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The temple of Chintala Tiruvengalanatha Swami or Chintala Venkataramana Swami is named after the idol of Lord Vishnu, which is believed to have emerged from a tamarind tree. It was constructed during the reign of Pemmasani Thimma Naidu and Erra Thimma Naidu, another chief, spent large sums of money in beautifying the ceiling of the temple with paintings. 

This temple is built purely as per Silpa Sastra . The temple is known for its massive and beautiful structure built of stone and bricks. There are carvings on the stone with fine figures of Vidhyadharas , Apsaras and Avataras in rows elegantly arranged. There are delicately designed pieces of beautiful sculptures and carvings, some showing the procession of elephants and horses. One of the masterpieces is the stone chariot artistically designed such that twice a year the sun s rays directly reflect through the holes carved in the chariot and touch the feet of the deity. In the Ranga Mandapa , there are forty pillars carved in Vijayanagar style, the southern and western walls of the temple have the scenes from Ramayana and Bhagavad-Gita. 

The main gopuram is facing east and is a solid huge structure built of stone and partly of bricks. The temple is a perfect specimen of Vijayanagaran art.