Palanati Brahmanaidu


Palanati Brahmanaidu real name : Recherla Brahma Naidu was the minister in a small Andhra kingdom of Palnadu. He was a Padmanayaka Velama. He was responsible for the administration of Palnadu ruled by Haihaya King Nalagama. He tried to usher in a new era in which caste distinctions would be abolished. Differences in ideology and court conspiracies led to Brahma Naidu leaving with his supporters, from the court of Gurajala ruled by Nalagamaraju. Nalagama's half brother Malideva established a kingdom with the support of Brahmanaidu at Macherla.

The Battle of Palnadu

The Battle of Palnadu was immortalized in Telugu literature by the poet Srinatha in his 'Palnati Vira Charita'. The only other scholarly book on the subject was a study of its use in traditional Telugu poetry, Gene Roghair's 1982 Epic of Palnadu: Study and Translation of Palnati Virula Katha, a Telugu Oral Tradition from Andhra Pradesh. This war was very important in the social history of Andhra Pradesh. It was a battle between two factions of the Palanati Haihayas.

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