After a lot of research and debate, scholars established that he was born in a farmer's family and lived in the 17th century-probably born in 1652-and passed away in the early decades of the 18th century, as suggested by the British civil servant and Telugu literary savant, C.P. Brown. He did not disclose his family name. Worshipper of Siva, he must be a jangam (a member of the sudra sect, usually Saivaite, but also largely dissenter of the traditional religion). Many of the poems were supposed to be composed in the latter half of the 17th century. Based on the dialect and idiom used in the verses, it is suggested that Vemana belonged to Gandikota in Kandavolu (present Kurnool) district or Kondavedu in Cuddapah (Kadapa) district in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh.

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