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Achampeta
Atchampet is a village and a Mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Atchampet is located at 16°39′00″N 80°08′00″E / 16.65°N 80.1333°E / 16.65; 80.1333. It is named after the Jamindar Raja Vasi Reddy Venkatadri Naidu's mother Atchamma.
Achampeta has borders with Krishna and Nalgonda districts.
Places to visit around Atchampet are Pulichintala Project, Vedic School in Madipadu, Gangamma Talli Temple in Orvakallu, Neeleswarapalem Temple, Satyamma Talli temple near Madipadu,Vedadri Narasimha swami temple bank opposite to Ginjupalli, Penuganchiprolu Tirupathamma temple in Nandigama Mandal, Muktyala kota bank opposite to Madipadu. One can get a feel of rural India with Atchampet and surrounding villages. Meda Tirupathaiah is the precident of atchampet village, he is followed by Ganjinaboyina Nageswara Rao.
There is another achampeta near Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh state. It comes under East Godavari District and Samalkot Mandal.

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Adilabad district
Adilabad District (Telugu: ఆదిలాబాదు జిల్లా, Urdu: آدل آباد ضلع) is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is at Adilabad town. A famous Temple of the Goddess Saraswathi, the Hindu Goddess of Education, is located here in the town of Basara.Before 1975 80% of the land in this district was forest but now The forest land is below 40%.
The Adilabad district was named after the ruler of Bijapur Sultanate, Ali Adil Shah I.
The district was for long not a homogeneous unit and its component parts were ruled at different periods by dynasties namely, the Mauryas, Satavahanas, Vakatakas, Chalukyas of Badami, Rashtrakutas, Chalukyas of Kalyani, Mughals, Bhosle Rajes of Nagpur and Asaf Jahis, besides the Gond Rajas of Sirpur and Chanda.
Originally this was a sub-district named Sirpur-Tandur which was created in A.D. 1872 with Edlabad (Adilabad), Rajura and Sirpur as its constituent talukas. In 1905, an independent district with headquarters at Adilabad was formed.
The district is currently a part of the Red Corridor.

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Agra
Agra (ⁱ/ˈɑːɡrə/; Hindi: आगरा, Urdu: آ گرہ), the erstwhile capital of Hindustan, is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, 363 kilometres (226 mi) west of state capital, Lucknow and 200 kilometres (124 mi) south of the national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 (2010 est.), it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most populous in India. Because 80 percent of the city's sewage flows into Yamuna River, it is 20th most polluted city in India. Agra can also refer to the administrative district that has its headquarters in Agra city.
The city finds mention in the epic Mahābhārata where it was called Agrevaṇa, or 'the border of the forest'. Legend ascribes the founding of the city to Rājā Badal Singh, a Sikarwar Rajput king (circa 1475), whose fort, Badalgarh, stood on or near the site of the present Fort. However, the 11th century Persian poet Mas'ūd Sa'd Salmān writes of a desperate assault on the fortress of Agra, then held by the Shāhī King Jayapala, by Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni. Sultan Sikandar Lodī was the first to move his capital from Delhi to Agra in the year 1506; he died in 1517 and his son Ibrāhīm Lodī remained in power there for nine more years, finally being defeated at the Battle of Panipat in 1526. It achieved fame as the capital of the Mughal emperors from 1526 to 1658 and remains a major tourist destination because of its many splendid Mughal-era buildings, most notably the Tāj Mahal, Agra Fort and Fatehpūr Sikrī, all three of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

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Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad (ⁱ/ˈɑːmɨdəbɑːd/ also known as Amdavad ) is the largest city and former capital of the Indian state of Gujarat. The city is an administrative centre of Ahmedabad district as well as the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court is in Ahmedabad. It was founded on 26 February 1411 by Sultan Ahmed Shah to serve as the capital of the Gujarat Sultanate, and was named after him. With a city population of more than 5.5 million and an extended population of 6.3 million it is the fifth largest city and seventh largest metropolitan area of India. Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the River Sabarmati, 32 km (20 mi) from the state capital Gandhinagar.
Though incorporated into the Bombay Presidency during British rule, Ahmedabad remained one of the most important cities in the Gujarat region. The city established itself as the home of a developing textile industry, which earned it the nickname the Manchester of the East. The city was at the forefront of the Indian independence movement in the first half of the 20^th century and centre of many campaigns of civil disobedience to promote workers' rights, civil rights, and political independence.

