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  2. Early Telugu epigraphy - Wikipedia

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    In the Telugu portion, which is a stsamalika, it is stated that while Vira Venkata Raya was ruling the empire from Chandragiri-sima, Anata Raju constructed the tank, Ananta Raju-cheruvu at Siddhavatam which his father had acquired at the point of his sword after defeating Konda Raju Tirupati Raju in battle and built a wall around the town so ...

  3. Venkateswara - Wikipedia

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    In Telugu, he is commonly known as "ఏడు కొండలవాడా,” (Ēḍu Koṇḍala Vāḍā), also meaning the Lord of the Seven Hills. [9] In Telugu, the hill name was 'Venkatam, Vēṅkaṭam', which is another form of 'Vaikuntam', and it follows that Lord Venkateswara means Lord Vaikunteswara or God of Vaikuntha. [ 10 ]

  4. Village deities of South India - Wikipedia

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    In Telugu and Kannada regions, the goddess is often given anthropomorphic form as a terracotta statue only during a temple festival, and is then returned to her aniconic shape. In many villages in Tamil Nadu, a village god is represented by planting spears or trishulas in the ground to represent his martial prowess. In the village of Kogilu ...

  5. Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvarur - Wikipedia

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    Indra tried to misguide the king and had six other images made, but the king chose the right image at Tiruvarur. [10] The other six images were installed in Thirukkuvalai, Nagapattinam, Tirukarayil, Tirukolili, Thirukkuvalai and Tirumaraikadu. [24] [25] All the seven places are villages situated in the river Cauvery delta. All seven Thyagaraja ...

  6. Ganapati (Kakatiya dynasty) - Wikipedia

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    According to the Telugu-language text Vallabhabhyudayam, Narasimha sent an army led by his foster brother Danda-nayaka Ananta-pala to Kanchi. Ananta-pala halted at Srikakolanu, where he erected a temple dedicated to the god Telugu Vallabha (Andhra Vishnu). He then achieved a victory at Kanchi, and extracted tribute from the local ruler.

  7. Tyagaraja - Wikipedia

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    Tyagaraja was born Kakarla Tyagabrahmam in 1767 [Note 1] to a Telugu Vaidiki Mulakanadu Brahmin family [4] in Thiruvarur in present-day Thiruvarur District of Tamil Nadu.There is a school of thought led by musicologist B.M.Sundaram that contests this and proposes Thiruvaiyaru as his birthplace, though the evidence for this is not compelling enough.

  8. Thyagaraja Temple, Tiruvottiyur - Wikipedia

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    On the day of the full moon of the Tamil month karthigai, the armour is removed and the representation of the god is visible to devotees. The Lord is anointed with punugu, javvadhu, and sampirani oils. There is a Durga shrine in the northern side of the temple.

  9. Pothuraju - Wikipedia

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    Potu Raju (Telugu: పోతరాజు, romanized: Pōtu Rāju) is a Hindu folk deity, regarded as a form of Vishnu by his adherents. He is considered to be a gramadevata in some rural regions of Maharashtra and South India , and sometimes considered to be the brother of a female folk deity, such as Gangamma or Yellama .