Stone idol of Sun God discovered
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A stone idol of Sun God (Surya), dated again to tenth century, was discovered within the farmland of Harijan Vannurappa at Kalagodu village in Gummagatta mandal of Anantapur district on Friday. While Vannurappa’s son Nagendra was tilling the land, his plough hit the two-foot granite stone idol with two lotus flowers in each palms.
He instantly knowledgeable Rayadurg Heritage Association secretary Gudekota Siva Kumar, who after inspecting the idol and cleansing it, despatched photos of it to historian Emani Siva Nagireddy, who’s CEO of Cultural Centre of Vijayawada and Amaravati. The historian, based mostly on the sculpting type of the idol, confirmed that it belonged to the interval of the Nolamba kings, who dominated the area (massive elements of Karnataka and a few areas in Andhra Pradesh now) for over 300 years.
Situated on the banks of the Vedavathi river, the iconography is much like another sculptures discovered on this area and the locals stated there may very well be some extra such sculptures within the neighborhood.
The native police and income officers have been instantly knowledgeable concerning the discovering and as advised by Mr. Siva Nagireddy, the idol can be preserved within the archaeological museum in Anantapur.
Local Bommakkapalli Rajarajeswari temple monks carried out puja to the idol.
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