Question

In which of the following districts is Tirupati located?
(A) Anantapur
(B) Chittoor
(C) Kurnool
(D) Nellore

Answer 1

Hint: Chittoor is a significant locale situated in the southern piece of Andhra Pradesh and is a piece of Rayalaseema. The region has additionally been isolated into 31 mandalas. The region of Chittoor is notable for the Tirupati Temple.

Complete Answer:
- The city turned into an incredible Vaishnava community during the hour of Ramanujacharya in the eleventh century, from where Srivaishnavism spread to different parts of Andhra Desa. Srikurmam Temple in the Srikakulam area of Andhra Pradesh bears the engraving saying Tirupati Srivaishnavula Raksha.
- Tirupati ensures the Muslim intrusions. During the mid-1300s Muslim intrusion of South India, the divinity of Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple, Srirangam was brought to Tirupati for safekeeping. The primary sanctuary at Tirumala Tirupati was worked by King Thondaiman, Tamil leader of the old Thondaimandalam. He is said to have fabricated the first Gopuram (tower) and the Prakhara in the eighth century. The sanctuary town for the majority of the middle age time part of the Vijayanagara Empire until the seventeenth century and its rulers contributed impressive assets and abundance prominent by Krishna Deva Raya and Achyuta Deva Raya, Sadasiva Raya and Tirumala Deva Raya.
- The city has numerous authentic sanctuaries including the Venkateswara Temple which bears 1150 engravings in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada languages. Out of 1150 engravings 236 have a place with Pallava, Chola, and Pandya traditions, 169 had a place with the Saliva administration, 251 had a place with the Achyuta Deva Raya period, 130 had a place with the Sadasiva Raya period and another 135 started in the Aravidu dynasty which indicate the commitments of the Pallava Kingdom around the ninth century AD, the Chola Kingdom around the tenth century AD, and the Vijayanagara Empire in the fourteenth century AD

Hence the correct answer is the option (B).

Note: Chittoor District was framed on 1 April 1911, taking Chittoor, Palamaneru, Chandragiri from the then North Arcot District of Tamil Nadu and Madanapalli, Vayalpadu from Cuddapah and Punganur, Sri Kalahasti, Karvetinagar from Zamindari territories to shape an assembled Chittoor area.