Karvetinagar | |
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Coordinates: 13°25′00″N79°27′00″E / 13.4167°N 79.4500°E | |
Country | India |
State | Andhra Pradesh |
District | Chittoor |
Mandal | Karvetinagar |
Elevation | 252 m (827 ft) |
Languages | |
• Official | Telugu |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Karvetinagar or Karvetinagaram is a village in Chittoor district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Karvetinagar mandal. [1] The town is known for the Venugopalaswamy Temple, that was constructed during the reign of the Venturing dynasty.
Karvetinagar is located at 13°25′00″N79°27′00″E / 13.4167°N 79.4500°E . [2] It has an average elevation of 252 meters.
The nearest railway station is Puttur (11 kilometres (6.8 mi) distant) in Andhra Pradesh. Some express trains stop here. Frequent buses run from Puttur to Chittoor via Karvetinagar or from Pallipattu (8 kilometres (5.0 mi)) in Tamil Nadu. The nearest international airport is at Chennai (115 km), and Renigunta (Tirupati) (45 km) away.
Karvetinagar was a former zamindar, most prominent during the Vijayanagara Empire. The Bommaraju family trace their origins back to an ancestor Saluva Reddis who migrated along with their Kondla / Konthala hill tribes from the Pithapuram area of the Godavari Delta in the 8th or 9th century. One ancestor obtained the favour of the Eastern Chalukya king Vimala Aditya, and Saluva Narasa Reddis was appointed the chief of the country around Tirupati, where he founded his capital called Narayanavanam. The rulers later built their new capital, Nagaram, here by clearing the forest. Narasa Reddis was granted permission by his patron to use the royal seal and boar-signet of the Chalukyas, a proud distinction still kept up. At one point Saluva Venkatapati was deposed by the Cholas, but Saluva Bhima recovered their territory. Saluva Narsimha assisted a Keralan king named Kirti Varman and assumed independence, ruling for 36 years. Saluva Bhujanga was defeated and became a feudal of Western Chalukya king Someswara and was taken prisoner to Kalyan, where he died. Subsequent descendants recovered the estate, and in 1230 AD a part of the estate was taken over by Raja Raja Chola the second, of the Chola dynasty. During the next four generations, as the power of the Cholas declined, the fortunes of the Karvetinagar family rose, the family became feudatories of Vijayanagar, and had marriage alliances with the Saluva Reddis and loyalties to the Aravidu dynasty over the next two hundred years. Around the 16th century the family changed their name to the current Bommaraju, retaining Saluva Reddis as a title. After Bommaraju, prominent among their dynasty are Raja Kumara Venkataperumal Raja Bahadur, last ruler of the erstwhile zamindar of Karvetinagar. After his death without any issues in 1940, his brother Raja Kumara Kumaraswamy Raja was confirmed with the rajah title and became the First M.L.A of Puttur. He donated Lashmi Mahal Palace for use as a Government High School, at present a junior college and degree college located in the same palace premises. He died without issues in 1952. After his death his co-brother Raja Kumara Srinivasa Varma's Son Raja Kumara Venkata Perumal Rajah, alias Raja Kumara Janardhana Varma, was confirmed as rajah by then presidency of the Madras Government. As a holder of the Rajah title he was honored by the temple's management of constructed karvetinagar rajah's, like Sri Arulmugu Subramanya Swamy Temple Tiruttani, Sri Lashmi Narasimhaswami Temple Sholingur, Sri Kalyana Venkateswara swamy Temple Narayanavanam, Sri Prasanna Venkateswara Swamy Temple Appalayagunta and Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple karvetinagar etc. during his lifetime. He died in the year 2008. He has two sons, Raja Kumara Bramha Raja Varma (alias Srikanth Varma) and Raja Kumara Harsha Vardhana Varma at present they are the heirs of Karvetinagar Zamindary and currently residing at Karveti Nagaram. Those Kondla / Konthala hill tribes also continues to residing at Tiruttani division.
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5.Two copper plates of the year 1720 and 1724 issued by Karvetinagar Zamindar Saluva Reddis and Local sale deed registered Kondla / Konthala at sub registrar office,Tiruttani.