| div cl | | | | Konda (hill). |
| Yes itâs in the state of Andhra Pradesh of | | | | News of this also reached WD Horsley, the Collector |
| India. | | | | of Cuddappah District, who was desperately seeking |
| In an earlier avatar when Horsley Hills was not the | | | | an escape from the heat, dust and fiery food of the |
| commercial hill station it is now, it used to be an | | | | Andhra plains. He came here in a hunch and was |
| undeveloped rustic hillock. According to local legend, a | | | | bowled over by the natural beauty of the place. In 1870 |
| pious woman called Mallamma used to live on the top | | | | he constructed two quaint houses and thus laid the |
| of the hill where she was protected and looked after | | | | foundation of a hill resort, which was duly name after |
| by an elephant. Word soon got around and the place | | | | him. |
| was rather simplistically dubbed Yenugu Mallamma | | | | |