Koti Brahmanda Sundarii

1. ODIA BOOK KOTI BRAHMANDA SUNDAREE

2. KotiBrahmandaSundareeodia Book Kabi SamrataUpendraBhanjawas considered as the greatest poet of Odia Literature and was awarded the title "Kabi-Samrata" – "The Emperor of Poets". Born in a royal family, UpendraBhanja had never eyed for throne. Kabi SamrataUpendraBhanja was a 17th-century Odia poet-composer of classical Odissi music. He is most known for his Odissi songs and kabyas written in the Odia language, primarily BaidehisaBilasa, Labanyabati & KotiBrahmandaSundari.He was born during 1670 at Kulagarh now known as Kulada , a princely state in Bhanjanagar, 80 km from the Silk City Berhampur Of south Odisha and died during 1740 (again opinions vary). His first wife was the sister of the king of Nayagarh and the daughter of the king of Banapur was his second wife, who was an erudite princess and gave UpendraBhanja poetical inspiration in an abundant measure. His grandfather King DhananjayaBhanja was a great poet and wrote RaghunathaBilasa (The Ramayana), RatnaManjari (a poetical romance) etc., which provided models to the prince for writing. But unlike his grandfather, he preferred his entire life to poetry rather than to ruling over a kingdom. He had a thorough training in Sanskrit classical literature and mastered Sanskrit dictionaries such as Amara Kosha, Trikanda Kosha and Medini Kosha. He even wrote a dictionary Geetabhidhana in Odia for helping poets. The town of Bhanjanagar near Silk City Berhampur is named after him. The music of UpendraBhanja is central to Odissi music, the traditional classical music of the state of Odisha and Bhanja is widely respected as one of the greatest Odissi composers of all time.