he was born on 16 may 1955, in a padmashali community in puttapaka village, narayanpur mandal in nalgonda district, telangana to narasimha, also a textile designer, who is credited with bringing telia rumal to his community from chirala. the traditional telia rumals are produced by him in its original and traditional methods since its inception by his father in the puttapaka village. gajam anjaiah married anasuya and they have three sons, ramesh, murali and shravan and one daughter, dhanalaxmi.