Rekapalle

Rekapalle stands beside the Godavari below its junction with the Sabari. Local tradition connects its name, meaning the village of wings, with Jatayu, the bird who fought Ravana in the Ramayana. Another tradition identifies the settlement with the capital established by Prolaya Nayaka at the foot of Malyavanta after the expulsion of Delhi garrisons from the Telugu country.

The river village also became the centre of an estate whose fortunes passed between successive local proprietors. The Rekapalle estate later formed part of the possessions of the Ashwa Rao family of Palvancha. In 1574 it was leased to a family from Korukonda, which held it for almost two and a half centuries. In 1814 its holder was murdered by four of his own diwans, who thereafter held the estate jointly or in succession.