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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.
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.
The tower is one of the tallest among the temple towers in Andhra Pradesh. The height of the temple is 120 ft and 9 floors and was constructed during the Chalukya period (9th century) during the reign of Chalukya Bheema. The Lingam is a unique milky white in colour and the tallest. There are 72 pillars made of black stone in the temple mandapa.
The Ksheera Ramalingeswara temple at Palakollu is traditionally associated with Narēndra Mrugarāja (Vijayaditya), who, according to the Edarupalli copper plate grant, built the Siva temple after fighting 108 battles. The temple, part of the pācharama shrines, is a single-storey structure with a small linga, unlike the usual two-storey shrines.
Many sections have inscriptions. These and architectural style helps date this temple to the last quarter of the 15th-century. Above: two shrines (partly restored) For more details and the history of this temple along with that of Tadipatri, please see: N.S. Ramaswami (1976), Temples of Tadpatri, Archaeological Series No. 45.
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 ...
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 .