Jaina Tirthankara imagery associated with the Jaina heritage of Bommala Gutta Jinavallabha was a 10th-century Jaina scholar and poet whose name is preserved principally through the remarkable Kurkiyala inscription at the Siddha-sila of present-day Bommala Gutta near Kurkiyala in Telangana. He is especially important to the literary and religious history of the Deccan because the inscription records his family background, his connect…

Pillalamarri Pina Virabhadrudu — also referred to as Pillalamarri Pinavirabhadriah , Pina Virabhadra Kavi , or Pinaveerabhadrudu — was a celebrated Telugu poet and scholar of the second half of the fifteenth century . He is traditionally associated with Pillalamarri , now in Suryapet district, Telangana, and is chiefly remembered for his two surviving works, Sringara Shakuntalam (also known as Sakuntala Parinayamu) and Jaimini Bharatam . Literary sou…

The Tahasildar Who Built a Temple | Saint-Poet of Bhadrachalam c.1620–c.1688 · Ramadasu Keertanalu · Dasarathi Shatakamu · Bhadrachalam Temple · Golconda Prison · Ram Tanka Tradition · Vaggeyakara Bhakta Ramadasu — the saint-poet of Bhadrachalam Bhakta Ramadasu (Kancherla Gopanna) was a 17th-century Telugu devotee of Lord Rama, poet and composer associated with Bhadrachalam . Born traditionally around 1620 at Nelakondapalli , he served as a revenue o…

The Diplomat-Poet of the Telugu Mahabharata 13th Century CE · Traditionally dated c. 1205–1288 · 15 Parvas of the Mahabharata · Minister & Diplomat associated with Manumasiddhi II · Kavitrayam Tikkana Somayaji — the diplomat-poet of the Telugu Mahabharata Tikkana Somayaji , traditionally dated to c. 1205–1288 CE , was one of the Kavitrayam (Trinity of Telugu Poets), alongside Nannaya and Yerrapragada. Nannaya began the Telugu translation of the S…