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#Thread on Rudrama Devi: Queen of Kakatiya Dynasty.
This is the story of the legendary queen who ruled from Orugallu, the present-day Warangal, had no male siblings and was brought up like a “son” by her father Ganapathideva, and even assumed the male name of Rudradeva Maharaja.
This is the story of the legendary queen who ruled from Orugallu, the present-day Warangal, had no male siblings and was brought up like a “son” by her father Ganapathideva, and even assumed the male name of Rudradeva Maharaja.
Rudrama Devi was born as Rudramba to King Ganapathi Deva. Rudramadevi was nominated as heir apparent and she began to rule the kingdom conjointly with her father as his co-regent from 1259-60 A.D. onwards, under the name of Rudradeva Maharaja.
Rani Rudrama Devi. Though Ganpathideva lived on till 1269, he decided to hand over the reins of his empire to his 14 year old daughter, Rudrama Devi in 1262 itself. But it was only after the death of her father that Rudrama Devi celebrated her coronation.
With the nobles not ready to accept the rule of a woman, they initiated an uprising in the empire which was ably handled and suppressed by Rani Rudrama Devi. Her nearly four decades long rule is widely called the golden period in Andhra’s history.
True to her warrior image, she died on the battle field in 1289 and left her grandson Prataparudra to the throne of Warangal. Her rule was perhaps one of India’s first brushes with a female ruler and an indication that women rulers are here to stay and shape India’s future.
Following is sourced from ASI records -
The patron and the artisan who carved the two panels appeared to have acted with farsightedness by visualising them to serve as commemorative visual aids to Rudrama Devi’s life and times for successive generations.
The patron and the artisan who carved the two panels appeared to have acted with farsightedness by visualising them to serve as commemorative visual aids to Rudrama Devi’s life and times for successive generations.
