Peddamudium

Peddamudium
Peddamudium
	Village
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Kadapa
Population
• Total	About 2,000
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	516434
Vehicle registration	AP

Peddamudium is a village in Kadapa district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Peddamudium mandal of Jammalamadugu revenue division. [1] It is Kadapa's regional capital of Chola Kingdom with the name Mudivemu. The history of Peddamudium dates back to 100 AD. The Chalukya family according to a tradition recorded in the 11th century was founded by Vijayaditya, an adventurer from Ayodhya who lost his life in a fight with Trilochana Pallava (100 AD). Vijayaditya's queen who was pregnant at that time took shelter in a village Mudivemu with the caretaker a Brahmana named Vishnubhatta Somayaji and gave birth to a son named Vishnuvardhana. When he grew up Vishnuvardhana conquered Kadambas, Gangas, others and established his rule. He married a Pallava princess and was succeeded by his son Vijayaditya whose son was Pulakeshin I - the founder of Chalukya Dynasty.

References

"Revenue Divisions and Mandals". Official website of YSR Kadapa District. National Informatics Centre- Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

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[1] "Revenue Divisions and Mandals". Official website of YSR Kadapa District. National Informatics Centre- Kadapa, Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 6 July 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.