These are famous in South Indian classical music as Ramadaasu Keertanalu. His devotional kirtana lyrics to Rama illustrate the classical Pallavi, Anupallavi and Caranam genre composed mostly in Telugu, some in Sanskrit and with occasional use of Tamil language. He is renowned for constructing the famous Sita Ramachandraswamy Temple and pilgrimage center on the banks of river Godavari at Bhadrachalam. Different mythical stories about his life circulate in the Telugu tradition. He spent his later years in Bhadrachalam and 12 years in solitary confinement at the Golconda prison during the Qutb Shahi-rule.
He was born in the village of Nelakondapalli in Khammam district, and orphaned as a teenager. He is a famous Vaggeyakara (classical composer) from the Telugu classical era.
Kancharla Gopanna popularly known as Bhakta Ramadasu or Bhadrachala Ramadasu was a 17th-century devotee of the Hindu god Rama, a saint-poet and a composer of Carnatic music.
