A Godavari delta town with the Kumararama Bhimeswara temple (one of the five Pancharama shrines, of the Eastern Chalukya age; Draksharama article read for the group).
A temple town on the road between Rajahmundry and Pithapuram.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or keeper of Samalkota
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
A Velanati officer; not named.
Lord in 1200
A Velanati officer; not named.
Overlord
Velanati crown
How things stand that morning
Quiet temple town.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Draksharama article (read) for the Pancharama group; the rest is from 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: Draksharamam (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.