Cherukuri Srisailam was a reputed nadaswaram artist of Bapatla town which is in Guntur district. He learned nadaswaram in nidubrolu in his childhood along with Sheik Chinna Moulana.The Andhra Pradesh government and many artists associations has given many awards and recognitions to him. He was born to venkatappaiah and Raghavamma on 1924 and died on December 17, 2009 in Bapatla Government hospital at 9:00PM.News papers Eenadu and Saakshi has published his death news.
Biography
He has performed many Nadaswara kacheri's in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. He performed kacheri's many times in Jillelamudi and got recognised as a member of the Council and Jillelamudi ammavaru has great respect towards him. He performed Nadaswaram programs straight 45 years in annual temple celebrations of bhavanarayanaswamy temple.
He was married to Sarojini Devi. She died on December 2, 1986 in Bapatla town. He has 2 sons and 3 Daughters.He was mentioned in the book "Bapatla Vaibavam" which is based on the history and notable peoples of Bapatla town.