Chowdappa Satakam

The is experiencing a renaissance today. In an era of social media activism and debates on caste privilege, Chowdappa’s 400-year-old verses sound eerily contemporary.

Unlike the well-documented Vemana or Sumati, the author known as "Chowdappa" (or sometimes "Choudappa") is shrouded in folk mystery. Literary historians generally agree that Chowdappa was not a single, high-caste poet but likely a wandering mendicant or a wise farmer from the 16th or 17th century. chowdappa satakam

Peddana vale kRti cheppina. peddanavale, alpakavini peddanavalenaa? eddanavale moddanavale. gaddanavale kuMdavarapu kavi chouDapaa! The is experiencing a renaissance today