Yerrapragada

This is a Telugu name; the family name is Yerrana or Yerrapragada.

This article is about the Telugu author. For the Mesopotamian goddess, see Nayana.

Yarrapragada or Erranna was a Telugu poet in the court of King Prolaya Vema Reddy (1325–1353). The surname of Erranna was Yerrapragada or Yerrana, which are epithets of the fair-skinned Lord Skanda in the Telugu language, but became attached to his paternal family due its having notable members with fair or red-skinned complexions. He was bestowed with the title of Prabandha-paramēśvara ("Master of historical anecdotes") and Śambhudāsuḍu ("Servant of Lord Śiva").^[1]

Yerrapragada Yerrana
Born	Erranna Yerrana
Occupation	Poet, writer
Period	Reddi Kingdom (1325–1353)
Genre	Poet
Notable works	Andhra Mahabharatam

Birth and family

Errapragada Erranna was born in the village of Gudlur, located in Pakanadu (presently Nellore district), and later lived in Chadalawada. He was a member of the Niyogī Brahma-bandhu sub-caste. His family were shaivists, but he himself worshipped both Shiva and Vishnu.^[2]