Place · Reddy refuge town · India
Rayachoti
Also known as Rayachoti
The historic Rayalaseema town of Rayachoti in Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh, 120 kilometres from Tirupati. The town's name 'Rayachoti' means 'king's shelter' in Telugu, referring to the medieval Reddy dynasty's refuge at this spot during the 14-century Delhi Sultanate wars. The town is 25 kilometres from Madanapalle and is the administrative centre of the newly formed Annamayya district (2022). The nearby Veerabhadra Swamy temple and the Lord Veera Brahmendra Swamy pilgrimage circuit (associated with the 17-century mystic Potuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy who prophesied the Kali Yuga transition) anchor the town's religious geography. The 2022 Annamayya district formation named for the 15-century Tallapaka Annamacharya (whose birthplace at Tallapaka is 70 km away) made Rayachoti part of the broader Rayalaseema cultural reorganisation.
- Function
- Authority & administration
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 14.056, 78.751
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- Site adjacencyMadanapalle
Rayachoti and Madanapalle sit 25 kilometres apart in the newly formed Annamayya district of Andhra Pradesh (2022). Both Rayalaseema towns were historically part of the pre-2022 Chittoor district under Vijayanagara, Mysore sultanate (1770-1799) and British East India Company administration. The 2022 Annamayya district formation grouped both towns under a single administrative unit named for the 15-century Tallapaka Annamacharya (whose birthplace at Tallapaka village is 70 kilometres from Rayachoti).
Sources
Standard reference; district gazetteer and Wikipedia.
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