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, 1 June 2011

Crucial movie for Balakrishna



Balakrishna is taking the legacy of mythological movies forward like his father NTR. The much awaited flick ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’ in direction of Bapu has almost reached the penultimate stages of completion even with the unfilled gap of loss of Mullapudi mid way during the shooting. Inner sources say that total shooting will be packed up by June 29 and re-recording will go on without any delay.

After the tremendous success of ‘Simha,’ many agree that Balakrishan hasn’t used the force in his favor. In spite he tried waste flick like ‘Parama Veera Chakra’ that ruined the success kick of ‘Simha.’ At this juncture, ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’ can be considered as a crucial movie for Balayya. If this flick recreates the magic of ‘Lava Kusa’ on big screen, then ‘Sri Rama Rajyam’ will have a golden lining in balakrishna’s entire filmy career.
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