Tadipatri

Places to visit

• Chintala Venkataramana Swamy Temple : Chintalarayaswamy TempleTemple is a Hindu Vaishnavite temple situated at Tadipatri, a town in the Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh.The Temple is devoted to Venkateswara, a form of Lord Vishnu, which is honored as Chintala Venkataramana. The temple is also called Sri Chintala Venkataramana.The temple was built during the Vijayanagara period duringthe 16th Century by Pemmasani TimmanayuduII of thePemmasani Nayaks dynasty. It is situated on the bank of the Penna River which passes through the town. The temple has granite sculptures and is recorded as one of the Monuments of National Importance by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The temple has a Garuda Mandapa built as a chariot with rotating granite wheels, which looks similar to the one found in the Vithala Temple of Hampi.
• Bugga Rama Lingeswara Swamy Temple : Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy temple is a Siva shrine situated on the southern banks’ Penna River in Tadipatri. It was built between 1490 and 1509 by Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu I, a Pemmasani Nayaka leader of the Gutti-Gandikota region during the dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire. The mainidol is a Shiva linga, contemplated to be ‘swayambhu’.The temple has seven small separate pillars in front of the Lord Vishnu shrine and when struck they produce 'saptaswara' (the seven musical notes). The temple’s gopurams are not completed and were expressed by architectural historian James Anderson as ‘wonders.