Bugga Ramalingeswara temple

Bugga Ramalingeswara temple
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictAnantapur district
DeityLord Shiva
Location
LocationTadipatri
StateAndhra Pradesh
CountryIndia
Bugga Ramalingeswara temple is located in Andhra Pradesh
Bugga Ramalingeswara temple
Shown within Andhra Pradesh
Geographic coordinates14°55′06″N 78°00′36″E / 14.918394°N 78.01004°E / 14.918394; 78.01004
Architecture
CompletedBetween 1490 and 1509
Musical pillars and the main unfinished gopuram

Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy temple is a Siva shrine situated on the southern bank of the Penna river in Tadipatri, Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India.[1] It was built between 1490 and 1509 by Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu I, a chieftain of the Gutti-Gandikota region during the reign of the Vijayanagara Empire.[2]

The presiding deity is a linga, considered to be ‘swayambhu’ (naturally occurring or self originated).[1] The temple has seven small independent pillars in front of the Vishnu shrine and when struck they produce 'saptaswara' (the seven musical notes).[3] The gopurams of the temple are unfinished and were described by architectural historian James Anderson as ‘wonders’.[4]

  1. ^ a b Arch. Series. Government of Andhra Pradesh, Department of Archaeology. 1960.
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  3. ^ Bhaskar, V. S. "District Census Handbook, Anantapur, Part XII-A & B, Series-29". p. 21. The seven small independent pillars in the temple when touched produce 'Saptaswara' (the seven musical notes).[1]
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