Prabhagiri Patnam

Prabhagiri Patnam is in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh in India. The place is famous for the ruins of Prabhagiripatnam which lie on the Podalakuru Mohammadapuram at a distance of 45 km away from Nellore.

The ruins of the temple of Lord Siva and Perumallaswamy, which belonged to 1512, remind us of their former glory and excellence. An inscription denoting the royal gift (1512 AD) of the Vijayanagara king Venkataryalu, is gathering dust at a place close to the temple of Perumallaswamy. This inscription enjoins that the income derived from the agricultural lands of the neighborhood should be spent for the upkeep of the temple.

The sculptural and artistic pieces strewn around this place have been recognised as the idols of Veerabhadraswamy, and Shanmugaswamy having six heads, three in the front and three in the rear.