[1] She was the daughter of the king and poet Gona Budda Reddy, who wrote Ranganatha Ramayanam in Telugu.
She was the younger sister of Gona Ganna Reddy and wife of Malyala Gunda Dandadeeshudu.
After her husband's death, Kuppambika constructed a Shiva temple Gundeshwaraalayam at Buddapuram.
The inscriptions depict her to be the first Telugu woman poet.
A popular poet, Ayyalaraju Ramabhadrudu read her poems in front of the people and King Krishnadevaraya.