Clockwise from top left: Kukkuteswara and Padagaya Temple Complex, Pithapuram Railway Station, Ratnachal Express speeding through Pithapuram Railway Station, fields near Pithapuram, landscape view at Pithapuram, Kunti Madhavaswami Temple
Pithapuram or Pitapuram is a city and a municipality in the Kakinada district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The city also forms a part of Godavari Urban Development Authority. Pitapuram is home to one of the eighteen Maha Sakthi Peethas, which are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism.[5] Sripada Sri Vallabha, a prominent Hindu saint of 14th century born and lived in Pitapuram.[6]
Pitapuram as a sovereign city has history dating back to ancient times.[7] It was mentioned in Samudragupta's Prayaga inscription (c. 350 CE)[8] by the name Pishtapuram ruled by the king Mahendra.[9] Pitapuram also served as the initial capital of Eastern Chalukyas in 7th century CE before they moved their capital to Vengi.[10][11] Later, Pithapuram was one of the Rastras, an administrative division, of the Eastern Chalukyas.[12] One of the collateral branches of Chalukyas called Pitapuram Chalukyas, ruled the area around Rajahmundry, Pitapuram and Draksharama in the 12th and 13th centuries. From the 18th century, Pitapuram was the centre of Pitapuram Estate. The total area of the estate in 1903 was 393 square miles (1,020 km2).[13]
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