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One day, the other courtiers decided to avenge Tenali for his closeness to the king. So they bribed the entrance guards to insult him asking them to say “Kunjara Yudhambu Doma Kuthuka Jochen” that meant an elephant’s fleet is stuck in a mosquito’s throat. Following orders, the guards did the same when Tenali saying he

One day the king asked romantic poet Rama Raja Bhushana to frame a stanza on beauty of  women. He immediately composed a beautiful verse, impressing the king who gave him 1,000 coins. On seeing this Tenali said that the poem was bought from Nandi Thimmana for 1,000 coins, so he asked the king to pay

One day a beautiful woman came to the court and said that she had a group of weavers who wove celestial fabric that couldn’t be seen with the naked eye. The king was impressed and gave her a year to get the fabric woven, giving her the money. For one year, the woman and her

There lived a proud, rich, pretty and intellectual lady Vidyullatha in Vijaya Nagar. One day, she put up a hoarding stating she would give 1,000 gold coins if any man won her heart. Many intellectuals tried their fate but to not avail. One day, a firewood vendor was shouting outside her house. Getting irritated she

The king’s mother once asked him to get fruit for charity and, hence, he immediately got mangoes from Ratnagiri. But on the pious day of charity she died. During the religious rites connected with her death the king told the Brahmins about his mother’s last wish of charity but wanted to know how, she would

One day the king gave a bag of gold coins to all courtiers asking them to give an account of how it was spent after a week. He kept one condition, that every time each courtier spent a gold coin, he had to see his face. So every courtier went to the market but was

Once upon a time, four travellers came to an old women’s hut and asked her if she could keep their little bundle with her. They asked her to return it only if all four of them came together. However, one among them came later and tricked the woman into acquiring the bundle. Later when the

Tenali Raman was a minister in the court of king Krishnadeva Raya. Once, the entire city started having problems with rats that ate everything. But there were fewer cats in the city. So, the king asked everyone to have a cat in the house. Now the cats needed milk. Because every house did not have

One day, a sage told Tenali to chant a mantra 1,000 times in front of Maa Kali. So, when everybody slept at night, Tenali crept out and went to the temple to pray with devotion. When he finished he saw the goddess standing in front with her 1,000 heads. This made Tenali laugh, and the

When Tenali Raman was just a boy his neighbour took him to a very powerful and rich landlord to whom he introduced Raman as a prodigy. He added that Raman had answers to everything that was asked of him and was very witty. Furthermore, he was the only child that he thought was very intelligent

One day when Tenali and his wife were resting at home, they heard some leaves rustle in their garden. They knew it was the intruders and, hence, raised his voice saying he was going to hide his jewels in the well. So he came out with his wife to drop a big box into the