Sri Peddintlamma Temple - Kolletikota
Goddess Pedddintlamma is an incarnation of Goddess
Parvati.
This temple has 5 tier Rajagopuram and Dwaja Stambham
is placed inside the gopuram
She is the elder of 108 Grama Devatas so named as
Peddintlamma.
During the 13th century, Kolletikota was ruled by a
Suryavamsa Odiya king, Langula Narasimhadeva (Langula Gajapathi Raju) from
Cuttack in Odisha. His fort was located at Kolletikota, his enemy Muhammadin
encamped at Chigurukota on the shores of Kolleru Lake. In some ways the lake
protecting the Odiya force then they dug a channel called Upputeru. When war
broke out between the Gajapathi and Muhammadin the Odiya force army general
Ambadevaraya sacrificed his own daughter named Peddintlamma/Perrantalu to appease
the gods on his success. Finally Odiya force won the war. After that
Ambadevaraya built a temple dedicated to his daughter named Peddintlamma and
another deity Jaladurga was installed by Narasimhadeva.
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