raayabaaram padyaalu -- tikkana Vs. tirupati venkaTa kavulu

What makes SreekRshNa raayabaaram padyaalu more popular than tikkana padyaalu ?

As to the popularity of poems from tirupati vEnkaTa kavulu, versus that of Tikkana, I guess there are several reasons. I will list what I think (thinking loud).

  • They are written especially for dramatic portrayal, each poem(s) being by one character, without someone else chipping in.

  • They are easier to understand, words, phrases, etc...

  • These have been heard by countless people, countless times, and some of the phrases have become part of our language.

    • Look at the drama in the following two poems:

    nanda kumAra, yuddhamuna nA rathamandu vasimpumayya, ma-
    dhyandina BAnumanDala vidhambuna nIdagu kalmi jEsi nA
    syandana moppugAka, ripu santati tEjamu tappu gAka, nI
    vendunu nAyudhammu dari kEgami koppudu gAka, kESavA
    - tirupati vEnkaTa kavulu

    ani paliki hari girITin
    ganugoni konDokavu nIvu gAvuna nIkun
    munu gOra bADi yanavuDu
    vini kRshNuni gOrikoniye vijayunDelamin
    - tikkana

    anniyeDalanu nAku dITainavAru
    gOpakulu padivEvurakunTha balulu
    kalaru nArAyaNAkhya cennalaru vAru
    vAraloka vaipu, nEnokk vaipu, mariyu

    yud-dha monarintru vArala
    bad-dhammendulaku, nEnu paramAptuDanai
    yud-dhammu trOva pOvaka
    bud-dhiki tOcina sahAyamonarintu.......
    - TV kavulu

    nA pATiya padi vEvuru,
    gOpAluru kalaru, samada kOvida bAhA
    TOpAbhirAmamUrtulu,
    cApAdyAyudha kaLAviSArada cittul

    nArAyaNAbhidAnulu
    vAralu gayyambu sEyu vArokkaDa, nE
    nUraka nirAyudha vyA
    pAratamai nunDuvADa baramAptuDanai

    vArokatal, yE noka tala
    yI renDu derangulandu neyyadi priya me-
    vvAriki jeppuDu dolitoli
    gOrikonan bAluniki dgun bADi meYin
    - tikkana

    See the similarity in some of the words and concepts, and at the same time the difference in the totality of the poems !!

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