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You could read good books - scanned from libraries in India - Project Gutenberg here at www.archive.org

http://www.archive.org/details/PotanaKavithaSudha

I am currently reading the above book, excellent when combined with audio rendition of Oruganti - Prahalada Charita - at the surasa.net. Download the viewer. The scanned document quality is good.

I have not yet read the below books. I think these links could be posted as external links on this page.

http://www.archive.org/details/PothanaBhagavathaRathnalu

http://www.archive.org/details/Dhruvopakhyanamu

Contents

[edit] Google Search

A quick google search yields the following page: http://www.teluguworld.org/new/bammera.htm, which appears to be pretty much exactly the same as the first section here. Is there some link between the authors of the two pages? Credit should definitely be given to the author of the other page. The text here may also have to be changed around a bit, so as to not be a direct copy.

[edit] Potana and Srinatha are not Contemporaries

Contemporaneousness and relationship of Srinatha & pOtana is a popular myth at its best.

Then, why it is stated in this article that he was the brother-in-law of Pothana? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pisapatis (talk • contribs) 17:42, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pothana's birthplace

Pothana was born in Cuddapah district of Andhrapradesh. whoever has changed the birthplace should provide valid reasons for his argument. Without proper validity or substantiation of information it is not proper to make statements here.

[edit] Pothana's birthplace

Discuss first before you make any changes —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hnaluru (talk • contribs) 16:18, 4 May 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Birthplace of Pathana is near Warangal

There has been some confusion regarding the birthplace of Pothana. I wanted to cite authentic sources published by AndhraPradesh Sahitya Academy, stating that the birthplace of Pothana is the village of Bammera, near Warangal. Look at the following URLs at the Digital Library of India, which will show you the research that has gone in to establish the birthplace of Pothana.

Also, you should remember that some of the chapters of original (ThalaPatra Grandhas) Pothana Bhagavatam were destroyed during Muslim invasion of Telengana. Later, several poets have completed these parts. Most of these co-authors of Andhra Bhagavatam are from the Telengana districts.

Some people think that Pothana is the only author of the SriMadandhraBhagavatam. However, several chapters, or parts of the chapters are written by Naraya, Singana, Gangana and others. Other co-authors include people from Khammam and other Telengana regions. I have been reading Pothana Bhagavatam for quite some time and if you need I can provide other sources and Sasanas proving that Pothana was a resident of the village of Bammera, Warangal district.

Following URL is a proof that Pothana belonged to the village of Bammera near Warangal. This link refers to the Page 17 of the 1000 pages volume (Pothana Bhagavatam (parts 1-6).[[1]]

If you want to read the entire Andhra Bhagavatam written by Pothana and others you can use the following URLs:

Pothana Bhagavatam (Parts 1,2,3,4,5,6)[[2]]

Pothana Bhagavatam (Parts 7,8,9)[[3]]

Pothana Bhagavatam (Parts 10,11,12)[[4]]

If you need further clarification regarding Pothana's Birth Place, you can contact me at sri_yealu@yahoo.com.

Regards. Prasad YJJ