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The '''Nayakas of Kalahasti''' were a line of rulers of [[Kalahasti]] and [[Vandavasi]] principalities.<ref>{{harvnb|Srinivasachari|1943|p=94}}</ref>{{efn|The last name of the rulers is also found written as '''Nayak''', '''Nayakudu''', '''Nayudu''', or '''Nayakkar''', depending on the language and orientation of the writers. The first name (which is a family name) is also written as '''Damal''', a simplified form.}} Members of the group include [[Damarla Chennapa Nayaka]], after whom the city of [[Chennai]] is named.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chennai.tn.nic.in/chndistprof.htm#hist |title=District Pofile - CHENNAI |publisher=Chennai.tn.nic.in |date= |accessdate=2009-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114174944/http://www.chennai.tn.nic.in/chndistprof.htm#hist |archive-date=14 January 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>{{sfn|Srinivasachari|1939|pp=63–69}} These Nayakas served as vassals of the late [[Vijayanagara Empire]], then held by the [[Aravidu Dynasty]] and headquartered at [[Chandragiri Fort, Andhra Pradesh|Chandragiri]] and [[Vellore Fort|Vellore]].

==Notable rulers==
===Damarla Chennappa Nayaka===
{{See also|Damarla Chennapa Nayaka}}

Chennappa Nayaka was a Nayaka and trusted general under [[Sriranga Deva Raya]]. [[Chennai]], the capital of the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]], is named in his honor.

===Damarla Moodu Venkatappa Nayaka===
Also known as Damarla Venkatadri or Venkatappa as he is called in Dutch records, was the son of [[Damarla Chennapa Nayaka]]. He was also in-charge of the administration of the [[Vijayanagara Empire]] during the reign of [[Peda Venkata Raya]], and was the Nayaka of Kalahasti and directly controlled the region up to [[Wandiwash]].

The land grant for the city of [[Madras]] was offered to the British by him and his brother, when they negotiated on behalf of [[Peda Venkata Raya]] of [[Vijayanagara Empire]].{{sfn|Srinivasachari|1943|pp=157, 158}}

===Damarla Ayyappa Nayaka===
Damarla Ayyappa Nayaka was the brother of Damarla Venkatappa Nayaka and resided at [[Poonamallee]] to the west of Madras and administered the territory of Kalahasti for his brother.

===Damarla Ankabhupala Nayaka===
Damarla Ankabhupala Nayaka was younger brother of Damarla Venkatappa Nayaka and Damarla Ayyappa Nayaka <ref>{{cite book |last1=Affiliated East-West Press|first1=S. Muthiah |title=Madras discovered: a historical guide to looking around, supplemented with tales of "Once upon a city|date=1987 |page=278 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=smtuAAAAMAAJ&q=Damarla+nayaks+ayyappa++venkatappa+Anka+Bhupala++all+brothers+flourish++ |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book |last1=PPH |first1= People's Publishing House |title=A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526), ed. by Mohammad Habib and Khaliq Ahmad Nizami |date=1970 |page=1112 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cmAQAAMAAJ&q=Damarla++viz+venkatappa+ayyappa+Anka|language=en}}</ref> Damarla Ankabhupala Nayaka was son of Damarla Chennapa Nayaka. He was Chief of Kalahasti.{{sfn|Srinivasachari|1943|p=93}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=The (India)|first1=People's Publishing House |title=A Comprehensive History of India: The Delhi Sultanat (A.D. 1206-1526), ed. by Mohammad Habib and Khaliq Ahmad Nizamis |date=1970 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_9cmAQAAMAAJ&q=Kalahasti+Chief++Ankabhupala |language=en}}</ref> Ankabhugala was a well-known Writer In the '''Telugu literature '''Ankabhupala known by a Telugu Poem, '''Ushaparinayam'''<ref>{{cite book |last1=MC |first1=Madras Tercentenary Celebration Committee |title=The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume |date=1994 |page=42 |isbn=9788120605374 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwMk4FIcpuUC&q=Ushaparinayam+by+one+Damarla+Ankabhupala&pg=PA42 |language=en}}</ref> which he wrote and dedicated to his father, Chennappa Nayaka and Ankabhupala has a single kanda verse (16 ganas with 64 matras) from which one can obtain 108 verses in the metre by shortening or elongating the vowels and changing the sequence of the word <ref>{{cite book |last1=Jyeshtha Literary Trust |first1=S. V. S. Rao |title=Vignettes of Telugu Literature: A Concise History of Classical Telugu Literature |date=1999 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fXJkAAAAMAAJ&q=+++16+ganas+64+108++Damerla+ankaraju+poet |language=en}}</ref>
Damarla Ankabhupala was Royal Telugu poet <ref>{{cite book |last1=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan |first1=Ramesh Chandra Majumdar |title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Mughul Empire |date=1974 |page=594 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHpDAAAAYAAJ&q=Ushd-parinaya |language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|first1=Ramesh Chandra Majumdar|title=The History and Culture of the Indian People: The Mughul Empire|date=1974 |page=594 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kHpDAAAAYAAJ&q=+telugu+there+so+many+royal+poets++as+were+in+this+age+|language=en}}</ref>

===Damarla Timmappa Nayaka===
Damarla Timmappa Nayaka son of Damarla Chennapa Nayaka.<ref>{{cite book |last1= Chennai |first1=Henry Davidson Love |title=Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras 1640-1800|date=1913|page=347 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yERBRASUKkoC&q=Butche+Paupana+nayak+Aiyappa++chennappa+brother++sons+++timmappa&pg=PA346|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1= The hindu|first1= S. MUTHIAH|title=Explaining Chennai's roots|date=2005 |page=7 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/11/07/stories/2005110700300500.htm|work= [[The Hindu]]|language=en}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Sundeep |first1=Gowri |last2=Kuppuswamy |first2=Muthuswamy Hariharan |title=Glimpses of Indian music |date=1982 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=93kHAQAAMAAJ&q=timmappa+nayaka++damerla+prince|language=en}}</ref> He was the Chief of Kalahasti.

===Damarla Chenna Venkata===
Damarla Chenna Venkata was the son of Damarla Chennappa Nayaka. Chenna Venkata was a poet. He wrote the Telugu poem ''Chitra Kavita''.

==Second Mysore Wars==
During the [[Second Mysore War]], the Nayakas of Kalahasti took to the side of [[Hyder Ali]] while their northern superiors [[Raja of Venkatagiri|Venkatagiri Kings]] took to the side of Arcot and the British.{{sfn|Sastri|1922|p=86}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Bibliography==
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