Born as Sattiraju LakshmiNarayana (Telugu: సత్తిరాజు లక్ష్మీనారాయణ)in Narsapur, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India in a Niyogi family. He graduated with a degree in Law from the University of Madras in 1955. He worked as a political cartoonist for the newspaper Andhra Patrika in 1945.
Special Honours:
1. President of India Rashtrapati Award from the Academy of Fine Arts, Tirupati 2. Visishta Puraskaramu from Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University - 2002 3. Life Time Achievement Award from Indian Institute of Cartoonists - 2001 4. Life Time Achievement Award from Telugu Association of North America 5. "Siromani" award from American Telugu Association - 1992 6. Honorary Doctorate "Kala Prapoorna" from Andhra University - 1991 7. Raja-Lakshmi Award in 1982 from Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai - 1982