1.Krishna Devarayas Mother tongue is Tulu. You may consider this as his ancestral language.
2.Krishna Devaraya is proficient in several languages. There are reasons for that and we will see one by one.
3.Krishna Devaraya used to praise “Telugu” language as his favorite. His earlier childhood days are spent in Chandragiri (Tirupati). His lovemate, future queen Chinnamamba was from Tirupati. He is a religious person, visiting Tirupati Temple everyday during these days.
4.His Grand father, Tuluva Iswara Naicker was a commander of Vijaya Nagara Empire serving Governor of Chandragiri, Saluva Narasimha Raya. So as his father, Tuluva Narasa Naicker. We can say, Krishna Devarayas childhood language is Telugu, which is his favorite..
5.Chandragiri was a capital of one of Feudatory Kingdom of Vijayanagara Empire, ruling Tamil Country, Thondai Mandalam covering present day Chennai, North and South Arcots upto Kanchi.
6.Krishna Devaraya spent considerable time in Tamil Country, before and after his coronation and so he is fluent in Tamil as well. His frequent visits included Kanchi Varadaraja Perumal Temple, Kanchi Ekamberaswar Temple, Tiruvannamalai Temple.
7. As a popular empire of Vijayanagara, he is proficient in Kannada.
8.All his inscriptions are in four languaes - Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Sanskrit.
9.Krishna Devarayas coronation took place in two places- first at Tirupati Venkatadri Temple and second at Hampi.
10.Not only Krishna Devaraya, the following famous emperors of Vijayanagara made it a point to perform Coronation Ceremony first at Tirupati
Saluva Narasimha Raya
Tuluva Narasa Naicker
Vira Narasimha Raya
Krishna Devaraya
Achuta Devaraya
and many followed… The point to mention here is that these emperors spent their childhood days at Chandragiri and fond of Telugu over other languages.
11.Krishna Deva Raya handed over a book “Jnana Chintamani” to Sri Rangam. During his entire tenure it was recited in front of Sri Ranganathar in everyday.
12. Achuta Devaraya performed coronation at three places, Tirupati, Kalahasti and Hampi.
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