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Both cartoon network india and Amarchitra katha idetify tenali ramakrisna as tenali Raman. so please dont remove / edit the related portion.

The reference provided doesn't give any details of his real name being Tenali Ramakrishna and inaccuracy of refering him as Tenali Raman. In the given scenario I am deleting the reference. Thanks! Wiki San Roze talk 20:27, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Article misses the real point

It is quite likely that the actual name was Rama, but given that the Vijayanagar empire held sway over most of South India, Tenali Raman is part of folklore in all the South Indian languages. The Raman usage probably comes from Tamil-speaking popularizers who wrote up their grandmothers' tales in English and gained the 'first mover' advantage.

But that is beside the central point. The Tenali Raman of folktale is famous for outmanoeuvering his detractors at Krishnadevaraya's court. Raman's biggest enemy at court was the archetypal hunchback Kullan or Kulla, which translates to "Shorty" in Tamil/Kannada. Kullan is forever scheming against Raman, who, of course, invariably outwits everyone at the last minute.

In the most famous of Tenali Raman stories, Kullan convinces the king that Raman is a traitor & the poor wit is sentenced to death by trampling beneath the royal elephant's foot. Raman is buried upto his neck in sand preparatory to the execution scheduled for the following morning. Late in the evening Kullan comes up to Raman and gloats. Raman thinks fast, and knowing that Kullan suffers from chronic back pain, assures his rival that his own back pain has been cured by being buried in the 'miracle sand'. Raman even notes that he can die in peace now, having finally obtained relief from pain. Kullan falls for this ruse and ends up exchaging places with Raman, who promptly takes to his heels and establishes his innocence before the king. The enraged Krishnadevaraya orders that Kullan be executed instead, but Raman intervenes on his behalf - a chivalrous attitude that he displays toward most of his detractors.

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