She had inspired many freedom fighters;
In the imprisonment, she didn't realise that the fire was lit, the freedom fire;
He continued to fight on her behalf- Sangolli Rayanna;
Who was helped by another warrior, Gajaveera;
They restarted the guerrilla warfare;
Burned the important British places, elsewhere;
Taxing the landlords, an army from common masses were created;
To install Shivalingappa as official heir, he dreamed;
And to restore the back their looted treasury;
But the Britishers caught him with treachery;
Chennamma devoted her time in reading holy texts, page by page;
She was a tigress captured in the cage;
In the captivity, she fervently prayed for her release;
Incessant humiliation deteriorated her health and mind's peace;
Soon she gave up her hope to fly, the braveheart was martyred;
Sangolli Rayanna was arrested, sentenced to death and subsequently hanged.
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Kittur Rani Chennamma | ✓
PoetryA poetry-story dedicated to Kittur Rani Chennamma, a freedom fighter from north of Karnataka. She drove Britishers away from her kingdom before she was betrayed. [She was always regarded as a tigress hence the cover photo] ~*~ [The image is sourced...
