Recherla Nayakas

Driven by ambition and avarice, The sons of Recherla Singama (Anapota and Maada Nayaka) joined hands with Bahmani Sultan and marched on Warangal.

[4] Anapota Nayaka later claimed, in an inscription issued in 1369, that his grandfather, Dachaya, had served as a chief under the Kakatiyas and that Prataparudra II conferred on him the title Pandya-raja-gaja-kesari (a lion against the Pandya elephants).

A major battle ensued at Pangal Fort (near Wanaparthi)[7] in 1419 in which the coalition of the Vijayanagara, Recherlas and Rajahmundry Reddys was victorious.

Thereafter, the Recherla chiefs ruled from their second base at Devarakonda till 1475 AD and remained small players scattered throughout Telangana.

[8] The heirs of Recherla dynasty later migrated to the Vijayanagara court and earned the "Velugodu " jagir in present day Kurnool district as a fiefdom for their military and administrative services to the Vijayanagar empire.They became popular in the Vijayanagara court with the surname Velugoti and later this Velugoti dynasty established the Venkatagiri state in Nellore district in 1595 AD.