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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gadwal Samsthanam</span>

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Gona Ganna Reddy, son of king Gona Budda Reddy who contributed to the Ranganatha Ramayanam as Dwipada Kavyam in the Telugu Language and a military chieftain to one of the few ruling queens Rani Rudrama Devi in Indian history. He ruled Vardhamaanapuram now called as Nandi Vaddeman in Nagarkurnool district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nagarkurnool district</span> District of Telangana in India

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Kuppambika was a Telugu poet. She was the daughter of the king and poet Gona Budda Reddy, who wrote Ranganatha Ramayanam in Telugu. She was the younger sister of Gona Ganna Reddy and wife of Malyala Gunda Dandadeeshudu.

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