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'''Ramananda Ray''' ([[IAST]]: Rāmānanda Rāya) lived in the Indian state of Odisha (Oḍiśā) during the latter part of the 15th century to around the middle part of the 16th century CE and was the author of the celebrated drama Jagannātha Vallabha Nāṭakam.<ref>{{citation|last=Das |first=Hemant Kumar |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23346371?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A0d69454a93d4b3b5fc75b5d477c08e53&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents |title=The Origin of Oriya Jatra |publisher=Sahitya Akademi |date=January-February 2006 |access-date=11 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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He was the son of Bhavānanda Rāya , a resident of the village of Ālālānātha (Brahmagiri) about 12 miles west of Jagannātha Purī, Oḍiśā. Their family belonged to the noted [[Odia people|Odia]] Kāyastha/Karaṇa community.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Prabhupāda |first1=A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami |title=CC Ādi 10.131, purport. |url=http://www.vedabase.com/en/cc/adi/10/131 |website=Vedabase.com |accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref><br />
Rāmānanda Rāya had four brothers named Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka, Kalānidhi, Sudhānidhi, and Vāṇīnātha Nāyaka. <ref>{{cite web |last1=Prabhupāda |first1=A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami |title=CC Ādi 10.134, verse and purport. |url=http://www.vedabase.com/en/cc/adi/10/134 |website=Vedabase.com |accessdate=30 May 2018}}</ref><br />
He served as a government officer under Emperor [[Prataparudra Deva]], who reigned the [[Gajapati Empire]] from 1497 to 1540 CE, and his main office was being the [[Viceroy]] or governor of Rajamahendri <ref name="Rout1972">{{cite book|author=Savitiri Rout|title=Women Pioneers In Oriya Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2SCzRH24LnAC&pg=PA31|date=1 January 1972|publisher=Motilal Banarsidass |isbn=978-81-208-2546-8|pages=31}}</ref> (present day [[Rajamahendravaram]] of Andhra Pradesh) on the bank of the [[Godavari]] river.<br />
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* [http://www.gaudiyadarshan.com/posts/the-example-of-ramananda-ray/ The Example of Ramananda Ray]<br />
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