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Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh · 15.1332°, 77.6262°
A modern shrine of the Suryavamshi Kshatriya Are-Katika community whose foundation was laid in February 2002 and whose consecration followed in February 2003; its annual celebrations draw an estimated 15,000-20,000 pilgrims.
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.
Sunama Jakini is remembered as a devout woman buried alive on the order of her intoxicated husband around 1803 and venerated as a goddess thereafter.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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