Gona Budda Reddy
{{Short description|13th century Indian Hindu poet}}
{{Hatnote|This is a Telugu name; the family name is Gona.}}
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Gona Budda Reddy, also known as Ranganatha (13th century CE), was a poet and ruler living in southern India.{{cite web|url=http://www.teluguworld.org/lit.html#gonabudda|title=Telugu World literature|work=teluguworld.org|publisher=India Network Foundation — Telugu|access-date=8 February 2007|archive-date=23 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070523013914/http://www.teluguworld.org/lit.html#gonabudda|url-status=dead}}
Written work
His Ranganatha Ramayanam was a pioneering work in the Telugu language on the theme of the Ramayana epic. Most scholars believe he wrote it between 1200 and 1210 A.D., possibly with help from his family.{{cite book|editor-first=Gilbert|editor-last=Pollet|first=P. Adeswara|last=Rao|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EVnK3q48dL0C&pg=PA59|title=Indian Epic Values: Rāmāyaṇa and Its Impact : Proceedings of the 8th International Rāmāyaạ Conference, Leuven, 6-8 July 1991|publisher=Peeters Publishers|date=Jan 1, 1995|chapter=II: International Impact of Rāmāyaṇa § 1. Translations and adaptations|pages=59–66|isbn=9789068317015 }} The work has become part of cultural life in Andhra Pradesh and is used in puppet shows.
Gona Dynasty
During the Kakatiya dynasty (995-1323), Gona Budda Reddy ruled a kingdom in Mahbubnagar district from Vardhamaanapuram (currently known as Nandi Vaddemaan) and Khilla Ghanpur (Fort Ghanpur) in modern-day Ghanpur, Mahbubnagar district. He and his family, the Gona dynasty, was mostly loyal to the Kakatiya dynasty. When he died, his brother Gona Lakuma Reddy took over the kingdom and rebelled against the Kakatiya, but his son Gona Ganna Reddy remained loyal to them in Vardamanapuram,{{cite web|url=http://mahabubnagar.nic.in/Dynasties.php|title=History of District § Kakatiyas (995-1323)|work=mahabubnagar.nic.in|publisher=The Official Website of Mahabubnagar District}} (1262-1296 AD) indirectly supporting the rule of Kakatiya Queen Rudrama Devi against opposition to female rule.{{cite web|last=Kumar|first=Sravan|date=2015-10-10|url=http://www.belvoireagle.com/entertainment/all-you-need-to-know-about-gona-ganna-reddy-kakatiya-ruler-rudramadevi-allu-arjun-1676.html|title=All You Need To Know About Gona Ganna Reddy Kakatiya Ruler : Rudramadevi, Allu Arjun|work=Belvoireagle.com|accessdate=2016-02-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220193109/http://www.belvoireagle.com/entertainment/all-you-need-to-know-about-gona-ganna-reddy-kakatiya-ruler-rudramadevi-allu-arjun-1676.html|archive-date=20 February 2016|url-status=dead}}
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