Tenali Ramakrishna
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Tenali Ramakrishna, popularly known as Tenali Rama, was a court-poet and court Jester of Krishnadeva Raya of the Vijayanagara empire. He was known for wit and prodigious poetry written in the Telugu language. Ramakrishna was also a great scholar of several languages that included Telugu, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada.
Ramakrishna was called a vikata kavi and he was one of the Ashtadiggajas of the Vijayanagara court. His notability spread beyond Vijayanagar (present-day Karnataka), to areas that reach as far as Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh today.
Tenali Ramakrishna in popular culture
- The lifestory of Tenali Ramakrishna was made into a feature film in Telugu in the 1950s with Dr Akkineni Nageswara Rao in the title role. The film is still well-known with the masses.
- Cartoon Network India produced a cartoon called Tenali Raman, which tells many of his stories of wit and cleverness.
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Peddana • Thimmana • Madayyagari Mallana • Dhurjati • Ayyalaraju Ramambhadrudu • Pingali Surana • Ramarajabhushanudu • Tenali Ramakrishna |
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