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 Clockwise from top left: Kukkuteswara and Padagaya Temple Complex, Pithapuram Railway Station, Ratnachal Express speeding through Pithapuram Railway Station, fields near Pithapuram, landscape view at Pithapuram, Kunti Madhavaswami Temple | |
.svg)  Pithapuram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India | |
| Coordinates: 17°07′00″N 82°16′00″E / 17.1167°N 82.2667°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Kakinada district |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Body | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 44.5 km2 (17.2 sq mi) |
| • Rank | 10 |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 54,859 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle Registration | AP05 (Former) AP39 (from 30 January 2019)[3] |
Pithapuram or Pitapuram is a city and a municipality in the Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a part of Kakinada Urban Development Authority. It is an ancient town and a pilgrimage centre with a history dating back over 1500 years.
Pitapuram is home to the temple of Puruhutika Devi, one of the eighteen Maha Shakta pithas in Shaktism.[4] It is located on the premises of Kukkuteswara Temple. Sripada Sri Vallabha, a prominent Hindu saint of 14th century, was born and lived in Pitapuram.[5] The town was also mentioned in Skanda Purana and in Srinatha's Bheemeswara Puranam (c. 15th century).[6]
Pitapuram as a sovereign city has history dating back to ancient times.[7] It was mentioned in Samudragupta's Prayaga inscription (c. 350 CE)[8] by the name Pishtapura and was then ruled by the king Mahendra.[9] Pitapuram also served as the initial capital of Eastern Chalukyas in 7th century CE before they moved their capital to Vengi.[10][11] Later, Pithapuram was one of the Rastras, an administrative division, of the Eastern Chalukyas.[12] One of the collateral branches of Chalukyas called Pitapuram Chalukyas, ruled the area around Rajamahendravaram, Pitapuram and Draksharama in the 12th and 13th centuries. From the 18th century, Pitapuram was the centre of Pitapuram Estate. The total area of the estate in 1903 was 393 square miles (1,020 km2).[13]
- ^ "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of city and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ "New 'AP 39' code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched". The New Indian Express. Vijayawada. 31 January 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
- ^ "Constitution of Godavari Urban Development Authority with headquarters at Godavari" (PDF). Municipal Administration and Urban Development Department. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ^ "Sree Pada Sree Vallabha | Sree Datta Vaibhavam".
- ^ Rao, P. R. Ramachandra (2005). The Splendour of Andhra Art. Akshara. p. 82.
- ^ Hemingway F. R. (1915). Madras District Gazetteers Godavari (1915).
- ^ Full inscription, Fleet, John Faithfull (1888). Corpus Inscriptionum Indicarum Vol. 3. pp. 1-17.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Asvini_1989was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Sen, Sailendra Nath (1999). Ancient Indian History and Civilization. New Age International. p. 362. ISBN 978-81-224-1198-0.
- ^ Epigraphia Indica. Vol. 29. Manager of Publications. 1987 [1888]. p. 46.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:2was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Glory of the Pithapuram Estate". 1915.
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