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Avani is a place of great antiquity. According to the ASI, an inscription here dated 399 A.D. refers to it. Later inscriptions call it the "Gaya of the south".Legend has it that Avani was the abode of the Hindu saint Valmiki (author of the epic Ramayana) and that the Hindu god Rama visited Avani during his return to Ayodhya from Lanka.
Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple in Ramathirtham. Lord Siva and Kamakshamma are the presiding deities while Vigneswara and Subramanya Swamy are the also worshipped here. The architecture is reminiscent of the Pallava style with the temple built of bricks, a Dwaja Stambam, Kalyana Mandapam, Alankara Mandapam and Yajnasala for Nithyyagnam.
These Kannada inscriptions (Old Kannada, Kadamba script) are found on historical hero stones, coins, temple walls, pillars, tablets and rock edicts. They have contributed towards Kannada literature and helped to classify the eras of Proto Kannada, Pre Old Kannada, Old Kannada , Middle Kannada and New Kannada.
Sriramamurty, Y. (1964), "History of the Pemmasani Family", Journal of the Andhra Historical Society, Volume 30, Parts 1-4, Andhra Historical Research Society, pp. 89– 104 Sriramamurty, Y. (1973), "The Pemmasani Family" (PDF) , Studies in the History of the Telugu country during the Vijayanagara period 1336 to 1650 A D , Karnatak University ...
Sri Stambhadri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple [4] [5] is located in the heart of the City of Khammam. [6] The city gets its name from the Stambhadri hill on which the temple is located.The ancient deity is located inside a cave on top of the hill.The temple is believed to be existing since Treta Yuga.
According to Michael Meister, an art historian specializing in Indian temple architecture and history, this temple was influential in three ways to Hindu temple architecture that came after 1050 CE: [1] the columnar ratha-buttresses inspired the Kakatiya period; [2] the Bhumija superstructure innovation here was used by other architects in ...
The epic of Katamaraju, a chieftain in Kanigiri, who fought a battle with the Nellore Chola king Nalama Siddi, on the banks of the Paleru River in the 13th century. Katamaraju, due to severe drought, had migrated with his people to the fertile lands of Nellore. There he entered a covenant with the king of Nellore for grazing his cattle and sheep.
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 .