The island between the arms of the Krishna's mouth, flat, salt and defensible only because water surrounds it, held by a Telugu Choda house with its own boats.
On the likely course it is the first place Ganapati's army attacks outside the upland (about 1203), and the chief's daughters become Kakatiya queens (no marriage date is given). On 1 January 1200 it is an independent water-fortress chiefdom under Velanati overlordship.
Who he is
- Name
- Pinni Chodi (named as the father of Ganapati's queens; his dates are not given)
- Title
- Chief of the Ayya (Telugu Choda) house of Divi
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- Ayya chief of Divi; daughters Naramba and Peramba married Ganapati
- Confidence
- low
Wikipedia's Ganapatideva article (read): Naramba and Peramba were daughters of Pinni Chodi, the Ayya chief of Divi; the Divi campaign is dated 1203 (Kondaparti inscription).
What it holds
- Divi (Diviseema), the Krishna's mouth island
Allies and rivals
Velanati vassals; Kakatiya target.
How things stand that morning
Independent in practice.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1203The Kakatiya army under Malyala Chaunda campaigns against Divi; later queens from the Ayya house.Depends on: The delta open after 1201. Stopped by: Defeat.
Places of note
- Divi: Island of the Krishna's mouth (board coordinates).
Where the sources disagree
- Board 'divi-island' says Divi is taken about 1203 and Ganapati marries into the family: matches.
Evidence: Wikipedia's Ganapatideva article (read) and the campaign board.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
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.