Kamayya Gadepalli

Manager of the Zamindar of Viyuru; Ayurvedic practitioner; Later settled in Mandapeta

Kamayya died in unusual circumstances. While sleeping on the roof of a boat crossing the Chilka lake (Orissa) on the way home from a pilgrimage to Varanasi, he was accidentally lost overboard by becoming tangled in the towing ropes. His co-passengers recalled his scripture recitations every morning on the boat (the journey to cross the Chilka would have taken several days).