IN THE CHICACOLE TAI-UQ. 
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8anta-BommdU. — Fourteen-and-a-half miles north-east 
of Kalingapatam. Inscribed stone in the wall of a Saiva 
temple, in old Telugu characters. Four miles east of this 
place is an inscribed stone on a small hill, called ^dsandlapdtu- 
dihha. North of this place, in the village of Tungam, is an 
inscribed stone in a field ; while to the east, in the village 
of Buragam, is another in a tank. 
Singcqnoram. — Seven miles north-east of Chicacole. 
Saiva temple on a hill ; two inscriptions on the pillars near 
the gateway ; old Telugu characters. 
Sewell states that " between this village and Eajamma- 
peta are two great cairns, of which the history is unknown." 
The writer has made a careful examination of the vicinity, 
and has no hesitation in asserting that this statement is 
erroneous. No such cairns exist, and the only approach to 
them is a couple of rocky hills of natui'al formation. 
Sri-kannam. — Eight miles east of Chicacole on the 
coast. An important temple, dedicated to Sri Kurmanaikalti- 
svdmi, the Kurmdvatdra of Vishnu. This temple was for- 
merly Saiva^ but is said to have been transformed into a 
Vaishnava shrine by Eamanujachari. Reference to this is 
made in the Sanskrit work Prapanndmrita, adhydya 36 
(Sewell). There is a Sthala-purdna of some antiquity, but 
purely mythological. The place is a great resort of 
pilgrims in the month of March. There are numerous 
inscriptions on the pillars and walls of the temple, many of 
which have been translated at the instance of Grovernment. 
The list may be seen in Mr. Robert Sewell's work. 
Urajdm. — Two miles north-east of Kalingapatam. In- 
scription in the back yard of a house near Kovila. The 
stone was dug up some twenty years ago in the course of the 
construction of a mud wall. Inscription is in Devanagari 
characters and in fine preservation. A perfect fac simile was 
obtained and sent to Madras for translation. 
