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Molla Ramayanam: a potter-poet's Telugu Ramayana
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A woman poet of the Telugu Ramayana tradition.
Atukuri Molla (15th century) wrote a Telugu Ramayanam in purer Telugu. The Wikipedia Ramayana page lists it among regional versions; Ranganatha's version was earlier (c. 1300) and is one of only four Telugu versions covering the whole epic.
Who: Molla, Ranganatha
Bound to
The squirrel and the bridge: Ranganatha's stripe origin located-at
Places: Andhra Pradesh, Gopavaram
Where this comes from
- regional-literary · Wikipedia: Ramayana
- regional-literary · Wikipedia: Ranganatha Ramayanamu