Chandragiri
Chandragiri | |
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| Telephone code | +91–877 |
Chandragiri is a suburb and neighbourhood of
urban agglomeration and a major growing residential area in Tirupati[1] It is the mandal headquarters of Chandragiri mandal in Tirupati revenue division.[1][2] It also falls in the jurisdictional limit of Tirupati Urban Development Authority.[3] Chandragiri is the southwestern entrance of Tirupati for vehicles coming from Bangalore, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Kalyana Venkateswara Temple, Srinivasamangapuram is located next to Chandragiri through which well-laid stone footpaths called Srivari Mettu are available to reach Tirumala on foot[4]
History
Chandragiri fort
Chandragiri is now famous for the historical
Vaishnavite
pantheons, Raja Mahal, Rani Mahal and other ruined structures.
The Raja Mahal Palace is now an archaeological museum. The fort and palace are in the care of the
Indo-Sarcen architecture of the Vijayanagar period. The palace was constructed using stone, brick, lime mortar and devoid of timber.[5]
The crowning towers represents the Hindu architectural elements.
Chandragiri was under the rule of
Golkonda
territory.
After the decline of the Vijayanagara Empire, the Mysore King ordered the
Mulbagal, Karnataka) to wage a war against the Sultan of Chandragiri. In the battle, his army was reported to have killed everyone inside the fort. There is also a myth that out of the wealth collected from the Muslim women in the fort, their nose rings alone filled 3 whole bamboo buckets, which were then sealed in a two-stone locker and placed in Kurudumale, (in Karnataka) With the Sultan's death, Chandragiri fell under Mysore suzerainty. It went into oblivion from 1792 onward.[5]
References
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- ^ a b c d "District Census Handbook - Chittoor" (PDF). Census of India. p. 19,280. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "Chittoor District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 460, 512. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "TUDA Right to Information Act, 2005". TUDA. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
- ^ "Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (Official Website)". www.tirumala.org. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
- ^ a b Archaeological Survey of India (2008). "Raja and Rani Mahal, Chandragiri Fort; Ticketed Monuments - Andhra Pradesh". Archaeological Survey of India. Archived from the original (asp) on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 30 September 2008.