is killed by Kartaveerya's sons in retaliation. Then Parashurama kills all kings that do not rule by Dharma and rescued Dattatreya. Datta gives him divine knowledge.

Cast

Actor / Actress	Character
Sarvadaman D. Banerjee Sarvadaman D. Banerjee Sarvadaman D. Banerjee is an Indian actor. He has acted in various Hindi, Sanskrit and Telugu movies. He is best known for playing Krishna in Ramanand Sagar's hit Television series Krishna .-Personal life:...	Sridatta
J. V. Ramana Murthi J. V. Ramana Murthi J. V. Ramana Murthi is an eminent Indian stage and film actor. He is younger brother of J. V. Somayajulu.-Brief lifesketch:He was born on 20 May 1933 in Vizianagaram district. He started acting in playlets since his school days. He got the best performance award for "Vishwa Shanti" of Athreya in...
Jyotirmayi	Anagha devi
Kanchana
Ranganath Ranganath (actor) Ranganath B.A. is a versatile Telugu film actor. He has acted some 300 films and played social and mythological roles.He was born in Madras in 1946. His birth name is Tirumala Sundara Sri Ranganath...	Karthaveeryarjuna
Prabha Prabha * Rama Prabha is an Indian actress.* Prabha Atre is an India n classical singer of the Kirana gharana.* Andhra Prabha is a Telugu daily newspaper launched in 1938.* Kannada Prabha a morning daily from the house of The New Indian Express Group....	Sumathi Sumathi Sumati or Sumathi may refer to:* Sumathi , a popular Tamil actress.* Sumathi Satakam, a type of Telugu poetry written by Baddena.* Sumathi, 1942 Telugu film....
Chalapathi Rao	Indra Indra ' or is the King of the demi-gods or Devas and Lord of Heaven or Svargaloka in Hindu mythology. He is also the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall.Indra is one of the chief deities in the Rigveda...
Sivakrishna	Parashurama Parashurama Parashurama , is the sixth avatar of Vishnu and belongs to the treta yuga, and is the son of a Brahmin father Jamadagni and mother Renuka. He is considered one of the seven immortal human. He received an axe after undertaking a terrible penance to please Shiva, from whom he learned the methods of...
K. R. Vijaya K. R. Vijaya K. R. Vijaya is a popular Indian actress who has starred in Tamil, Malayalam and Telugu films. She started her career in the 1960s. She has been acting for more than four decades now in South Indian cinema. K. R...	Renuka
Gummadi Venkateswara Rao Gummadi Venkateswara Rao Gummadi Venkateswara Rao popularly known as Gummadi was a popular Telugu film character actor. Though he began to act in films much later than famous artistes like N.T.Rama Rao and Akkineni Nageswara Rao he had through the course of his career acquired a niche for himself vis a vis the character...	Jamadagni Jamadagni Jamadagni is one of the Saptarishis in the seventh, i.e. the present Manvantara. He was a descendant of the sage Bhrigu, one of the Prajapatis created by Brahma, the God of Creation...
Prabhakar Reddy Prabhakar Reddy Dr. Mandadi Prabhakar Reddy better known as Prabhakar Reddy M.B.B.S. was a versatile Telugu Character actor and Story Writer of Andhra Pradesh, India. He has acted in over 472 films in three decades. He wrote stories for several acclaimed films like Karthika Deepam. The "Dr...	Atri Atri This article is about the sage named Attri. See also the gotra named Atri. For the Italian city, see Atri, AbruzzoIn Hinduism, Attri or Atri is a legendary bard and scholar and was one of 9 Prajapatis, and a son of Brahma, said to be ancestor of some Brahmin, Prajapatis, kshatriya and Vaishya...
Jayanthi Jayanthi (actress) Jayanthi is an Indian actress. She has appeared in over 500 films, including films in the Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Marathi languages. In Kannada movies, she was honored with the title Abhinaya Sharade....	Anasuya Anasuya Anusuya Anusuya Anusuya (IAST: Anasūyā, sanskrit:अनसूया Sati Anasuya, also referred as अनुसूया or Sati Anusuya, in Hindu mythology, was wife of the sage Atri and mother of Dattatreya who is considered by some Hindus (in western India) to be an incarnation of the Divine Trinity Brahma, Vishnu and...  Matha
Silk Smitha Silk Smitha Silk Smitha was an Indian film actress. She became a movie extra and subsequently the most wanted heroine of the early 80s. The sobriquet "Silk" came in 1979, with her first Tamil film Vandi Chakkaram, in which she played a bar girl named Silk...	Dancer

Soundtrack

• Athivalake Aadarsham
• Dattatrya Struthi
• Nene Satyam Nene Nityam
• Pracheena Slokam

External Links

• Shri Datta Darshanam film at IMDb