[1] Nannayya was popularly hailed as the Adi Kavi or the first poet, and he belonged to Rajamahendravaram, an ancient city in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh.
Nannayya initiated the gigantic task of translation of the great epic Mahabharata into the Telugu language.
Thus a lot of Nannayya's years were gone in the process of building a scaffold for the great task to translate the Mahabharata.
Thikkana belonged to Paturu, or Kovur taluk of present day Nellore district, a territory in 13th century's Kakatiya kingdom.
Errana was a great Telugu poet in the court of Prolaya Vemareddy (1325–1353), the founder of Reddy dynasty (1325–1424) of Kondaveedu, who ruled Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore, and Kurnool districts with capital of Addanki.