Q. Who among the following poets in the court of Srikrishna Devraya was known as 'Grand father of Telugu Poetry' ?
Answer: Allasani Peddana
Notes: The famous Telugu poet Allasani Peddana (1510-1575 AD) is known as Andhra Kavita Pitamahudu or Grandfather of Andhra Poetry. He was in the group of eight poets in the court of Krishnadevaraya, a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire. He composed Swaarochisha Manu Sambhavam ( one of the Pancha maha kavyas of Telugu literature). The book is a development of an episode in the Markandeya Purana relating to the birth of Svarochishamanu, who is one of the fourteen Manus