Kshetrayya
Telugu Poet · Writers · Lived 1595 to 1680 · aged 85
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.
Kshetrayya is read about 13 times a day, in 5 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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He composed his songs on his favourite Hinduism deity Krishna (Gopala) in Telugu.
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1595 to 1680 · aged 85
