Tenali Ramakrishna
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Garlapati Tenali Ramakrishna (Telugu: తెనాలి రామకృష్ణుడు), popularly known as Tenali Rama and Vikata Kavi, was a court-poet of the Vijayanagara Empire in the 16th century CE. He was one of the Ashtadiggajas who were patrons of Krishnadeva Raya and is also referred to as Tenali Raman in some parts of Southern India.
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[edit] Biography
His family had originally hailed from Tumuluru near Tenali in Guntur District. He was also known as Tenali Ramalinga, a Shaiva name. It is believed that he later converted to Vaishnavism.
Some scholars dispute whether that he was a contemporary of Krishnadeva Raya. Tenali Ramakrishna's most famous work, Panduranga Mahatyamu, is dedicated to god Panduranga, a form of Vishnu, whose main temple stands at Pandharpur.[1] He was known for his wit. He died due to a snake-bite.
His story was made into a cartoon called "The Adventures of Tenali Raman" by the Cartoon Network (India) in 2001.[2]
[edit] His works
Scholars treat his famous work Panduranga Mahatyamu as one among the Pancha Kavyas. He has dedicated Panduranga Mahatyam to Viruri Vedadri. [3] This book is about the Pundarika Kshetram on the banks of river Bhaimi and its legend. He also composed Udbhataradhya Charitram on the story of Udbhata, a monk, as well as Ghatikachala Mahatyam about Ghatikachalam, a place of worship for God Narasimha near Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
[edit] Style
He followed the Prabhanda style. He took the theme for Panduranga Mahatyam from the Skanda Purana and enhanced it with many stories about the devotees of God Vittala (Panduranga).
He is noted for brilliance and wit and for mocking other poets and great personalities. He created a celebrated character called Nigama Sarma akka(sister of Nigama Sarma) and a story around her without giving her a name. He also had written many Chatuvu(extempore poems).
[edit] Titles
- He was called a vikata kavi (a phonetic palindrome) meaning clown-jester-poet.
- Kumara Bharathi [3]
[edit] References
- ^ Pande, Dr Suruchi (August 2008). "The Vithoba of Pandharpur" (pdf). Prabuddha Bharata (Advaita Ashrama: the Ramakrishna Order started by Swami Vivekananda) 113 (8): p. 448. ISSN 0032-6178. http://www.advaitaashrama.org/pb_archive/2008/PB_2008_August.pdf. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- ^ The Hindu Online | Adventures of Tenali Raman Article dated June 20, 2003 by Savitha Gautam, accessed on October 20, 2008
- ^ a b [1]
[edit] External links
- Tenali Ramakrishna
- K.A. Nilakanta Sastry, History of South India, From Prehistoric times to fall of Vijayanagar, 1955, OUP, New Delhi (Reprinted 2002) ISBN 0-19-560686-8
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