Allasani Peddana

[2] He later moved to Peddanapadu, a small village located at 5 km from Yerraguntla on Yerraguntla-Vempalli road in Kadapa District, which is an Agraharam given by Krishnadevarayalu.

This work is the development of an episode in Markandeya-purana relating to the birth of Svarochisha-manu, who is one of the fourteen Manus.

Knowing this, a Gandharva youth who was earlier rejected by Varudhini, assumes the form of Pravara and succeeds to win her love.

Krishnadevaraya ornamented Peddana's leg with a big golden bangle/bracelet called ganda-penderam as a mark of excellent poetry The theme for his Manu Charitra is a short story from Markandeya Purana.

It is about second Manu of fourteen manus (fathers of mankind societies according to Hindu mythology), translated into Telugu from Sanskrit by Marana (1291–1323),[4] disciple of Tikkana.