Active in the 7th-century, Andal is credited with the Tamil works, Thiruppavai and Nachiar Tirumozhi, which are still recited by devotees during the winter festival season of Margazhi. It is said that Periyalvar recocognised the child as Bhudevi, the consort of Lord Vishnu (p. 36). She was found as an infant, abandoned under a basil ( Tulasi - Ocimum tenuiflorum) tree, by Vishnucitta (or Periyalvar) who himself was an Alvar poet. According to tradition, Andal was born in Srivilliputtur. Krishnadevaraya was himself an accomplished Sanskrit scholar and wrote Madalasa Charita, Satyavadu Parinaya and Rasamanjari and Jambavati Kalyana Andal Īndal is the only female among the 12 Vaishnava Tamil saints - the Alvars. The Sanskrit poet Vyasatirtha who wrote Bhedo-jjivana, Tat-parya-chandrika, Nyaya-mrita (a work directed against Advaita philosophy) and Tarka-tandava enjoyed his patronage. The Tamil poet Haridasa and Tamil literature were patronised by Krishnadevaraya. The Kannada poets Mallanarya who wrote Bhava-chinta-ratna and Satyendra Chola-kathe and Chatu Vittal-anatha who wrote Bhagavata also enjoyed his patronage. His court had 8 Telugu poets (Astadiggajalu) - Allasani Peddana, Nandi Thimmana, Madayyagari Mallana, Dhurjati, Ayyala-raju Rama-Bhadrudu, Pingali Surana, Ramaraja Bhushanudu and Tenali Rama Krishna. Krishnadevaraya during his reign patronised many Kannada, Telugu and Sanskrit poets. He became the dominant ruler of the peninsula of India by defeating the Sultans of Bijapur, Golconda, the Bahmani Sultanate and the Gajapati Kingdom of Orissa. Krishna Deva Raya earned the titles of Kannada Rajya Rama Ramana ( lit, "Lord of the Kannada empire"), Andhra Bhoja and Mooru Rayara Ganda ( lit, "King of three Kings"). He was the third ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty, and presided over the Vijayanagara empire at its zenith. Krishnadevaraya was the king of the Vijayanagara Empire reigning between 1509–1530.
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