Vemana full name
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Vemana, The Mystic
By K. RAMAKOTISWARA RAO
“The Darsanas–systems of philosophy–are many, but God is one,” proclaimed Vemana. And God pervades all things, inanimate as well as animate. He is not far away, for His is the light that dwells in the hearts of all. Through prayer and meditation, through righteous living and kindliness, you will finally realise that, in essence, He and you are one. The state of blessedness extolled in the Gita and the Upanishads, as the goal of all spiritual striving, was a matter of personal experience to Vemana, and he spoke of it to the common people in impromptu verse, at once simple and charged with power. But it was after prolonged suffering and struggle that this peasant-poet of medieval Andhra achieved the peace which passeth understanding.
Born in the neighbourhood of the mountain-fortress of Kondavidu in the present district of Guntur towards the end of the sixteenth century, Vemana was brought up in comparative comfort. There is little evidence to support the claim that he belonged to the Reddy royal family that ruled from Kondavidu. But his
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Vemana, Poet of The Common Man
VEMANA, POET OF THE COMMON MAN 1
We know little of the lives of the great men of our past. Except during the last few decades, we have not had in our language2 the arts of biography, auto-biography and history. But human curiosity being irrepressible, legend was always ready to take up the task of biography and history. About every man of some distinction stories were put into circulation, some credible but not necessarily true, and some altogether incredible; and the strong instinct for hero-worship united with the love of the miraculous to induce people to feed on these stories with relish.
Thus, of the life of Vemana, the Telugu poet, the subject of my talk this evening, little or nothing that is authentic is known, Here and there in his work, unless the verses themselves are to be rejected as not his, he has interspersed a few references to himself and they contain all the information that we have about him.
A verse of his runs as follows:
“The village is Kondaveedu, and the residence the first house in the western street ofMooga Chin
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Vemana
Vemana, A Telugu Poet
"Yogi Vemana" redirects here. For the 1947 Indian film, see Yogi Vemana (film).
Vemana, popularly known as Yogi Vemana, was an Indian philosopher and poet in the Telugu language. His poems are known for their use of simple language and native idioms. They discuss the subjects of yoga, wisdom and morality.
Early life and background
There is no consensus among scholars about the period in which Vemana lived. C.P. Brown, known for his research on Vemana, estimates his year of birth to be 1652 based on some of his verses. Various sources say he was born in the fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth centuries and eighteenth centuries [1] Vemana was a Vedic scholar and a great yogi in achala sidhantha.[2]
Vemana was born in Gandikota, Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh.[citation needed]
Death
There is a headstone marking the grave of Yogi Vemana in Katarupalli (Kadiri town), a village in Kadiri taluk, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. It is widely believed that Vemana died in this village. As he was
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