Vemulawada Bhima[1][2][3][4] alias 'Vemulawada Bheemakavi' was a hugely popular Telugu poet (11th century AD) for his style of poetry and is considered to be a demi-god for his powers.
[1] First Generation scholar (1829) Cavelly Venkata Ramaswamie in his 1829 work identifies him with Lemulawada (Vemulawada, Karimnagar district).
Koravi Goparaju (15th century) in his 'Simhaasana Dwatrinshika'[3] praises 'Nannayya' followed by a dedicated poem of 'Lemulawada's glory and Bhima', followed by Tikkana, Errana etc.
Ganapavarapu Venkata Kavi's (17th century) works refer to the poet as 'lemulawada bheema bhalire kavi sekhara saarvabhoumunemani yaanatichitini... lemulawada bheemudavalilaga..' 'లేములవాడ భీమ భళిరె కవి శెఖర సార్వభౌమునెమని యానతిచితిని...[2] లేములవాడ భీముడవలీలగ.. '[9] Veturi Prabhakara sastry (1918) in the Prabandha Ratnavali[2] book above also says in many other oral poems, he was referred as Lemulawada Bhima.
There exists a powerful Bhimeshwara temple (complex built by Baddega in 850-900 AD) near the popular Rajeshwara Devasthanam.
'I also hold, for the reasons detailed in the Telugu preface, that Bhima was a native of Vemulavada (alias Lemulavada) in the Karimnagar district of H.H.
Story of Vemulawada Bheemakavi [citation needed] దివ్య విషామృత ప్రకట నానా కావ్య ధుర్యుండ భీమన నా పేరు వినంగ చెప్పితిన్ కస్తూరికాది ఘనసారధి సుగంధ వస్తువులు వేఘన్ తెచ్చి లాలింపుమా In memory of this great poet, the Nizam Andhra Sabha of 1935 organized in Sircilla called the venue of the meeting as 'Bhima Kavi Nagar'.