He wrote the Satakam extempore in praise of Lord Varaha Narasimha of Simhachalam.
Gogulapati Kurmanatha Kavi was a Brahmin, born to Buchanna and Gauramamba.
After primary education he joined Vizianagaram Samsthanam as temple servant and posted at Ramatirtham, Padmanabham, Simachalam and Srikurmam.
He was the Court (Asthana) poet of First Pusapati Ananda Gajapati Raju of Vizianagaram and wrote Mrutyunjaya Vilasam, Simhadri Narasimha Satakam, Lakshminarayana Samvadam and Sundarimani Satakam.
Adidam Surakavi and Chatrati Lakshminarasimha Kavi are his contemporaries.