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'''Pedda Koneti Nayak''' was a governor of [[Penukonda]] under the [[Vijayanagar Empire]] who later proclaimed his independence and founded the [[Penukonda]] Nayak kingdom. He reigned from 1635 to 1652.He ruled [[Penukonda]], [[Rayadurgam]] and [[Kundurpi]] Forts.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Rangachar Vasantha |author2= |title=Penugonda Fort: A Defence Capital of the Vijayanagara Empire<br />
|volume= 1|publisher=Sharada Publishing House |year=2000|page=74 |isbn= 9788185616681| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8VNuAAAAMAAJ }}</ref><br />
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== Ancestry and personal life==<br />
He was the son of Kasturi Nayaka and his grand father Akkapa Nayak had enjoyed high favour with the fallen kings of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar]] who were ruling at [[Chandragiri]]. He hailed from the Vasarasi family of [[Balija]] caste.<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=K. A. Nilakanta Sastri |author2= |title=Further Sources of Vijayanagara History<br />
|volume= |publisher=University of Madras |year=1946|page=302|quote=A description of the way in which Venkatapatiraya of Raya-Veluru granted the government of Penugonda to the Raya-dalavayi Pedakoneti Nayadu. On Sravana ba. 10 of Yuva of 146 years ago corresponding to S. S. 1558, (the Raya) granted the government of Penugonda to Koneti Nayadu, the son. of Kastuiri Nayadu, the son of Akkapa Nayadu, who was the son of Canca(ma) Nayadu of Candragiri, a member of the Vasarasi family of the Balija caste. The ayakat of the territories of Rajaraja Sri Raya-dalavayi who ruled the forts of Penugonda, Kundurpi, Rayadurgam..... great prosperity. | url=https://archive.org/details/FurtherSourcesOfVijayanagaraHistory }}</ref> He married uddlamba, the daughter of [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]] king [[Peda Venkata Raya]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=V.R. Acarya |author2=|title= Sri Prasanna Venkatesvara Vilasamu <br />
|volume= |publisher=Bulletin of the Government Oriental Manuscripts Library, Madras |year=1954|page=49|quote=The above said Peda Kōnēti Nṛpati (Nayak) First, king of Penukonda. (1635 A.D.) then of Kundurti (1652 A.D.) and of Rayadurga (1661 A.D.) was a Balija by caste, having the surname Vānarāsi. His father Kastūri Nāyak and grand father bencama Nayak had enjoyed high favour with the fallen kings of Vijayanagar who were ruling at Chandragiri. Kōnēti Nayak himself had married the daughter of (apparently the fruit of left handed marriage) Āraviti Vīra Venkatapati Rāyalu of Vijayanagar family. | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UPQeAAAAMAAJ }}</ref><br />
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== Reign ==<br />
Koneti Nayaka impressed [[Venkata III]] with his valour and obtained [[Penugonda]] as a Chief.<ref><br />
{{cite book|editor1-last= M. H. Rāma Sharma |author2= |title=The History of the Vijayanagar Empire: Decline and disappearance, 1569-1679<br />
|volume= 1|publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=1978|page=287 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ow5DAAAAYAAJ }}</ref> Some years afterwards the [[Bijapur]] king took [[Penukonda]], but left Pedda Koneti Nayak in possession of [[Kundurpi]] Drug on condition that he paid tribute and rendered military service. Koneti Nayak, then, turned out Bommalla, its tyrannical ruler and established his supremacy over it and reigned at [[Rayadurgam]] in his stead.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}<br />
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