Pemmasani Timmanayudu I

Pemmasani Timmanayudu I, also known as Thimma Nayudu, was the progenitor of the Pemmasani Nayaks, as per the kaifiyat of Tadipatri.^[1] The Pemmasani migrated from Telugu regions to serve the Vijayanagara Empire militarily.^[2]

Pemmasani Timmanayudu I
Died	Yadiki
Allegiance	Vijayanagara Empire
Relations	Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu Pemmasani Nayaks

Pemmasani Timmanayudu first entered into the service of the Vijayanagara Empire as the keeper of the royal pigeons.^[1] Praudha Devaraya (Devaraya II) sent Timmanayudu I to Yadiki, where Timmanayudu constructed a fort with four bastions.^[1] Moreover, Timmanayudu built one temple for Veerabhadra and one temple for Ganapati because their idols were found during the construction of the Yadiki Fort.^[1]

Pemmasani Timmanayudu I administered Yadiki and its adjoining territory for sometime. He died there and was succeeded by his son, Ramalinganayudu I.^[1]

See also

• Devaraya II
• Pemmasani Nayaks
• Pemmasani Ramalinga Nayudu

Notes

1. Sriramamurty 1964, pp. 90.
2. Ramaswamy, Vijaya (5 July 2017). Migrations in Medieval and Early Colonial India. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. pp. Page 139: "Kamma clans like the Pemmasani migrated in their capacity as mercenary peasant–warriors.". ISBN 9781351558259.

Bibliography

• Sriramamurty, Y. (1964), "History of the Pemmasani Family", Journal of the Andhra Historical Society, Volume 30, Parts 1-4, Andhra Historical Research Society, pp. 89–104
  • Sriramamurty, Y. (1973), "The Pemmasani Family" (PDF), Studies in the History of the Telugu country during the Vijayanagara period 1336 to 1650 A D, Karnatak University/Shodhganga, hdl:10603/107988
• Wagoner, Phillip B. (1993), Tidings of the king: a translation and ethnohistorical analysis of the Rāyavācakamu, University of Hawaii Press, ISBN 978-0-8248-1495-3