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+# Sree Krushnadevaraya — Upstream Investigation
+
+**Model**: Claude Opus 4.6
+**Date**: 2026-03-12
+**Investigator**: AI agent (Claude) under guidance of @felipesanches
+
+## Summary
+
+The canonical upstream repository for Sree Krushnadevaraya was identified as
+`appajid/sreekrushnadevaraya` on GitHub. The link to this repository was found
+in the font's `DESCRIPTION.en_us.html` file. The repository contained a UFO
+source file on the `master` branch.
+
+## Repository
+
+- **URL**: https://github.com/appajid/sreekrushnadevaraya
+- **Branch**: `master`
+- **Commit**: `1d8aea8611ff50608f113c079890bd4c996d12be`
+- **Commit message**: "updated copyright & version, no latin characters"
+
+## Source Format
+
+The repository contained `SreeKrushnadevaraya.ufo` (a valid UFO directory with
+`fontinfo.plist`, `glyphs/`, `kerning.plist`, `lib.plist`, and `metainfo.plist`)
+alongside `SreeKrushnadevaraya.sfd` and `OFL.txt`. The UFO was the primary
+source format used.
+
+## Decision
+
+The `source` block was added to `METADATA.pb` pointing to
+`appajid/sreekrushnadevaraya` at commit
+`1d8aea8611ff50608f113c079890bd4c996d12be` on the `master` branch.
+
+## Notes
+
+The designer listed in METADATA.pb is Purushoth Kumar Guttula. Sree
+Krushnadevaraya is a Telugu display font developed by Silicon Andhra, named
+after the Telugu king Krishnadevaraya. The project was led by Appaji Ambarisha
+Darbha. The Latin portion of the font was derived from Cantata One, designed
+by Joana Correia da Silva for Sorkin Type Co. The repository was maintained by
+`appajid` (Appaji Ambarisha Darbha) on GitHub.