
Krishnama Naidu, the zamindar of the village.Pasirika, the son of Rameswara Sastry by Mangamma, his Shudra wife.
Ramachandra Raju, the son of Rameswara Sastry by Rangajamma, his Kshatriya wife. Dharama Rao, the son of Rameswara Sastry by his Brahmin wife Savitramma. Rameshwara Sastry, the hereditary chief minister of Subbannapeta. Again in 1987–88, it was republished in the golden jubilee edition of the same newspaper. Later, it was published in 1937–38 in Andhra Patrika as a serial, and again once more later. Many of the author's close associates say the book was influenced by his own life. It was completed in 29 days, taking up 999 broadsheets. Viswanatha dictated the novel extemporaneously to his younger brother, Venkateswarlu, who wrote it down. This novel was written for a competition organised by Andhra University in 1934, in which this entry shared the prize with Adivi Baapiraju's Narayana Rao. The "hoods" in the title refer to the hoods of the thousand-hooded serpent god who serves as the divine protector of the village where the story is set. The novel has been translated into several other Indian languages. It is a critically acclaimed work of 20th century Telugu literature and has been called "a novel of Tolstoyan scope".
Veyi Padagalu (pronunciation: veɪjɪ pədəgɑlʊ, English: "A Thousand Hoods") is an epic Telugu novel written by Viswanatha Satyanarayana.