PENUGONDA - COURT HALL ANNAMACHARYA  

Saluva Narasingaraja was a scion of Vijayanagara kings and during the day of Annamacharya, he was a feudatory chief of a small region with Tangutur as his capital. A resourceful man as he was, he was gifted with unusual military prowess and exemplary valour, ready to undertake daring enterprises for expansion of his dukedom. On account of his close association and reposing implicit obedience in Annamacharya, the Acharya moulded his career and guided him timely in his military expeditions, which ended in crowning him with the king of Penugonda. His status was raised and name spread rapidly. 

Being grateful, he invited his spiritual guru Annamacharya to his capital Penugonda and made arrangements for his comfortable stay and continuing his spiritual sadhana and composing of sankirthanas. Time went on smoothly for sometime with the preceptor - disciple relations strengthened day by day. The king used to invite the Acharya to the court hall, now and then when he was holding darbar and immersing in the bhaktirasa flowed down from the sankirthanas masterly rendered by Annamacharya. The whole audience used to experience unforgettable thrills while listening to the devotion-soaked music quite often.

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