User:Srinivaschepuri

Srinivas was born on March 12th, 1983 in Rajahmundry, near the banks of river godavari i.e. East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. His mother was from Kadiyam while his father was a native of Mogallu, near Bhimavaram and an Industrial Engineer in the A.P.P.Mill at Rajahmundry. The young srini lived mainly in Mogallu[1] and was educated in Rajahmundry at the Vullithota Bangarayya school, as well as in Kakinada, Tuni and Ramachandrapuram in the East Godavari district.

Raju's father died when he was in elementary school and he grew up in the care of his uncle, Rama Chandra Raju, a tehsildar in Narsapur in the West Godavari district. He studied at Taylor High School in Narsapur then moved to Tuni along with his mother, brother and sister. While there, Alluri visited areas of the Visakhapatnam district and became familiar with the needs of the indigenous people.

When Raju turned 15, he moved to his mother's home town of Vishakhapatnam and enrolled at Mrs. A.V.N. College.[2] He dropped out of college after failing in the fourth form (Std. IX).