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| subdivision_name2 = [[Chittoor district|Chittoor]]
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'''Karvetinagar''' or '''Karvetinagaram''' is a village in [[Chittoor district]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is the headquarters of [[Karvetinagar mandal]].<ref name=map>{{cite web|title=Chittoor District Mandals |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/maps/atlas/28part32.pdf|publisher=Census of India |access-date=19 June 2015|pages=484, 516}}</ref> The town is known for [[Venugopalaswamy Temple, Karvetinagaram|Venugopalaswamy Temple]], that was constructed during the reign of Venkataraja dynasty.

==Geography==
Karvetinagar is located at {{coord|13.4167|N|79.4500|E|}}.<ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Karvetnagar.html Falling Rain Genomics.Pachikapalam]</ref> It has an average elevation of 252 meters.

== Connectivity ==

The nearest railway station is [[Puttur, Andhra Pradesh|Puttur]] ({{convert|11|km}} distant) in Andhra Pradesh. Some express trains stop here. Frequent buses run from Puttur to [[Chittoor]] via Karvetinagar or from [[Pallipattu]] ({{convert|8|km}}) in [[Tamil Nadu]]. The nearest international airport is at [[Chennai]] (115 km), and Renigunta (Tirupati) (45 km) away.

==History ==
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Karvetinagar was a former [[zamindar]], most prominent during the [[Vijayanagara Empire]]. The Bommaraju family trace their origins back to an ancestor who migrated from the Pithapuram area of the Godavari Delta in the 8th or 9th century. One ancestor obtained the favor of the [[Eastern Chalukyas|Eastern Chalukya]] king Vimala Aditya, and [[Saluva dynasty|Saluva]] Narasa was appointed the chief of the country around [[Tirupati]], where he founded his capital called [[Narayanavanam]]. The rulers later built their new capital, Nagaram, here by clearing the forest. Narasa was granted permission by his patron to use the royal seal and boar-signet of the Chalukyas, a proud distinction still kept up. At one point Saluva Venkatapati was deposed by the [[Chola dynasty|Cholas]], but Saluva Bhima recovered their territory. Saluva Narsimha assisted a [[Kerala]]n king named Kirti Varman and assumed independence, ruling for 36 years. Saluva Bhujanga was defeated and became a feudal of Western Chalukya king Someswara and was taken prisoner to [[Kalyan]], where he died. Subsequent descendants recovered the estate, and in 1230 AD a part of the estate was taken over by Raja Raja Chola the second, of the Chola dynasty. During the next four generations, as the power of the Cholas declined, the fortunes of the Karvetinagar family rose, the family became feudatories of Vijayanagar, and had marriage alliances with the Saluva and loyalties to the [[Aravidu dynasty]] over the next two hundred years. Around the 16th century the family changed their name to the current Bommaraju, retaining Saluva as a title. After Bommaraju, prominent among their dynasty are Raja Kumara Venkataperumal Raja Shadur, last ruler of the erstwhile zamindar of Karvetinagar in 1940. After his death his brother Raja Kumara Kumaraswamy Raja was confirmed with the rajah title and became the First M.L.A of Puttur. He donated Lashmi Mahal Palace for use as a Government High School, at present a junior college and degree college located in the same palace premises. He died without issue in 1952. After his death his co-brother Raja Kumara Srinivasa Varma Son Raja Kumara Venkataperumal Raju, alias Raja Kumara Janardhana Varma, was confirmed raja by the then presidency of the Madras Government. As a holder of the rajah title he was honoured by the temple's management of constructed karvetinagar rajahas, like Tiruttani and Narayanavanam, Appalaya gunta temples etc. during his lifetime. He died in the 2008. He has two sons, Raja Kumara Bramha Raja Varma (alias Srikanth Varma) and Raja Kumara Harsha Vardhana Varma, at present residing at Karvetinagaram.

== References ==
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{{Chittoor district}}

[[Category:Mandal headquarters in Chittoor district]]
[[Category:Villages in Chittoor district]]

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