Nayakas of Kalahasti
Line of rulers of the Kalahasti and Vandavasi principalities / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nayakas of Kalahasti were a line of rulers of Kalahasti and Vandavasi principalities.[1][lower-alpha 1] Members of the group include Damarla Chennapa Nayaka, after whom the city of Chennai is named.[2][3] The Kalahasti Nayaks had their origins in the Velama warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh.[4] These Nayakas served as vassals of the late Vijayanagara Empire, then held by the Aravidu Dynasty and headquartered at Chandragiri and Vellore.