Penukonda also called Penugonda is a town in the Sri Sathya Sai district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

[1] According to The Imperial Gazetteer of India,[2] Penukonda was a subdivision and taluk of Anantapur district in Madras province.

[3] It was a melting pot of different religions but the town and fort were established by early Hoysala kings, who were practitioners of Jainism.

[7][8] According to the inscription on the image, it was consecrated in A.D. 1359, by a disciple of Mula Sangh Nandisangha's Balatkara Gana, Saraswathi Gachha, Kondakundanvaya's Priyarajaguru Mandalacharya Maghanandi Siddantha Deva.

Several asuras are seen trying to wake up the sleeping Giant, depicting the famous story of this in invincible brother of Ravana in Ramayana.