 After the Digambara School of poetry had lost steam and became a spent force, he cofounded Virasam (Viplava Rachayitala Sangham) along with other revolutionary poets such as Varavara Rao, Sri Sri, Kutumba Rao and Ramana Reddy, and continued his poetic journey.During his lifetime he was harassed by law enforcement agencies, implicated in many cases and jailed.While serving prison sentence his health deteriorated and he died of brain tumor at the age of 38.