- Anakapalli nookallamma is a mighty deity
in north Andhra pradesh. This temple is having a 550 years of history.
Sri Nookallamma is having alias names as nookambica and kakatamba. In
1450's anakapalli was ruled by a kalinga king named kakarlapudi
appalaraju. He built a fort in anakapalli and built a temple for
kakatamba on south side of his fort. Later on anakapalli was ruled by
king jagannadha raju payakarao, when britishers ruled India. He was
hanged to death when he lost the battle with britishers in the war at
payakaraopet. Britisher's appointed vijayanagaram raju as king in this
place. They changed the name of the deity to nookambica. Next to this
king gode gajanadha raju was appointed as king by vijayanaram raju. This
king didn't pay tax to the britishers for a long time so the fort was
auctioned by britishers and in this auction pydicherla anadaraju bought
the fort and till today they are acting as the trusties for the
temple. In 1953 the temple was under taken by the government and now it
is under ministry of . The deity's statue was rebuilt by Every year a
jatara takes place for one month from the day before ugadi. This temple
is having 8 cottages, a queue complex, kalyanamandapam.
- Nookalamma Temple Contact 08924 - 226823
