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High medieval · Hindu · India

Boyakonda Gangamma Temple

Boyakonda, Annamayya district, Andhra Pradesh · 13.5676°, 78.4632°

Gangamma, a form of ShaktiUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A hill shrine above Diguvapalli in Chowdepalli mandal, Annamayya district, built and long maintained by the Boya and Pala Ekari communities of the surrounding forest. It passed to the Andhra Pradesh Endowments Department in 1990.

Sthala katha — the legend

The goddess is said to have come down from the hillock to shield the forest communities from a Nawab's soldiers, destroying his army and hanging the heads of the slain on the branches of a banyan.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined