# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nannayya
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:29:18.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nannayya"
name: "Nannayya"
slug: "nannayya"
description: "Nannayya Bhattaraka or Nannayya Bhattu was a Telugu poet and the author of Andhra Mahabharatam, a Telugu retelling of the Sanskrit-language Mahabharata. Nannaya is generally considered the first poet of Telugu language. He was patronised by Rajaraja Narendra of Rajamahendravaram. Rajaraja Narendra was an admirer of Mahabharata and wanted the message of the Sanskrit epic to reach the Telugu masses in their own language and idiom. He commissioned Nannaya, a scholar well versed in Vedas, Puranas, and Itihasas for the task. Nannaya began his work in c. 1025 CE and wrote Adi Parvam, Sabaparvam, and a part of Aranyaparvam."
tagline: "11th-century Telugu poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Nannayya.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump