Chikkupadhyaya
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Chikkupadhyaya was born (around 1630 A.D) to Sri RangAcharya and Srimathi NAchiyAramma in TerakanAmbi in Mysore district of Karnataka. His actual name at birth was Lakshmipathi.
He later moved to and settled in Melkote in Mandya district. He belonged to the famous Vishnu-vruddha (Shatamarshana) lineage of Hebbar Srivaishnava community.
'Chikkupadhyaya' title was conferred to Sri Lakshmipathi by His Royal Highness Sri Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar since he was his minister and teacher. 'ChikkupAdhyAya' in Kannada means teacher of Sri Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar.
He has around 300 literary works to his credit. Some of his famous works in Kannada are Vishnu purana and Divyasooricharithe.
Due to the glorious reign, Sri Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar was also popular as 'Nava-koti Narayana' which signifies the huge wealth and welfare created during his rule of Mysore (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು) kingdom.
The translated version from: http://www.recherche.fr/encyclopedie/Odey%C3%A2r provides some of his important contributions to the Wodeyar dynasty.
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[edit] Internal links
http://zhri-msn.com/wiki/Melkote
http://zhri-msn.com/wiki/Karnataka_Literature
http://zhri-msn.com/wiki/Hebbar_Iyengars
[edit] External links
http://www.recherche.fr/encyclopedie/Odey%C3%A2r (in French)
http://www.ramanuja.org/new/tp96/andal_in_andhra_and_k.txt (Srivaishnava bhakthi group)
http://www.memo.fr/article.asp?ID=THE_ART_046 (in French)
