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 sin. The name Sivakódu is supposed to mean 'the crore of Siva' and to be derived from this fact.

There are about 50 Dévángas in the village who weave plain cloths, using thread of counts as fine as 150s. A local carpenter carves wooden figures, bed-steads and door-frames well, and also makes musical instruments of fair quality.

Tátipáka: Three miles north-north-east of Rájavólu. Population 2,838. A small local fund market is held there. In one of the streets is a Jain image, buried up to its neck, the head of which is more than life size. Several large wells in the neighbourhood are called ' Jain wells.' The place is a centre of trade and of the jaggery industry. Some 50 Dévánga families weave plain cloths.

Tátipáka seems at one time to have been a place of some importance, since the local name for the Nagaram island (Tátipáka Síma) is derived from it. It is referred to in the accounts of the Muhammadan invasion of 1562-64. It was then held by a powerful zamindar, Narasinga Rao, and was strongly fortified and protected by a deep moat. The Muhammadans were detained a month in front of the walls and were finally driven to raise the siege. The place was attacked next year when the rains were over, and was then captured.