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Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy temple is a Siva shrine situated on the southern bank of the Penna river in Tadipatri, Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. [1] It was built between 1490 and 1509 by Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu I , a chieftain of the Gutti - Gandikota region during the reign of the Vijayanagara Empire .
Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu Pemmasani Nayaks Pemmasani Timmanayudu I, also known as Thimma Nayudu, was the progenitor of the Pemmasani Nayaks , as per the kaifiyat of Tadipatri. [ 1 ] The Pemmasani migrated from Telugu regions to serve the Vijayanagara Empire militarily.
Though Ramalinga developed Tadipatri, he also developed his ancestral estate consisting of Yadiki and its adjoining territories, which were previously governed by his father. [2] Temple Gopura of the Bugga Ramalingeswara Temple built by Pemmasani Ramalinga. Ramalinga Nayudu was the son of Pemmasani Timma Nayudu.
Pemmasani Nayaks are known to be the feudatory rulers of Gandikota in the sixteenth century, serving under Aravidu dynasty (1542–1652), especially Rama Raya. [8] The late sixteenth century Telugu text Rayavachakamu mentions Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu as a Kamma chief serving Krishnadeva Raya (r.
Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu was an army commander of a Vijayanagara military unit. An inscription dated to 1544 CE, which was found in Tallaproddatu , states that Pemmasani Ramalinga enjoyed the nayankara (feudal control) of the village. [ 2 ]
The shrine faces west in violation of the Hindu canon of temple architecture. The shivalingas, too, face west. There are shrines to Nandi, Kamadhenu, Murugan and his consorts Valli and Deivayanai, Shanisvara, Annapoorni and Kasi Visalakshi.
Gandikota is a village and historical fort on the right bank of the Penna river, 15 km from Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India.The fort was the centre of power for various dynasties, such as the Kalyani Chalukyas, Pemmasani Nayakas, and the Golconda Sultanate.
One significance for this kavu is that it has two holy places called Mele Kavu (upper temple) and Thazhe kavu (lower temple). [2] The ThazheKavu is a sacred grove that harbors several rare plant species typical of the Myristica swamps, notably Syzygium travancoricum, an endangered endemic plant. Much of the flora of the sacred grove has been ...