Venkateshwarlu has married Srilatha Kaveti on 13 December 1996, in Amanagal of Mahbubnagar District. Since then, it has been the royal custom of the Hyderabad State (now part of Andhra Pradesh State) to send gifts to the temple on the occasion of Sree Rama navami celebrations every year. He returned the entire money to the Bhadracalam temple. The king was convinced that what had happened was a miracle of Lord Sri Rama. The Lord then appeared to Gopanna in a dream and explained him the real reasons for his actions and promised him salvation at the end of his natural life. Gopanna did not care much for his release but was inconsolable at his not having seen his Lord even with all his devotion while the Sultan was visited by the Lord. The next day, both Gopanna and the Sultan realized what had happened.
The receipt was shown to the jailer who released Gopanna the same night. They demanded and obtained on the spot, a written receipt for the money. The king was bewildered at the presence of these charming but strange youngsters in his inner quarters. They give the king the spent money in gold coins imprinted with Rama's own seal. Rama and Lakshmana, disguised as two young warriors, entered the bed-chambers of the Sultan Tana Shah in the middle of the night. Rachakonda and it's king ceased to exist by the mid 1400's, absorbed into the Bahmani kingdom.Īfter 11–12 years of imprisonment, it is said that Lord Rama decided that his devotee's suffering had reached its pre-ordained ending (because of a certain transgression his soul had committed in a previous birth). The Rachakonda kingdom was under intense turmoil at the time, under attack by the Bahamani's from the west, Karanata (Vijayanagar) empire from the south and the Reddy Rajas from the east. Even if he did, it is unclear who the Karanata villains were, very likely the rulers of Karnaata Samrajyam (the contemporary term for the Vijayanagar empire) who were raiding Rachakonda at the time. The poem containing the derision against the " Karanata Kiraata Keechakulu" is a chatuvu (apocryphal) attributed to Pothana with no proof that he actually wrote it. It was common practice for many poets of the time to dedicate their devotional works to God himself and not necessarily to their patron-kings. It is known that Pothana was patronized by this king in his early career, Pothana dedicated his first great work to this king, the king himself was a scholar, his contemporary reputation was immense (vide Srinatha's poems).
It is said that Pothana remarked, ‘It is better to dedicate the work to the supreme Lord Vishnu than dedicate it to the mortal kings.’ He was of opinion that poetry was a divine gift and it should be utilized for salvation by devoting it to the God. But, Pothana refused to obey the king’s orders and dedicated the Bhagavathamu to Lord Rama, whom he worshiped with great devotion. The king himself is a scholar and wrote many works including Rudranavasudhakara, a well known Sanskrit drama. The Padma Nayaka king of Rachakonda, Sarvajana Singha Bhoopaala, wanted Pothana to dedicate ‘Andhra Maha Bhagavatham’ to him.
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