The Indian Analyst
 

Annual Reports

 

376 Ētūru.─ Broken dīpastambha in front of the Raṅganāyaka temple. …. …. Sādhāraṇa, Māgha, [śu] 15. Do. States that the dīpastaṁbha was erected by Mahārāja Śrī Nānāji Śiva Rao for god Raṅgadhāma.
377 Gaṅganappalle.─ Wall of the Veṅkaṭēśvarasvāmin temple. Maṭli Tiruveṅgaḷanātharāja Dēvachōḍa-Mahārāja. Śaka 1528, Parābhava, Āshāḍha, ba. 2. Do. Damaged and illegible. Registers grant probably of land, made to the Kāṁpus and the Karaṇas of Gaṅganapalle by the Kāryakartta (name lost) of the chief.
378 Gurraṁpāḍu.─Slab set up in front of the Vishṇu temple on the river bank. …. …. …. Do. Fragmentary. Registers grant of land for worship of the god Ōbhaḷanātha. The donor’s name is not specified. Mentions the oppa (witness) of Mallināyaka, and Mailāradēva Tirumalanāyaka.
379 A second slab in the same place Vijayanagara Achyutarāya-Mahārāya Śaka 1453, Khara, Āśvīja, ba. 5. Do.

Registers gift of the toll-income (suṅkaṁ) of Guraṁpāḍni made by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Tirumalayya, son of Jagatāpi Sōmalrāju to god Kēśavaperumāḷ of the village for conducting the daśami-mahōtsavas for the merit of his overlord Salakarāju Timmarāju. The village Gurraṁpāḍu is stated to be situated in the Chennūru-nāyaṅkara.

380 A third slab in the same place Do. Śrīraṅgadēva-Mahārāja, ‘ruling from Penugoṇḍa.’ Śaka 15[00], Bahudhānya, Adhika-Āśvija, śu. 15, lunar eclipse. Do. Registers gift of the village Gurraṁpāḍu in Siddhavaṭa-sīma as sarvamānya by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Maṭli Tirumalrājayya-Dēvachōḷa-Mahārāja, son of Yallamarāja, and grandson, of Kōnamarāja of the Kāśyapa-gōtra, Āpastaṁba-sūtra and Yajuś śākhā to Siddhāntasārvabhauma [Veṅkaṭa]-Sōmayājin, son of Tirumala-Sōmayājin, and  grandson of Veḷḷāḷa Timmā-Jyōsya, of the Bhāradvāja-gōtra, Āśvalāyana-sūtra and Ṛik-śākhā, for the merit of his parents. Siddhavaṭasīma is stated to have been given as amaranāyaṅkara to the donor by the king.
381 Same slab, reverse …. …. Śaka    .  .  .  .  bhānu, Kārttika, ba. 1. Do. Badly damaged. Refers to the consecration of the image of Channa[kēśvara] (?) and gifts made for its worship, offerings, etc, The writing belongs to the 14th century A. D. The village Gurraṁpāḍu is mentioned.
382 Gōṭūru.─ Wall of the Vēmalamma shrine in Survey No. 344. …. …. Śaka 1588, Parābhava, Śrāvaṇa, ba. 5. Do. Records the obeisance to the goddess Vēmulamma by Śītaya-Peddirāju, son of Mallayagāri Guruvappagāri Rāmayya, the Karaṇam of the village Gōṭūru.
383 Wall of the Bhairavēśvara temple in Survey No. 274. …. ….

Śaka 1440, Bahudhānya, Āshāḍha, śu. 12, Sunday.

Do. Registers grant of land as polamēramānya made by the several Vidvān-mahājanas of Pushpagiri to Mummaḍi-Reḍḍi of Goṁṭūru for having marked out the boundaries between the villages Goṁṭūru and Chernūru. Among the boundaries of the land occurs the name of the canal Uttamagaṇḍakāluva.
384 Same wall …. …. Śaka 1319, Īśvara, Māgha, śu. 5, Thursday. Do.

Registers gift of land made by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Apratimalla Gaṅgaya-Dēvachōḍa-Mahārāya to the stone-cutter(kāśa) Chāmāyabattuḍu who constructed the temple of god Bhairavadēva of Gōṭūru for the merit of his parents Maldēvarāja and Maldēvamma. The gift was made with the consent of the 18 prajas of the village headed by Naṁvi-Reḍḍi Pāpi-Reḍḍi. Mentions Uttamaga[ṁ]ḍakāluva.

385 Do. …. …. Śaka 1342, Plava, Vaiśakha, ba. 30, Thursday. Do. Registers gift of land made to the god Bhairavadēva of Gōṭūru by Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Ōbaḷayya-Dēvachōḍa-Mahārāja, son of Mahāmaṇḍalēśvara Apratimalla Gaṇapati-Dēvachōḍa-Mahārāja for the merit of his father and his mother Avubhaḷamma. Also registers the renewal by the prajas headed by Akkaṁ Bayirapa-Reḍḍi and Mutyāla Bairapa-Reḍḍi of the previous grant of lands made to the same god.

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