Baddena kavi biography of mahatma

Sumati Satakam (Telugu: సుమతీ శతకము) is one of the most famous Telugu Satakams. It is a neeti (moral) Satakam.

Sataka Karta (Sataka Creator)

Sumati Satakam is composed of more than a 100 poems (padyalu). According to many literary critics Sumati Satakam was reputedly composed by Baddena Bhupaludu (1220-1280 CE). He was also known as Bhadra Bhupala. He was a Chola prince and was a vassal under the Kakatiya empress Rani Rudrama Devi during the thirteenth century. He was a pupil of Tikkana, a Telugu writer. If we assume that the Sumatee Satakam was indeed written by Baddena, it would rank as one of the earliest Satakams in Telugu along with Vrushadhipa Satakam of Palkuriki Somanatha and Sarveswara Satakam by Yathavakkula Annamayya. The Sumatee Satakam is also one of the earliest Telugu works to be translated into European languages. Sri Riasat Ali Taj (1930-1999), a poet and translator from Karimnagar has made poetic translations (Manzoom Tarju