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| name = Tupakula Krishnappa Nayaka<br />
| title = [[Nayaks of Gingee|Nayak of Gingee]]<br />
| image = <br />
| reign = 1509-1521<br />
| predecessor = ''Position established''<br />
| successor = [[Achutha Ramachandra Nayak]]<br />
| father = <br />
| religion = [[Hinduism|Hindu]]<br />
| dynasty = Nayaks of Gingee<br />
}}<br />
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'''Tupakula/Tubaki Krishnappa Nayak''' was an army commander in service of the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagar]] emperor, [[Krishna Deva Raya]]. He hailed from the Chandragiri family of [[Balija]] caste.<ref><br />
*{{cite book|editor1-last=Joseph Jerome Brennig |author2=|title=The Textile Trade of Seventeenth Century Northern Coromandel: A Study of a Pre-modern Asian Export Industry<br />
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* {{cite book|editor1-last=[[Muzaffar Alam]] |author2=|title=The Mughal State, 1526-1750<br />
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|volume= |publisher=[[Sri Venkateswara University]] |year=2021|page=96|isbn= |quote=| url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/462460 }}<br />
</ref> He served as the first [[Nayaka dynasties|Nayak]] or Viceroy of [[Gingee]] from 1509 to 1521. <br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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The ''Varadambika Parinayam'' states that in 1509, Krishna Deva Raya sent an army of over 100,000 men headed by generals Vaiyappa Nayak, Tubaki Krishnappa Nayak, Vijayaraghava Nayak and Venkatappa Nayak into the south to conquer the whole of the present-day [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref name="srinivasacharip7374">[[#Srinivasachari|Srinivasachari]], pp 73-74</ref> On successful subjugation of the [[Chola dynasty|Chola]] and [[Pandya dynasty|Pandya]] kingdoms, Krishna Deva Raya divided the region into three governorates and placed each of them under a Nayak or viceroy - [[Madurai]], [[Thanjavur]] and Gingee. Krishnappa Nayak was made the [[Nayaks of Gingee|Nayak of Gingee]].<ref name="srinivasacharip7374" /><ref name="srinivasacharip81">[[#Srinivasachari|Srinivasachari]] p 81</ref><br />
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== Reign ==<br />
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Krishnappa Nayak reigned from 1509 to 1521.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Hiltebeitel |first=Alf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VncomfRVVhoC&dq=The+Cult+of+Draupad%C4%AB.+1.+Mythologies%3A+From+Gingee+to+Kuruk%E1%B9%A3etra&pg=PR17 |title=The Cult of Draupadī. 1. Mythologies: From Gingee to Kurukṣetra |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |date=September 1991 |isbn= 978-81-208-1000-6|edition=1st Indian |location=Dehli |pages=19 |access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref> On the whole, his reign was peaceful and he was able to devote his time to construction activity.<ref name="srinivasacharip8586">[[#Srinivasachari|Srinivasachari]], pp 85-86</ref> Tubaki Krishnappa Nayak and Vaiyappa Nayak are credited with having constructed temples at [[Srimushanam]] and [[Thirukkoilur]].<ref name="srinivasacharip8586" /> Krishnappa Nayak is also credited with the construction of the granaries in the [[Gingee Fort]], the Kalyana Mahal and the walls surrounding the three Gingee hills.<ref name="srinivasacharip8586" /> A number of small townships and villages emerged during his reign.<ref name="srinivasacharip8586" /><br />
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During his reign, Krishnappa Nayak controlled a territory spanning from [[Nellore]] to the [[Kollidam River|Kollidam]] (Coleroon) River.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Krishnappa Nayak died in 1521 and was succeeded by [[Achutha Ramachandra Nayak]].<ref name="srinivasacharip87">[[#Srinivasachari|Srinivasachari]], p 87</ref><br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* {{cite book|title=History of Gingee and its rulers|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.500497|first=C. S.|last=Srinivasachari|publisher=[[Annamalai University]]|year=1943|ref=Srinivasachari}}<br />
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