Rajaraja Narendra

Eastern Chalukya emperor from 1022 to 1061 Rajaraja NarendraKavi PoshakaParachakrakesariStatue of king Rajaraja Narendra founder of Rajahmahendravaram cityEastern Chalukya EmperorReign16 August 1022–1061PredecessorVimaladithyaSuccessorRajendra ChalukyuduDied1061 (1062)SpousesAmmanga DeviIssueRajendra ChalukyuduDynastyEastern ChalukyasFatherVimaladithyaMotherKundavai Rajaraja Narendra (died 1061) was an Eastern Chalukya king of the Vengi kingdom in present-day Andhra Pradesh. He founded the city of Rajahmahendravaram (Rajahmundry), and his reign is noted for its significant contributions to social and cultural heritage. Narendra requested his teacher, advisor, and court poet Nannayya to translate the Mahabharata into Telugu as Andhra Mahabharatam. Early life Rajaraja Narendra belonged to the Eastern Chalukya dynasty. On the maternal side, he is the grandson of Rajaraja Chola I. Amangai Devi, daughter of Rajendra I, married Rajaraja Narendra, the son of Vimalathitha Chalukya. The feudal relationship between the Cholas and Chalukyas continued for three centuries from Arinjaya Chola onwards. Descendants Rajaraja Narendra's son was Rajendra Chalukya, also known as Kulottunga Chola I,