An ancient rock inscription dating back to April 16, 1545 CE has been unearthed at Velpucherla village in Muddanur mandal of Kadapa district recently. Also, a shrine for saint Sri Ramanuja, the exponent of Visishtadwaitha philosophy, exists in the same village.
The stone, having letters engraved in Telugu mentioning the date as ‘Saka 1468, Visvavasu, Vaisakha su 5’, was found lying on the outskirts of the village. The stone records the gift in the form of rice, betel leaves and nuts etc. collected from three villages, namely Velpucherla in Chagalamarri seema, Patlavari Uppaluru and Varadarajula Dudyala in Gandikota seema.
The gift was presented to Goddess Ankalaparameswari of Velpucherla towards burning a perpetual lamp and conducting Paruveta Mahotsavams (mock hunting festival), and was made in the presence of villagers assembled in the Mukha Mandapa of Durgadevi temple at Pushpagiri.