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Amritsar
Amritsar ( pronunciation (help·info); Punjabi: ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ IPA: [əmːɾɪt̪səɾ], historically also known as ਰਾਮਦਾਸਪੁਰ Rāmdāspur and colloquially as ਅੰਬਰਸਰ, Ambarsar) is a city in the north-western part of India. It is the spiritual center for the Sikh religion and the administrative headquarters of the Amritsar district in the state of Punjab.
It is home to the Harmandir Sahib (referred to as the "Golden Temple" in the western media), the spiritual and cultural center for the Sikh religion. This important Sikh shrine attracts more visitors than the Taj Mahal with more than 100,000 visitors on week days alone and is the most popular destination for Non-resident Indians (NRI) in the whole of India. The city also houses the Sikh temporal and political authority, Akal Takht, as well as the Sikh Parliament.
The 2011 Indian census reported the population of the city to be 1,132,761. Amritsar is situated 217 kilometres (135 mi) northwest of state capital Chandigarh and is 32 kilometres (20 mi) east of Lahore, Pakistan and therefore, very close to India's western border with Pakistan.

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Amruthalur
Amruthalur is a village and a Mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Amruthalur is very near to Tenali just around 14 km. Frequency of buses from Tenali, Guntur, Bapatla, Repalle and Ponnur. From Tenali buses are available 15 mins round the clock. The mandal consists of 14 villages. Some of them are Kuchipudi, Pedapudi, Govada (Govulawada village with cows in high number.), Thuremella, Peravali, Peravalipalem, Pyaparu, Mopparu, Kondamudi,Bodapadu etc.

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Anantapur district
Anantapur District Telugu: అనంతపురం జిల్లా , Urdu: اننت پور ضلع) is one of the 23 districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is Anantapur City. It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
It is the largest district of Andhra Pradesh spanning an area of 19,130 square kilometres (7,390 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Japan's Shikoku Island. It is bounded on the north by Kurnool District, on the east by Kadapa District, on the southeast by Chittoor District, and on the southwest and west by Karnataka state. It is part of Rayalaseema region on the state. Its northern and central portions are a high plateau, generally undulating, with large granite rocks or low hill ranges rising occasionally above its surface. In the southern portion of the district the surface is more hilly, the plateau there rising to 2 ft (0.61 m). above the sea. Six rivers flow within the district: Penna, Chithravathi, Vedavathi, Papagni, Swarnamukhi, and Thadakaleru. The district receives an average annual rainfall of 381 millimeters.

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Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh /ˌɑːndrə prəˈdɛʃ/ is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the country's southeastern coast. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad. Andhra Pradesh lies between 12°41' and 22°N latitude and 77° and 84°40'E longitude, and is bordered by Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, Tamil Nadu to the south and Karnataka to the west.
Andhra Pradesh has the second-longest coastline of 972 km (604 mi) among the states of India. Two major rivers, the Godavari and the Krishna, run across the state. The small enclave (30 square kilometres (12 sq mi)) of Yanam, a district of Pondicherry, lies in the Godavari delta in the northeast of the state. The state is separated into three regions: Telangana, Andhra, and Rayalaseema.
The primary official language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu and the co-official language is Urdu. Other languages often spoken in the state include Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, and Oriya.

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Appikatla
Appikatla is a village in Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.It is on the main rail road between Vijayawada and Chennai. It is also on the main bus route of GBC (Guntur-Bapatla-Chirala) road.
Appikatla has been known for Political Activism, Fine Arts, Literature and Sports. It is one of the villages in Guntur district where the importance of education was recognized very early (even before Independence). It is a farming community, but a well educated one. The village has one High School and two Elementary Schools. The school named Nehru Zilla Parishat High School is famous for education from 1948. Students from surrounding villages like Marripudi, Poolla, Etheru, Bharthipudi and Gudipudi come to Appikatla High School for studies. There is a SC/ST hostel for the students. Appikatla High School has a huge play ground. The village also has a decent library for so many years, a Government Hospital and a Veterinary Hospital.

Appikatla village has been the cultural centre for surrounding villages. Theatre arts have been part of the village culture. There are Plays, ‘Purana Kalakshepam’, ‘Harikathalu’ and so many cultural activities conducted in the village. Youth in the village used to put together Plays (called Social Dramas) and perform on the stage called ‘Nagarjuna Kala Mandapam’ near 'Mondigudi' (the village square) for celebrating all public activities. This was renovated recently and named as ‘Shankaram’ in the memory of ‘Late Sri Yalavarti Shankaram’.

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Asansol
Asansol is a coal mining and industrial metropolis and one of the busiest commercial centres in India. It is the second largest city and urban agglomeration in West Bengal after Kolkata and the 19th largest urban agglomeration in India. Asansol is located in the Burdwan District of India. It has a large workforce, moderately high per capita income, educational establishments, good transport connections, several housing complexes, and land suitable for industry, institutions, transport and commerce. Its hinterland is Bankura and Purulia districts and North Bengal, linked to parts of Orissa and Jharkhand states. According to a report released by International Institute for Environment and Development, a UK-based policy research non-governmental body, Asansol is among the 11 Indian cities in the list of 100 fastest growing cities in the world with a rank of 42. The name Asansol is derived from two different names, Asan tree (a species of tree found on the banks of river Damodar) and Sol-Bhumi/Sol-land (the land rich in minerals).

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Bangalore
Bangalore /ˈbæŋɡəlɔər/, also rendered Bengaluru,^{[needs IPA]} is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City for its gardens and parks and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and fifth-most populous urban agglomeration. Bangalore is well known as a hub for India's information technology sector. It is among the top 10 preferred entrepreneurial locations in the world.
A succession of South Indian dynasties ruled the region of Bangalore until in 1537 AD Kempe Gowda—a feudatory ruler under the Vijayanagara Empire—established a mud fort considered to be the foundation of modern Bangalore. Following transitory occupation by Maratha and Mughal, the city remained under the Mysore kingdom. Bangalore continued to be a cantonment of the British and a major city of the Princely State of Mysore which existed as a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj. Following the independence of India in 1947, Bangalore became the capital of Mysore state, and later Karnataka.

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Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal, the largest bay in the world, forms the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean. Roughly triangular in shape, it is bordered mostly by India and Sri Lanka to the west, Bangladesh to the north, and Burma (Myanmar) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to the east.
The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of 2,172,000 km². A number of large rivers – the Padma (a distributary of the Ganges), Meghna (a distributary of the Brahmaputra), Jamuna (a branch of the Brahmaputra), Ayeyarwady, Godavari, Mahanadi, Krishna and Kaveri – flow into the Bay of Bengal. Among the important ports are Cuddalore, Ennore, Chennai, Karaikal, Pondicherry, Tuticorin, Kakinada, Machilipatnam, Vishakhapatnam, Gangavaram, Krishnapatnam, Paradip, Kolkata, Mongla, Chittagong and Yangon.
The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Bay of Bengal as follows:
On the East. A line running from Cape Negrais (16°03'N) in Burma through the larger islands of the Andaman group, in such a way that all the narrow waters between the islands lie to the Eastward of the line and are excluded from the Bay of Bengal, as far as a point in Little Andaman Island in latitude 10°48'N, longitude 92°24'E and thence along the Southwest limit of the Burma Sea [A line running from Oedjong Raja (5°32′N 95°12′E / 5.533°N 95.2°E / 5.533; 95.2) in Sumatra to Poeloe Bras (Breuëh) and on through the Western Islands of the Nicobar Group to Sandy Point in Little Andaman Island, in such a way that all the narrow waters appertain to the Burma Sea].

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Bellamkonda
Bellamkonda (Telugu: బెల్లంకొండ) is a village and a Mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Bellamkonda mandal is as follows:
This is small village, but there are many educated people who is working in big organizations as well in Foreign countries (majority is in USA and Just One in Ireland).
There is a hill called Durgam konda in this village. Every Toli Ekadasi festival people use to visit this hill. On the hill we can find little forts and one pond.
Bellamkonda is one of the Indian surnames.
This surname is also used by people in Nagaram village of Manthani Taluq. These people were settlers from the Bellamkonda village and retained the surname.

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Bellary
Bellary (pronounced [ˈbəɭɭaːri] ( listen)) is an historic city in Bellary District in Karnataka state, India.
There are several legends explaining how Bellary got its name:
Numerous neolithic archeological sites have been discovered around Bellary, such as the ash mounds at Sanganakallu, Budhihal, Kudithini, Tekkalakote, Hiregudda and Kupgal. The Sanganakallu settlement, spread over an area of 1,000 acres (4.0 km²), is one of the largest neolithic complexes known around Bellary.
Some of the events in the Ramayana have been related to places around Hampi, the celebrated capital of the Vijayanagara empire.
Historically, the Bellary area has been known by many names, such as Kuntala Desha, Sindavadi-nadu and Nolambavadi-nadu.
Bellary was ruled in succession by the Mauryas, Satavahanas, the Pallavas, the Kadambas, the Badami Chalukyas, the Rashtrakutas, the Kalyani Chalukyas, the Southern Kalachuryas, the Sevuna Yadavas, and the Hoysalas, and also ruled briefly by the Cholas during the wars between Kalyani Chalukyas and the Cholas.

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Bhadrachalam
Bhadrachalam (Telugu: భద్రాచలము), a town known for the Sri Rama Temple constructed in the year 1674 A.D., is a Municipality in Khammam district, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 312 kilometres (194 mi) east of state capital, Hyderabad. The Bhadrachalam Temple, where the presiding deity is Lord Rama, is an important site of pilgrimage for Hindus. It is situated on the banks of the river Godavari. The town has a documented history of more than 450 years.
In 1959 Bhadrachalam Revenue Division consisting of Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godavari district, which were on the other side of the river Godavari were merged into Khammam on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability.
The town is connected to other major towns by rail and by road. Bhadrachalam is about 130 kilometres (approx. 82miles) from district headquarters Khammam and 320 kilometres from Hyderabad. The nearest railway station to Bhadrachalam is at a distance of 40 kilometres, in a town called Kothagudem. The railway station at Kothagudem was named as Bhadrachalam road due to its proximity to the important pilgrimage center. However, the Kothagudem railway station does not provide access to many important destinations, and hence to travel to other cities such as Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, etc., the district headquarters, Khammam is the nearest Railway station. Bhadrachalam, as known is famous as temple town. Bhadrachalam town is the gateway of agency area (dhandakaranya). Bhadrachalam's name has been derived from "Bhadragiri" (Mountain of Bhadra - a boon child of Meru and Menaka).

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Bhaskar Nagar
Bhaskar Nagar is a village in Savalyapuram mandal of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, India.

Bhaskar Nagar is a small village contains nearly 100 houses. This village has an history of 30 years. First one came to this village is Bhaskar Rao, on the name of him this village is named as Bhaskar Nagar.Most of the villages are came from a some other villages near to Markapuram in Prakasam district. All villages are relatives to each other.
Two temples are here in Bhaskar Nagar namely Ramalayam and Neelampati Ammvari Temple.
Ramalayam
Neelampati Ammavari Temple

One Government Elementary school is here to provide Schooling uo to 5th class. Other than this private schools are there in nearby villages. Nearest high school is situated in Mathukumalli, which is 3 km away from Bhaskar Nagar.
It is well connected with Vinukonda, the nearest town through roads. But transport facilities are mostly through autos and own vehicles because there is no public transport in this route presently. It is in a distance of 15 km from Vinukonda and 40 km from Narasaraopeta. The nearest Railway station is in Vinukonda.

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Bhimavaram
Bhimavaram (Telugu: భీమవరం; also called as Bheemavaramu) is a city and mandal in the West Godavari District in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 395 kilometres (245 mi) east of state capital, Hyderabad.
Bhimavaram is also called the "Second Bardoli", Mahatma Gandhi coined the name when he visited the town during the freedom movement in India. And is also called the second mumbai of India, and also as las vegas of India. It is one of the Pancharamas(Somaramam) in AP state, as it has Someswara Swami temple.Statewide popular "Mavullamma temple" is located in the middle of the town. It is considered one of the prominent educational as well as financial hubs of Coastal Andhra region . Owing to the good water resources it has grown to be the Aqua culture capital of the coastal area. Bhimavaram Town is a shopping hub in the district for products like Jewelry, Clothing, Seafood, etc. It is famous during the festive season of Sankranthi because of culturally rich and traditional activities which include cock fighting. Cosmopolitan club is famous for organizing national level tennis championship.

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Bhopal
Bhopal /boʊˈpɑːl/ (Hindustani pronunciation: [bʱoːpaːl] ( listen)) is the capital of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Bhopal District and Bhopal Division. The city was the capital of the former Bhopal State. Bhopal is known as the City of Lakes for its various natural as well as artificial lakes and is also one of the greenest cities in India.
A B-1 class city, Bhopal houses various institutions and installations of national importance. Some of these include ISRO's Master Control Facility, the CSIR Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER Bhopal), School of Planning and Architecture, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL), Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal (associated with Hamidia Hospital, Sultania Zanana Hospital & Kamla Nehru Hospital), and the (approved, under-construction) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal.

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Bollapalle
Bollapalle is a village and a Mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

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Chandigarh
Chandigarh /ˈtʃɑːndɨɡər/ is a city and union territory in India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is derived from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city. It is also referred to as The City Beautiful due to its beautiful surroundings, central grid of gardens, each dedicated to different species of flora.
The city of Chandigarh was the first planned city in India and is known internationally for its architecture and urban design. The city has projects designed by architects such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew, and Maxwell Fry. The city tops the list of Indian States and Union Territories with the highest per capita income in the country at Rs.99,262 at current prices and Rs.70,361 at constant prices (2006–2007). The city was reported in 2010 to be the "cleanest" in India, based on a national government study, and the territory also headed the list of Indian states and territories according to research conducted using 2005 data by Human Development Index.

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Chennai
Chennai /ˈtʃɛnaɪ/, formerly Madras /məˈdræs/, is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is a major commercial, cultural, and educational centre in South India, while the port of Chennai is the second largest port in India. As of the 2011 census, the city had 4.68 million residents making it the sixth most populous city in India; the urban agglomeration, which comprises the city and its suburbs, was home to approximately 8.9 million, making it the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Although the area has been part of successive South Indian kingdoms through centuries, the recorded history of the city began in the colonial times, specifically with the arrival of British East India Company and the establishment in 1644 of Fort St George, an English settlement. The British defended several attacks from the French colonial forces, and from the kingdom of Mysore, on Chennai's way to become a major naval port and presidency city by late eighteenth century. Following the independence of India, Chennai became the capital of Tamil Nadu and a hotbed of regional politics that tended to bank on Dravidian identity of the populace. Chennai had become a bustling metropolis with beautiful classical and colonial European styled buildings, lining the city’s thoroughfares.

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Cherukupalle
Cherukupalli is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is growing rapidly.
Cherukupalli and Gullapalli are twin villages, separated by a canal which is primary source of irrigation from Krishna river water. Cherukupalli has 6(2 in cherukupalli, 4 in Gullapalli) hospitals. A farmers' market is held here on Thursday(in Gullapalli) and Saturday(in Cherukupalli). There are temples dedicated to Lord Shiva, Venkateswara Swamy, and others. Agriculture is the primary occupation in the area, with paddy as kharif crop and black gram (Ground nut in some sandy areas) as rabi crop. Sometimes, as per requirement, government directs to grow paddy in rabi season also. Around 2006 there was a virus attack on Black gram crop, continued the following year and to suppress it, they used crop change and grew maize for one session and faced problems due to lack of experience and dependence on canal irrigation for water.
Cherukupalli has number of schools, 3 intermediate colleges, and 1 degree college(SMPA Degree college), MBA College and Engineering college in Kanagala which is 6 km away. Bapatla is 25km away from Cherukupalli which is education hub which got Engineering college, Pharmacy college, Degree college(Arts and sciences) running under Bapatla Education Society and there are many intermediate colleges and schools. Tenali is 25 km away from Cherukupalli.

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Chiluvur
Chiluvur or Chiluvuru is a village in Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India
Chiluvuru is located in Guntur District, the region which was famous as the hub of the history of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient Satavahanas ruled from the nearby Dhanyakataka / Dharanikota (Amaravati) situated on the bank of Krishna river. In the time of Pallavas and Eastern Chalukyas this region was known as Kammarashtram / Kammanadu, which extended from the southern banks of the Krishna river up to Kandukur (Prakasam Dt.). Subsequently, Eastern Chalukyas and Telugu Cholas held sway in this region. The recent history can be linked to the rule of Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu who ruled from Amaravati. The Gali Gopuram (temple tower) in Chiluvuru was built during his time. Chiluvuru is also the home to a few families that belonged to historically famous clan by name "Musunuri" (Musunuri Nayaks).
Chilvuru is a Panchayat. The main head is Sarpanch (President). The administration also includes Karanam and Ward Members.
Chiluvuru is the first internet village in Andhra Pradesh and one of the very few such villages in India. The effort is supported by Katragadda Foundation. Set up in 2004, it is presently run by Devi Prasad Katragadda and his brother Krishna Prasad Katragadda, offering their valuable services for their village development. They are spending millions of dollars for laying cement roads and for setting up various clinics like medical, dental and eye to meet the medical requirements of the people residing in the village.

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Chittoor district
Chittoor District pronunciation (help·info) (Telugu: చిత్తూరు జిల్లా, Urdu: چتور ضلع), also known as Chittur, is a district of India's Andhra Pradesh state in the Rayalaseema region. The district headquarters is Chittoor City. The district has a population of 4,170,468 according to 2011 census of India. Chittoor district is famous for the Tirupati, Kanipakam and Sri Kalahasti temples. It lies in the Poini river valley of southernmost Andhra Pradesh, on the NH4 Bangalore-Chennai highway. It is a major market center for mangoes, grains, sugarcane, and peanuts. Major industries around the city are Amaron Batteries, nations leading automobile batteries, and Nutrine Confectionaries, a major chocolate/candies producer and this city is one of the major Granite, mango pulp producing centers of India.
The word Chittoor is combination of two Tamil words Chit+oor(சிறிய+ஊர்=சிற்றூர்=சித்தூர்) which means Small Town in Tamil language. In ancient days, Chittoor was part of Tamil country of Thondai Nadu. Also said that the word Chittoor comes from Chittadavula Ooru (Dense Forest - in Telugu).

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Coimbatore
Coimbatore (Tamil: கோயம்புத்தூர், pronounced [kɔəjmbaːʈɔrɪ]), also known as Kovai (Tamil: கோவை, pronounced [kɔʋaːəj] ( listen)), is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the 15th largest urban agglomeration in India with a metropolitan population of over 2 million. It is a major commercial centre and has often been referred to as the "Manchester of South India".
The Coimbatore region has been ruled by the Cheras, the Cholas, the later Pandyas, the Vijayanagar Empire and the Madurai Nayaks and is believed to have been named after a chieftain called Koyan. In the 17th century, the city became a part of the Kingdom of Mysore and remained so until its conquest by the British East India Company in 1799. The history of modern Coimbatore, however, dates from the 1930s, when the city grew rapidly capitalizing on a textile boom. Since then, the city has witnessed steady growth fueled by its favourable soil, climate and political and economic conditions.
Coimbatore is administered by the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation which comprises 100 wards grouped into five zones. It is situated on the banks of the Noyyal River in western Tamil Nadu and is surrounded by the Western Ghats on all sides. It is well connected by road, rail and air with major towns and cities in India.

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Dachepalle
Dachepalli(దాచేపల్లి) is one of the Town in Palnadu (Telugu: పల్నాడు) region, Dachepalli Mandal in Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh State . Dachepalli is Main Town for the Dachepalli Mandal and also MandalHead . Dachepalli has archeological importance. Excavations conducted here unearthed a sculptural panel, over 2000 years old, which bears testimony to the rich Buddhist legacy of this area. Evidences suggest its association with important East-West trade routes.
The remnants of the Buddhist monastic settlement are found on a level hill in the north-eastern part of the village. Archeological proof show that the site was a busy center, in the limelight for over 500 years from 1st century AD. A stone dam constructed across Naguleru River which irrigates about 350 acres of land is a nearby spot of interest. On the banks of the Naguleru river Palanadu war was fought by Bramhanaidu in the year 1182 AD. MADAPI is the name of the locality where the fight took place on the banks of the river Naguleru. This all comes under Present day KAREMPUDI Mandal.

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Delhi
Delhi (/ˈdɛli/; locally pronounced Dillee or Dehli), officially the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT), is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16.7 million inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census. The region has been given special status of National Capital Region under The Constitution (69th Amendment) Act, 1991. There are nearly 22.2 million residents in the greater National Capital Region urban area (which also includes the cities Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon,Sonepat and Faridabad along with other smaller nearby towns).
Delhi is known to have been continuously inhabited since at least the 6th century BCE, though human habitation is believed to have existed since the second millennium BCE. Delhi is also widely believed to have been the site of Indraprastha, the legendary capital of the Pandavas during the times of the Mahabharata. Delhi re-emerged as a major political, cultural and commercial city along the trade routes between northwest India and the Gangetic plain after the rise of the Delhi sultanates. It is the site of many ancient and medieval monuments, archaeological sites and remains.

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Dhanbad
Dhanbad (Hindi: धनबाद, Bengali: ধনবাদ) is a city in the state of Jharkhand, and is also known as the Coal Capital of India. Dhanbad is the 96th fastest growing city in the world. According to the 2011 census, Dhanbad is among the 53 cities of India with a population of more than one million and is the 42nd largest city. Among the rail divisions of Indian Railway, Dhanbad Rail Division is the second largest in terms of revenue generation after Mumbai division.
Dhanbad is famous for coal mining. Tata Steel, BCCL, ECL and IISCO (Indian Iron And Steel Company) are some of the companies having coal mines in the district. Coal mining, coal washing, and coke making are the main coal-related industries in the city. IISCO is now owned by SAIL, while BCCL and Eastern Coalfields Limited are subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL); these two companies are the largest operators of coal mines in Dhanbad, and have open cast mines as well as underground mines, whereas Tata Steel has mostly underground mines. These companies have developed townships for their employees. The prestigious Indian School of Mines is located in the heart of the city of Dhanbad.

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Edlapadu
Edlapadu is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

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Eluru
Eluru (Telugu: ఏలూరు) is a city and a municipal corporation in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of West Godavari district and has the population of 214,414 (including Eluru Metropolitan Areas: Eluru, Eluru (R), Gavaravaram, Komadavole (Part), Sanivarapupeta, Satrampadu, Tangellamudi) according to the Cansus 2011. Eluru is situated on the national highway NH 5 connecting Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam and about 333 kilometres (207 mi) east of state capital, Hyderabad. Eluru was earlier called Helapuri and has a rich cultural and political history. It was believed to have been the capital of Vishnukundinas at one time. Kolleru Lake a big fresh water lake is found near Eluru.
It is known for its well established educational institutes like Sir C.R.Reddy College. It is the hub for the paddy, tobacco, coconut exports to all other parts of the state.^{[citation needed]} It is well known for the carpets and incense sticks (Agaruvatti అగరు వత్తులు in Telugu) exports to all over the country^{[citation needed]}.

