Birth Day – Kartheeka Krishna Triteeya

Period – 1508 – 1606

yamaaMshasya paraabhaktyaa suprasannO hari: svayaM|

yasyaachaaryO vyaasaraaya: taMvaMdE kanakaabhidhaM|

Part 1 – Devaranamagalu – click

Part 2 – Devaranamagalu – click

Part 3 – Mundigegalu – click

(Drawing by Vaidya Srinivas)

Janma naama – Timmappa Nayaka -

popularly called as Kanakappa Nayaka

Ankitha – Baadadadi keshava / kaginele adikeshava

Ashraya Gurugalu – Sri Vyasarajaru

Birth Place      -  Baada

Niryana place – Kaginele in Haveri District

Birth Caste     –  Kuruba

During his period he had close association with Sri Vyasarajaru, Purandaradasaru, etc.  Vyasarajaru was fond of Kanakadasaru, even though he belonged to a lower caste.

Literal works -

1. Nala Charite – It is a love story of Nala Damayanti with 481 stanzaas.
2. Hari Bhaki Saara – It is a bhamini Shadpadi poem with 110 stanzaas
3. Nrusimhavatara – It is a grantha on Narasimhavatara
4. Ramadhyana Charite
5. Mohana Tarangini – It is a novel
6. Mundigegalu
7. Devaranamagalu
8. Tatvapadagalu