Rayalaseema · District
Annamayya అన్నమయ్య
Named after the 15th-century saint-composer Annamacharya of Tallapaka, this hilly district includes Madanapalle's tomato market and the Rishi Valley school, the breezy Horsley Hills, and the Buddhist remains at Nandalur.
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Annamacharya
Saint-composer · 1408–1503
Composed some 32,000 sankirtanas in praise of Venkateswara, of which about 14,000 survive on copper plates found at Tirumala — the earliest known composer of the Carnatic pada tradition.
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Getting to Annamayya
Madanapalle Road and Rajampet stations; Tirupati and Bengaluru airports are 2–3 hours away by road.