# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kshetrayya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:53:15.819Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kshetrayya"
name: "Kshetrayya"
slug: "kshetrayya"
description: "Kshetrayya was a prolific Telugu poet. He lived in the area of what is now Andhra Pradesh in South India. He composed a number of padams and keertanas, the prevalent formats of his time. He is credited with more than 4000 compositions, although only a handful have survived. He composed his songs on his favourite Hinduism deity Krishna (Gopala) in Telugu."
tagline: "Telugu Poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/XEtrayya.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1595"
deathDate: "1680"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.62
  momentum:             5.930232558139536
  historical:           4.214292
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshetrayya"
    title: "Kshetrayya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%95%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B7%E0%B3%87%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%AF%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%AF"
    title: "ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಯ್ಯ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B7%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%9C%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9E%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "ക്ഷേത്രജ്ഞൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "சேத்ரையா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B1%87%E0%B0%A4%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF"
    title: "క్షేత్రయ్య"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3595534"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump