'Boya Tinnadu', who is also known as 'Bhakta Kannappa', is one of the Alwars in Shaivism. A youth from Boya caste became a great devotee of Shiva and attained such eminence as to join the galaxy of Nayanars. There stands a shrine for this great Bhakta in the magnificent temple at Sri Kalahasti, on banks of Swarnamukhi river.
