Raman of Tenali, a Telugu poet and jester at the court of king Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara, is popular not only in South India, but throughout India. There are innumberable stories of this great person who is more famous for his wit and wisdom than his poems. Raman of Tenali is like Birval from the court of the Mughal Emperor who was always envied by other courtiers.