The island between the arms of the Krishna's mouth, flat, salty, ringed by water and boats, with Ghantasala and Avanigadda on its landward side and the Machilipatnam shore to the north (board).
On the likely course the Kakatiyas attack it about 1203.
Who holds it
- Name
- Pinni Chodi (named as father of Ganapati's queens; dates not given)
- Title
- The Ayya chief of Divi
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
See the Divi record.
Overlord
Velanati crown (loose)
How things stand that morning
An independent water chiefdom.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: The Ganapatideva article (read) names the Divi campaign.
Primary sources for Velanati Chodas (Velanadu)
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Corpus of Inscriptions in the Telingana Districts, Various (Kakatiya chancery and temple scribes), edited by P. Sreenivasachar (inscriptions of the 10th to 15th centuries; edited 1940 to 1942). The Kakatiyas of Orugallu (Warangal) are known for 1200 almost entirely from inscriptions, and this Hyderabad Archaeological Series corpus is the main printed collection. Read online
- South Indian Inscriptions (Archaeological Survey of India), Various (Chola, Pandya and other chanceries and temple scribes), edited by E. Hultzsch, V. Venkayya, H. Krishna Sastri and successors (inscriptions of the 7th to 17th centuries; the series ran from 1890). The temple inscriptions printed here are the primary record of the Tamil country in 1200. Read online
Sources and studies
- Wikipedia: Ganapatideva (read this session)
- OMNIA board notes for this place (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.