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Chintalarayaswamy Temple or Sri Chintala Venkataramana Temple is a Hindu Vaishnavite temple situated at Tadipatri, a town in the Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Temple is dedicated to Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu, who is referred to as Chintala Venkataramana. The temple was built by Pemmasani Timmanayudu II of the Pemmasani Nayaks. It is situated on the bank of the Penna River, which passes through the town. The temple has granite sculptures and is classified as one of the Monuments of National Importance by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). The temple has a Garuda Mandapa built as chariot with rotating granite wheels, which is similar to the one found in the Vithala Temple of Hampi.

Etymology

According to legend, the presiding deity Venkateswara was found in the Tamarind (Telugu: Chinta) tree and hence got the name Chintala Venkataramana.

History

The Temple was built during the reign of Vijayanagara empire in mid 16th Century by Pemmasani Timmanayudu II, a contemporary of Vira Narasimharaya and Krishnadevaraya. Timmanayudu built this temple after Vishnu is said to have told Timmanayudu in a dream that a temple should be constructed for him at Tadipatri. Timmanayudu appointed two archakas and a chief-priest, and he gifted lands to the temple. The Chintalarayaswamy Temple is considered one of the finest examples of Vijayanagara architecture. The initial structure may belong to the Saluva dynasty, but the entrance towers belongs to the Tuluva dynasty.

The temple was built in the Dravidian style.

Gallery

• Chintalaraya Temple with Vimanams
• A huge pillar with a person riding the Yali
• A wall with sculptures
• Nartaka Mudra
• A idol depicting deity
• Elephants

See also

• Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy temple
• Temples of Andhra Pradesh

References

1. ^ Poverty Alleviation Through Self-Help Groups in Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh. Anchor Academic Publishing. 2017. ISBN 9783960671619.
2. ^ Guide to Monuments of India. Viking. 1989. ISBN 9780670806966.
3. ^ Architecture and Art of Southern India: Vijayanagara and the Successor States 1350-1750. Cambridge University Press. 1995. ISBN 9780521441100.
4. 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/Shodhganga, p. 272, hdl:10603/107988
5. Ramaswami, N.S (1975), Temples of Tadpatri, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, pp. 10–11
6. Sriramamurty 1973, p. 272
7. Ramaswami 1975, pp. 10–11
8. ^ Sriramamurty 1973, p. 273

v t e Hindu temples in Andhra Pradesh
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Chittoor	Kanipakam Vinayaka Temple Ardhagiri Temple Boiyakonda Gangamma Temple Konetirayala Temple, Keelapatla Pallikondeswara Temple, Surutapalli Venugopalaswamy Temple, Karvetinagaram
East Godavari	Annavaram Bhavanarayana Temple, Sarpavaram Biccavolu Draksharama Kodandarama Temple, Gollala Mamidada Kotipalli Kumararama Kukkuteswara Temple Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Antarvedi Mandavya Narayana Temple Mukteswaram Pithapuram Sripada Srivallabha Temple Suryanarayana Temple, Gollala Mamidada Talupulamma Lova Tholi Tirupati
Guntur	Amaralingeswara Temple Bhavanarayana Swami Temple Chebrolu Kotappakonda Lakshmi Narasimha Temple, Mangalagiri Venkateswara Temple, Tenali
Kadapa	Gandi Anjaneya Temple Kodandarama Temple, Vontimitta Narapura Venkateswara Temple, Jammalamadugu Pushpagiri Temple Complex
Krishna	Andhra Maha Vishnu Jaladheeswara Temple Kanaka Durga Temple Paritala Anjaneya Temple Peddintlamma Temple, Kolletikota
Kurnool	Ahobilam Kambagiri Koulutla Chenna Kesava Temple Mantralayam Sangameswara Temple, Kurnool Srisailam Yaganti
Nellore	Kodandarama Temple, Buchireddipalem Penchalakona Ranganatha Temple, Nellore
Prakasam	Gangamma Temple, Dhenuvakonda Tripurantakam
Srikakulam	Arasavalli Sun Temple Kurmanathaswamy temple, Srikurmam Mukhalingam Ranganatha Temple, Vavilavalasa
Tirupati	Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala Padmavathi Temple Srikalahasteeswara temple Alipiri Padala Mandapam Govindaraja Temple, Tirupati Kapileswara Temple, Kapilatheertham Kodandarama Temple, Tirupati Kalyana Venkateswara Temple, Srinivasamangapuram Prasanna Venkateswara Temple, Appalayagunta Vedanarayana Temple, Nagalapuram Kalyana Venkateswara Temple, Narayanavanam Varahaswamy Temple, Tirumala
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Vizianagaram	Ramanarayanam Ramatheertham Punyagiri
West Godavari	Somaramam, Bhimavaram Dwaraka Tirumala Kotasattemma Temple Ksheerarama Maddi Anjaneya Temple Sivadevuni Chikkala Veerabhadra Temple, Pattiseema

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