POTTI SREERAMULU TELUGU UNIVERSITY

POTTI SREERAMULU TELUGU UNIVERSITY

The seal of Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University (PSTU) has a lotus holding a ‘Poorna Kumbha’ with all its embellishments of a coconut and mango leaves placed over the glowing sun. These are ensconced by a circular border in yellow which carries the name of the university in Telugu and English. This assembl;age is placed on the tail of a seven headed serpent with a snake-stone (nagamani) above its hood. This emblem is surmounted by a banner, which bears the motto of the university in Telugu ‘భాషలందు తెలుగు లెస్స’ (Krishna Deva Raya, (Lord Ranganayaka) Amuktamalyada) meaning ‘Of All the Languages in the Country Telugu is the Best’. The poorna kumbha symbolises fullness or completeness of life, abundance and plenty; The sun symbolises life, energy, power, positivity, illumination, light and clarity; the lotus denotes purity, enlightenment, rebirth, transformation, personal growth, resilience, overcoming obstacles and divine beauty; the nagamani is a mythical stone which is rare and precious and the seven-headed serpent, or ‘naga’, is a symbol of power, wonder, splendid and pride in Hindu and Buddhist culture and faith. The multiple heads on the snake are symbolic and denote protection. The seven-headed naga also represents the seven races within the Naga society.