rudrama devi was a monarch of the kakatiya dynasty in the deccan plateau with capital at warangal of present-day telangana from 1263 until her death. she was one of the few women to rule as monarch in the indian subcontinent and promoted a male image in order to do so. akka mahadevi was a prominent figure of the veerashaiva bhakti movement of the 12th century karnataka. her vachanas in kannada, a form of didactic poetry, are considered her most notable contribution to kannada bhakti literature. while, a few centuries later, meera in northern india, became a leading hindu mystic poet of the bhakti movement.