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Timmakka
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Thimmakka.
Tallapaka Tirumalamma (15th Century) was a famous Telugu poet who wrote Subhadra Kalyanam in Telugu. She was wife of famous singer-poet Annamacharya and was popularly known as Timmakka. Alternate spelling Thimmakka also refers to same poet.
Biography
She was born in Brahmin's family called Tallapaka. She is considered as the first telugu poetess. [1] [2]
Her works
Her main work, Subhadra Kalyanam with 1170 poems, is about the marriage of Arjuna and Subhadra, characters in Hindu epic Mahabharata. She presented the telugu nativity and culture in the story taken from Sanskrit epic.
Sample Poetry
See Also
Molla , another ancient women poet in Telugu.
External Links
- A Great Compilation of Telugu poets / poetesses
- A List of almost all telugu women poets
- Telugu women poets in Last 1000 years
- Tirmula pages on Tallapaka family
- AnnamayyaKeerthanalu ( Lyrics for Sri Annamacharya Sankeerthanalu in Telugu and English)
References
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