Question

who is tenali raman (in brief)

Answer 1

Tenali Ramakrishna who was known as Vikatakavi (clown jester poet), was a Telugu poet who hailed from the present-day Andhra Pradesh region, generally known for his wit and humour.He was one of the Ashtadiggajas or the eight poets at the court of Krishnadevaraya, the Vijayanagara emperor.Tenali Ramakrishna composed works on Hinduism. Tenali Raman was also a great scholar of several languages that included Marathi , Tamil , and Kannada. Ramalinga, as he was originally called, is said to have been Shaivite by birth but he eventually converted to Vaishnavism.