User:Madasu pattabhi ramaiah

Eastern Chalukya king Vijayaditya 2, the king of Nidadavole conquered and annexed several territories.Lot of people lost their lives.In order to get rid of his sin,the King built 108 Shiva temples.He got the title 'Niravadya'Sin-less.Hence the name of the town 'Niravadyapuram'.the FORT was a Jaladurgam(surrounded by water bodies)where in Crocodiles were reared.Hence,royal flag had 'Makaradwaja'.The jaladurgam consisted of Yerrakaluva,Bheemadora kaluva,Rallamadugu,Tadimalla ava,.Daravaram served as dwaram(door way).They built summer rest houses(RAJA MANDIRAMS) on the other side of river Godavary.Hence called Rajamahendram,present day Rajahmundry.Criminals were punished in Chavukolanu,now,Chagallu.Several village names surrounding Nidadavole are names of Dandanayakas of that period like Dronamraju Muppavarudu,Singavarudu,Gopavarudu,Timmaraju,Samisrudu etc.The route to RAJAMAHENDRI was via Rallamadugu(Daravaram)Odapalli(pedavadapalli)and crossing the river.The king built a huge Shiva temple complex(Mahadeswara) consisting 108 temples probably around present day High school/jr.college where a magnificient idol Nandi was excavated on 9-2-1959,and was placed in Golingeswara swamy temple.It was a centre of learning.Pandits from Niravadyapuram were invited to at peethams Srisailam etc.The royalty invited and gave shelter to weavers(Padmasalis)navigators and other artisans to enrich the town.MPRamaiah      Ref;Nidadavole history by Sri Goparaju venkatanandam,Sri Srikakolapu Purushottam.In recent times,Nidadavole lost it's importance due to several factors like the location of the town away from NH-5,LOSING Warf importance,lack of political able leadership etc.The young generation of  the town,now a  days, are endeavouring a lot to improve/revive the importance and past glory.It is surprising to note that none from Nidadavole were elected as MLA IN present NDD Constituency or erestwhile Kovvur constituency.