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Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh · 16.4370°, 80.5701°
A hill temple near Guntur patronised by the Vijayanagara rulers, with an inscription recording a visit by Krishnadevaraya. Its eleven-storey gopuram, about 153 feet high, was raised by Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu of Amaravathi and is among the tallest in south India.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Tradition holds that the shrine was discovered by Yudhishthira, eldest of the Pandava brothers.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Vijayanagara
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