Chintalarayaswami Temple

[1] The Temple is dedicated to Venkateswara, a form of Vishnu, who is referred to as Chintala Venkataramana.

[1] The temple has granite sculptures and is classified as one of the Monuments of National Importance by Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

According to legend, the presiding deity Venkateswara was found in the Tamarind (Telugu: Chinta) tree and hence got the name Chintala Venkataramana.

[2] The Temple was built during the reign of Vijayanagara empire in mid 16th Century[3] by Pemmasani Timmanayudu II, a contemporary of Vira Narasimharaya and Krishnadevaraya.

[6][7] Timmanayudu appointed two archakas and a chief-priest, and he gifted lands to the temple.