Category: 05.Tenali Rama Stories

  • Defying the Order

    Defying the Order

    Once upon a time, King Krishndev Raye was celebrating his victory over an enemy kingdom. On the orders of the King, one table, full of gifts was kept in the middle of the royal court. Every courter was free to pick one gift from the table. Tenali Rama reached royal court, a little late that […]

  • Precious Gift

    Precious Gift

    Once upon a time, King Krishndev Raye became very much angry with Tenali Rama. The King ordered Tenali Rama not to show his face again. However, when he arrived the royal court next day he saw Tenali Rama sitting in the royal court with an earthen pot over his face. The King got infuriated and […]

  • How Tenali Rama Tackles a Gang of Thieves

    How Tenali Rama Tackles a Gang of Thieves

    A gang of thieves was robbing all houses in the kingdom and the city chief was very disturbed, as he could not catch them or stop them. He sought Tenali Rama’s help. Tenali Rama and his wife spread a rumor around the kingdom that they had a bag of gold coins. One day, Tenali heard […]

  • Tenali Rama Challenges the Great Pundit

    Tenali Rama Challenges the Great Pundit

    Once, a learned pundit challenged the king that he was more intelligent than all the ministers in the king’s kingdom. When it was Tenali Rama’s turn, he showed the cover of a book and informed the pundit that he was going to debate about the contents of that book “Thilakstha Mahisha Bandhanam”. The pundit asked […]

  • The King’s dream

    The King’s dream

    The story is about Krishnadevaraya again. One day he woke up after dreaming of a beautiful floating palace in the clouds. He wanted to make it a reality, and one of his ministers agreed to do it. The King followed up after a few weeks, but the minister was just lazying away. Then after a […]

  • Who is Wretched?

    Who is Wretched?

    There lived a person named Murthy. It was rumored about Murthy that he is a wretched person. Whoever will see the face of Murthy in the morning wouldn’t get the meal throughout the day. When Krishnadev Raye heard about it, he desired to test this gossip. The King called Murthy to the Royal palace at […]

  • A Handful of Grains

    A Handful of Grains

    There lived a woman named Vidyulata in Vijayanagar. Vidyulata was witty, but arrogant lady. She declared that anyone who can outwit her will get 1000 gold coins. When Tenali Rama heard about it, he thought of giving Vidyulata a lesson. Disguised as a firewood seller, tenali started selling firewood in front of Vidyulata. After some […]

  • Human Nature

    Human Nature

    One upon a time, Royal court was divided into two halves over the issue of real human nature. One group was of the opinion that real nature of human beings can be changed while other group claimed that real nature of human beings can never be changed. Tenali Rama headed the second group. Finally, King […]

  • The Condition for Spending

    The Condition for Spending

    Once upon a time, King Krishndev Raye thought of testing their courters. The King gifted 100 gold coins to every courter and asked them to purchase whatever they feel like, but, only after looking at the King’s face. Everyone was shocked to hear this peculiar condition. One week later, all the courters assembled in royal […]

  • Toughest Job in the World

    Toughest Job in the World

    Once upon a time, everyone in the royal court was debating over the toughest job in the world. Most of the courters were looking at this debate as an opportunity to flatter their King. So according to them, toughest job in this world was that of the King. Tenali was not playing along with other […]