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Also known as Bammera Pothana, Bammera Potana

Bammera Pothana (1400–1475) was a Telugu poet best known for his translation of the Srimad Bhaagavatam from Sanskrit to Telugu. He was a Telugu and Sanskrit Scholar. His work, Srimad Bhagavatamu, is popularly called as Pothana Bhagavatam in Telugu.

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Pohthana statue at Bammera village
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Bammera Village, Janagama Dist, Telangana, India
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Poet and farmer
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date of birth
1450-01-01
name in native language
పోతన
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date of death
1510-01-01
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  • Early life
  • Literary career
  • Persecution
  • Style
  • Significance
  • God's writing
  • Sample verses
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Bammera Pothana (1400–1475) was a Telugu poet best known for his translation of the Srimad Bhaagavatam from Sanskrit to Telugu. He was a Telugu and Sanskrit Scholar. His work, Srimad Bhagavatamu, is popularly called as Pothana Bhagavatam in Telugu.

==Early life== Pothana was born into a Niyogi Brahmin family at Bammera Village in Jangaon District of Telangana. Historians has some differences about the exact birth place of Pothana, some claim it is as present day Bammera Village in Janagama District of Telangana and some claim it as present day Vontimitta in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. His father was Kesana and his mother Lakkamamba. He was considered to be a 'Sahaja Kavi' (natural poet), needing no teacher. He was known to be very polite and was an agriculturist by occupation. Though he was a great scholar, he never hesitated to work in the agricultural fields.

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