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 Hamsavaram: Six miles south-south-west of Tuni. Population 1,909. Lime is collected there in large quantities and taken to Tuni to be burnt, and glass bangles are made there.

Kottapalli: Nine miles south-west of Tuni. Also called Ayyapparázu Kottapalli. Population 2,449. There is a mound by the roadside near the village, which is known as the tomb of one Mála Bucchamma, a Mála woman who is said to have burnt herself to death many years ago, no one knows why. People of all castes make prayers and vows at this tomb. In the hamlet of Sítarámpuram glass bangles are made.

Tallúru: Two miles west-north-west of Tuni, Population 248. A cave in a hill there contains the image of Talupulamma ('door mother'), a goddess very much revered in this division. The adjoining valley is called Talupulamma lóva. From the hill a perennial spring flows down into the jungle. This is a very favourite bathing-place, and the local people pretend that they do not know where the stream goes to. They declare that the torrent shrinks or widens in proportion to the number of people bathing in it! The goddess is especially appealed to in time of drought, her favourite days being Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. She is worshipped with the usual animal sacrifices.

Tátipáka: Six miles north-north-west of Tuni. Also called Tátipáka-Jagannáthanagaram, Population, 346. A tomb there is called the gundam (pit) of Lakshmamma, a woman who is supposed to have committed sati at this spot. It is reverenced by the people of the locality, and a small festival is held there in February or March.

Tétagunta: Seven and a half miles south-west of Tuni. Population 2,600. A hill there called the Parnasála konda is supposed to have been inhabited by the Pándava brothers. It contains a large cave about a hundred yards in length and consisting of two compartments.

Tuni: Head-quarters of the division, and the chief town of the Tuni or Kottam estate. Besides the offices of the deputy tahsildar and a sub-registrar, the town contains a police-station, a travellers' bungalow, a private choultry for feeding Bráhmans and Súdras, a large local fund market, a local fund dispensary (established 1879), and the zamindar's high school for boys. It has been constituted a union and has a population of 8,842. Good weaving of the same kind and quality as in Uppáda is done there by about 200 Dévángas; a few Kápus do simple dyeing and chintz-stamping; five or six black-smiths make ordinary household vessels of brass; a large manufacture of castor and gingelly oil is carried on, and