Tenali Raman Stories

One summer night, when Tenaliram and his wife were about to sleep, when he heard the sound of rustling of leaves coming ...

It was Krishnadeva Rai’s mother’s death anniversary and he wanted to do something special for her deceased mother on thi...

Tenali Raman or Tenali Ramalingam was a minister in the court of the king of Vijaynagar, Krishnadeva Rai. Tenali Rama ...

Long time ago, there lived a beautiful woman called Vidyullatha in Vijayanagar. She was a learned lady who was accompl...

Once, Raja Krishnadeva Rayalu was invited by Adil Shah, the Sultan of Delhi to settle the ongoing conflict that was goin...

Tenali Ramakrishna is a folk hero in the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, who figures prominently in “a host of fol...

Tenali Ramalinga clearly understood that Thathacharya was furious on him. He is just a court poet, while Thathacharya ...

Rama Sastry was a renowned scholar in reasoning, logic, and grammar. A wish lied in his heart to compete with Ashta Di...

Vikrama Simhapuri (presently Nellore town) was part of Vijaya Nagar Empire under the rule of Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu. ...

Among the Ashta Diggajas in the Bhuvana Vijayam of Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu, the King for his ingenuity, quick wittedness...

During the period when Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu was ruling the Vijaya Nagar Empire with Hampi as his capital, Mohammedan ...

It was one of those finest days at Bhuvana Vijayam. King Rayalu along with his Ashta Diggajas was enjoying the literar...

Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu and his court Bhuvana Vijayam comprising Ashta Diggajas was taken as a model by many kings and k...

A gorgeous woman entered the royal court of Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu when he was busy with the courtiers. With all her ...

One morning when King Krishna Deva Raya’s court was assembled, two men entered carrying a golden statue of a swan. All...

Chatur Pandit spent one year learning the art of disguise secretly of a great yogi who was visiting Vijayanagar. At th...

All the courtiers saw that the King Krishna Deva Raya was worried that morning. He sat on the throne lost in deep thou...

“Here is the challenge for the day, '' proclaimed King Krishna Deva Raya as soon as the court had assembled one day, “We...

Holi, the festival of colors, was celebrated every year with great pomp and festivities in the the Vijayanagar empire...

In the capital city of Vijayanagara, there lived a washerwoman by the name Peepli with her husband, Damodar, and daugh...

Sonadurg was a neighboring kingdom of Krishna Deva Raya’s Vijayanagar empire. Sonadurg was rich in gold and diamond...

King Krishna Deva Raya had the habit of posing interesting questions to Tenali Ram during the evening walks they would t...

In the kingdom of Vijayanagar, the public distribution system was managed by the courtiers. The courtiers ran grain an...

Krishna Deva Raya was without doubt the greatest king of India during his time. He was very much interested in preserv...

Long long ago there was a man called Tenali Raman. He was minister to a great king called Krishna Deva Raya. He was ...

One day the King and his Queen were about to view a special performance by a Krishnaleela troupe. The King ordered his...

Krishnadevaraya’s mother was a very orthodox woman. She had visited many holy places and had performed religious rites...

The Royal Barber’s only task was to give king Krishnadeva Raya his daily shave. One day when he arrived to do his job,...

Krishnadevaraya was very fond of horses. He never spared any thought or money when it came to buying well bred horses....

At the time when Krishnadevaraya ruled over Vijayanagar, King Barbar ruled over Delhi. Tenali was a famous jester in K...

Poet, clown and jester… Tenali raman was a minister in the court of Krishnadevaraya, the ruler of Vijayanar. He was an...

One early morning, King Rayalu woke up. He sleepily walked out of his room and called out to the guards. When a guar...

King Krishna Deva Rayalu had a royal teacher by the name of Thathacharya. Thathacharya belonged to the Vaishnavite sec...

The ruler of Vijaynagar, Krishnadeva Raya had a versatile minister at his durbar, Tenali Raman. He was a poet, jester ...

Once, a great pundit from a foreign land visited King Krishna Deva Raya’s court. He claimed that he had knowledge of a...

The great king Krishna Deva Raya had a lot of wise ministers in his court. The wisest of them was Tenali Rama. One d...

Once, king Krishna Deva Raya wanted to expand his army. So, he needed more horses. He decided to give one horse to b...

Once, there lived a man who was very rich but was a miser. He had a lot of money but did not like to spend it on anyon...