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Late medieval · Hindu · India

Chintalarayaswami Temple

Tadipatri, Andhra Pradesh · 14.9200°, 78.0200°

Venkateswara (Chintala Venkataramana)VijayanagaraDravidian

Sacred since

1530 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

mid-16th c. (Vijayanagara)

Vijayanagara

History & significance

A mid-sixteenth-century Vijayanagara temple at Tadipatri built by the chief Pemmasani Timmanayudu II, a Monument of National Importance whose stone Garuda mandapa is carved as a chariot with turning granite wheels, in the manner of the Vitthala temple at Hampi.

Sthala katha — the legend

The presiding image is said to have been found in a tamarind tree - chinta in Telugu - which gave the god the name Chintala Venkataramana.

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Sources

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