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Several of the Reddi kings themselves were distinguished scholars and authors. Kumaragiri Reddi, Kataya Vema Reddi and Pedakomati Vema Reddi were the most outstanding among them. Errapragada (Errana), Srinatha and Potana were poets during this period. Errapragada, the last of the Kavitraya (Trinity of Poets) was the court poet of Prolaya Vema ...
The founder of the dynasty was Prolaya Vema Reddy, the son of Prola. [8] [10] They ruled in the region around present-day Vijayawada and Guntur towns for nearly a hundred years (1328–1428). Their first ruler Prolaya Vema Reddy (followed by five other rulers till 1428) who ruled till 1353, strengthened the defenses of his kingdom by building a ...
Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka of the Musunuri Nayaks was chosen as their leader. [22] ... [36] [37] [38] Prolaya Vema Reddy, was the first king of the Reddy dynasty. [39]
Reddy [a] (also transliterated as Raddi, Reddi, Reddiar, Reddappa) is a Hindu caste predominantly found in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in South India. They are classified as a forward caste. The origin of the Reddy has been linked to the Rashtrakutas, although opinions vary. They were feudal overlords and peasant proprietors.
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According to some other historians it was built in 1360 CE by Anna Vema Reddy [8] after he captured Kondapalli from Mudigonda Chalukyas, the fort has been home to several dynasties, from the Reddi rulers [9] [10] Gajapati dynasty to the Nizam Nawabs, and then the East India Company. [11]
The Reddy Dynasty was established by Prolaya Vema Reddy. The region that was ruled by the Reddy dynasty is now in Andhra Pradesh except some areas of Chitoor, Anantapur and Kurnool districts. Prolaya Vema Reddy was part of the confederation that started a movement against the invading Turkic Muslim armies of the Delhi Sultanate in 1323 CE and ...
Yarrapragada Erranna was a Telugu poet in the court of King Prolaya Vema Reddy (1325–1353). The surname of Erranna was Yerrapragada or Yerrana, which are epithets of the fair-skinned Skanda in the Telugu language, but became attached to his paternal family due its having notable members with fair or red-skinned complexions.