Tenali Raman Stories

The Vijayanagar Empire has a prominent place in the pre-independence period of the Indian sub-continent. Among the rulers of the Vijayanagar Kindgom, Krishnadeva Raya was famous for transforming his regime into a Golden Era for the history books. This was mainly because of a man named Raman of Tenali in his court, who added feathers to the crown of the king Krishnadeva Raya.

 Tenali Raman, was known as Clown, Jester, Poet was a minister in the court of Vijayanagar. He belonged to a town called Tenali and that stuck as his surname.

Raman was a multi-faceted personality and stories about his practical jokes on everyone around him, including distinguished fellow poets and the emperor himself, abound throughout South India.

The historians and chroniclers have appreciated the wittiness of Tenali Raman and the stories of him are told to the children even now and Raman as a role model for fun and wittiness.

The real life incidence of Tenali Raman are framed as stories and are listed below.

• Raman’s Plight
• The Parrot’s Plights
• The Fool of the year
• The Wedding of the Well
• The Horse Trader
• The Wicked Kullan
• The Sly Woman
• The Bragging Soldiers
• The Key to Heaven
• The Brinjal Thief
• The Cunning Doctor
• The Devious Plot
• Tenali Raman’s Brother-in-Law
• Vidyullatha’s Test
• The Brahmin Thieves
• The Two Thives
• The King Dream