Horsleykonda
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Horsleykonda
Horsley's hill,' so named from Mr. W. D. Horsley, a former Collector, who was the first to build on it, about 1870). — A small hill in the Madanapalle taluk of Cuddapah District, Madras, situated in 13° 39' N. and 78° 25' E., about 9 miles from Madanapalle. The original name of the hill was Yenuga-Mallammakonda, and local tradition says that it was so called because in olden days a saintly lady named Mallamma lived on the top of it and was regularly fed by elephants {yenugulii). The hill differs from the rest of those in the upland taluks of Cuddapah in that its summit, about 4,100 feet above the sea, is covered with vegetation and is not quite bare, as usual.
Here there is a pretty valley full of trees, on one side of which are three bungalows belonging to the Forest department and the mis- sionaries of the District. The climate is delightful, being free from fever and eighteen degrees cooler than the low country round Cuddapah town. The hill was for a long time supposed to be haunted by demons ; and when building on it was first begun, it was with the greatest difficulty that workmen could be persuaded to go up. Sdmbar, hog, bears, and jungle-fowl are found in its ravines, and an occasional tiger visits it.
