Q. Which famous Telugu lyricist and composer was a contemporary of Saluva Narasimha Raya, the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire? Answer:
Annamacharya (Annamayya)
Notes: Annamacharya (Annamayya), born in 1408 in Tallapaka, Andhra Pradesh, composed over 32,000 devotional songs and lived during Saluva Narasimha Raya’s rule (1485–1491).
