Archive · 3 Sep 2026
ASI Finds 1521 Inscription of Krishnadevaraya at Veligonda Temple
The Archaeological Survey of India found an old message carved into a stone at a temple.
The stone is inside the Venkateswara temple at Veligonda in Andhra Pradesh.
The message was written in Telugu in 1521.
It mentions King Krishnadevaraya.
It says that two villages and some gardens were given to the temple.
A person named Rayasam Kondamarusayaa made the gifts for the benefit of the king and himself.
The gifts were meant to pay for celebrations at the temple.
They also helped provide food offerings to the deity during a lunar eclipse.
The Archaeological Survey of India found a 1521 CE inscription inside Veligonda’s Venkateswara temple.
The inscription is engraved on a stone slab and written in Telugu.
It records gifts of Garlladinna and Kattirallagumpa villages, along with gardens in Podili-sima of Udayagiri Rajya.
The gifts were made by Rajyabharadhurandharudu Rayasam Kondamarusayaa for the merit of Krishnadevaraya and himself.
The endowment supported temple festivities and food offerings to Tiruvenggalanadha during a lunar eclipse.
- Who
- The Archaeological Survey of India found the inscription; it names Krishnadevaraya and donor Rayasam Kondamarusayaa.
- What
- A Telugu inscription recording the gift of two villages and gardens to the Veligonda temple was discovered.
- When
- The inscription is dated to 1521 CE.
- Where
- Inside the Venkateswara temple at Veligonda, in Markapur district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- The gifts were intended to fund festivities and food offerings to Tiruvenggalanadha during a lunar eclipse.
- Discovering agency
- Archaeological Survey of India
- Inscription date
- 1521 CE
- Language
- Telugu
- Inscribed object
- A stone slab fixed inside the Venkateswara temple
- Recorded gifts
- The villages of Garlladinna and Kattirallagumpa, plus gardens in Podili-sima of Udayagiri Rajya
- Donor
- Rajyabharadhurandharudu Rayasam Kondamarusayaa
- Religious purpose
- Temple festivities and food offerings during a lunar eclipse