Anantapur History

Anantapur offers some vivid glimpses of the prehistoric past. It is generally held that the place got its name from 'Anaatasagaram' , a big tank, which means "Endless Ocean". The villages of Anaantasagaram and Bukkarayasamudram were constructed by Chilkkavodeya, the minister of Bukka-I, a Vijayanagar ruler. Some authorities assert that Anaantasagaram was named after Bukka's queen, while some contend that it must have been known after Anantarasa Chikkavodeya himself, as Bukka had no queen by that name.
Anantapur is familiarly known as "Hande Anantapuram" . ' Hande ' means chief of the Vijayanagar period. Anantapur and a few other places were gifted by the Vijayanagar rulers to Hanumappa Naidu of the Hande family.
The place subsequently came under the Qutub Shahis, Mughals, and the Nawabs of Cuddapah, although the Hande chiefs continued to rule as their subordinates. It was occupied by the Palergar of Bellary during the time of Ramappa but was eventually won back by his son, Siddappa. Morari Rao Ghorpade attacked Anantapur in 1757. Though the army resisted for some time, Siddappa ultimately bought off the enemy for Rs.50,000.
It then came into the possession of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. Tipu hanged all the male members of the Siddappa family except Siddappa who escaped from his confinement at Srirangapatnam. After Tipu's death, it was once again taken back by Siddappa. Siddappa submitted himself to Nizam because of the treaty of 1799, who took the total control of the area. He was later pensioned off when British occupied the territory

Wednesday, 25 May 2011

tarakaratna-as-prajapathi

Tarakaratna, a Nandamuri boy never had a hit in his career. May be he started his career years ago but he got a award for his performance in ‘Amaravati’.
Now, Tarakaratna is trying to come back with “Prajapathi’ .which is a socio film. This film is directed by Raja Chandra Varma who has also penned the script.  The cast still has to be finalized.
“We are working on the pre-production of the film. We will reveal the details of the heroines once we are ready to start shooting. The story is exciting and it is a huge budget movie. We are on location hunt for the film shoot now” said Yelamanchili Ravichand, the producer, who is presenting the film under Sri Sambha Siva Creations banner.
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