Once upon a time, a man of high intellect visited Royal court of Vijaynagar. King Krishnadev Raye was very much impressed with the intelligent man. Sometime later, Krishnadev Raye inquired the visitor about his home land. The visitor thought of being a bit mischievous so instead of directly answering the question, the visitor threw a challenge. The visitor challenged Kirshnadev Raye to find out his home land. All the courtiers tried their best to find out the visitor’s home land. When everyone failed, Krishnadev Raye entrusted this duty to Tenali Rama. Tenali claimed to reveal about the visitor’s homeland next morning. Everyone retired to their places.

At night, the visitor was accidentally served too much spicy meal on the dinner table. The visitor started shouting for water. Royal chef prepared new meal for visitor and asked for forgiveness. Next morning Tenali revealed that the visitor’s home land is Tamil. Tenali continued “I beg your pardon gentleman, but it was me only who deliberately asked the royal chef to serve you intensely spicy food. When you were shouting for water, you also cried “Amma” which is a Tamil word for mother. And when in pain, a person always calls his mother and that too in his mother tongue. Hence I can confidently say that your hometown is Tamil.” Once again everyone was amazed with Tenali’s wit.