Allasani Peddana

Biography

There were difference of opinions on birth place of

Allasani Peddana..

1.He is the native of Pedda dornala of present prakasam district which is near to Srisailam..

2.Peddana was a native of Somandepalli near Anantapur. He later moved to Peddanapadu, a small village located at 5 km from Yerraguntla on Yerraguntla-Vempalli road in Kadapa District, which is an Agraharam given by Krishnadevarayalu.

He wrote the first major Prabandha, a form of fictional poetry in Telugu, and for this reason, he is revered as Andhra Kavita Pitamahudu (the grand father of Telugu poetry). It is believed that he was also a minister in the king's court and is hence sometimes referred as Peddanaamaatyudu (Sandhi: Peddana + Amaatyudu = Peddana, the minister). He dedicated his works to king Krishnadevarayalu.

Lores

• The emperor himself lifted and bore the weight of the palanquin in which Peddana was seated.
• He was bestowed with Kanakabhishekam by the king.
• He was the only poet who had the privilege of mounting the royal elephants.
• On the demise of Sri KrishnaDevaRayalu the poet Peddana expressed his profound sorrows telling that " Atti Krishna Rayala thoti divikegaleka brathiki yundithi jeevatchavambu naguchu "

Meaning I became a living dead by not going to heaven along with Sri Krishna Deva Raya .