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Gannavaram
Gannavaram (Telugu: గన్నవరం) is a town and a mandal headquarter located in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is situated at a distance of 20 kilometers from the city of Vijayawada on National Highway 5 connecting Chennai to Kolkata. Gannavaram is known for its airport and weather reporting station.
Vijayawada Airport is a mid-sized domestic airport serving Vijayawada. Its longest runway is 7,500 feet in length at an elevation of 82 feet. Currently flights run 6 times a day from Gannavaram to New Delhi, Hyderabad, Chennai, and Bangalore. Due to an increase in air traffic to this region, Airports Authority of India recently decided to develop and make infrastructural changes to the airport.

The most happening^{[clarification needed]} town near Vijayawada, the real estate is in boom with three recent major developments, consisting of:
Major plus points to Gannavaram:
The domestic airport located at Gannavaram,connects Gannavaram to Hyderabad, Bangalore, Chennai,mumbai, Delhi, Gannavaram Airport is currently being served by Kingfisher Airlines, Jet Airways , spicejet and Air India. Annually, About, 1,80,000 number of passengers are using this airport.

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Garthapuri
Guntur pronunciation (help·info) (Telugu: గుంటూరు, Urdu: گنٹور), is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located 40 miles (64 km) to the north and west of the Bay of Bengal. It is approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to the south of the national capital, New Delhi and 266 kilometres (165 mi) south east of state capital, Hyderabad. The city has a population of 651,382[1](as per 2011 census) with an Urban Agglomeration nearing to one million and it is the fourth largest city in the state by area and population.
Guntur is a centre of learning and the administrative capital of Guntur district, which is home of historically significant Amaravati, Undavalli caves, Kondavid Fort, Nagarjunakonda and Sitanagaram monuments. The city is also a centre for business, industry, and agriculture. The region is identified as a major transportation and textile hub in India. Additionally, the Guntur area economy has an agricultural component that is internationally known for its exports of chillies, cotton, and tobacco.

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Guntur
Guntur pronunciation (help·info) (Telugu: గుంటూరు, Urdu: گنٹور), is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located 40 miles (64 km) to the north and west of the Bay of Bengal. It is approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to the south of the national capital, New Delhi and 266 kilometres (165 mi) south east of state capital, Hyderabad. The city has a population of 651,382[1](as per 2011 census) with an Urban Agglomeration nearing to one million and it is the fourth largest city in the state by area and population.
Guntur is a centre of learning and the administrative capital of Guntur district, which is home of historically significant Amaravati, Undavalli caves, Kondavid Fort, Nagarjunakonda and Sitanagaram monuments. The city is also a centre for business, industry, and agriculture. The region is identified as a major transportation and textile hub in India. Additionally, the Guntur area economy has an agricultural component that is internationally known for its exports of chillies, cotton, and tobacco.

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Guntur district

Guntur district (Telugu: గుంటూరు జిల్లా, Urdu: گنٹور ضلع) is located in Andhra Pradesh along the east coast of Bay of Bengal. The district has a coastline of around 100 kilometers. Guntur City is the largest city in the district and administrative center of Guntur District. The district is a major center for learning.^{[citation needed]}
There are several opinions on the meaning and origin of the word Guntur. The word owes its origin to words like gundu (a rock), gunta (a pond) and kunta (1/3 of an acre). We know that in Sanskrit Guntur is called Garthapuri (Guntlapuri).
The original Sanskrit name (ancient Vedic culture/tradition) for Guntur was Garthapuri. The 'Agasthyeswara Sivalayam' in the old city of Guntur is an ancient temple for Siva.
It has inscriptions on two stones in 'Naga Lipi' (ancient script)dating back to about 1100 CE. The backyard of the temple hosts a very old tree. It is said that Agastya built the temple in the last Treta-Yuga around the Swayambhu Linga and hence the name. The 'Nagas' were said to have ruled the region. The place of Sitanagaram and the Guthikonda Caves can be traced (through Vedic Puranas) back to the last Treta-Yuga and Dwapara-Yuga (Traditional Time scale: 1.7 to 0.5 million years ago, Ref). However these are not scientifically verifiable facts like most of the vedic traditions. Guntur District is home to the second oldest evidence of humans in India, in the form of Palaeolithic (old stone age) implements. Ancient history can be traced from the time of Sala kings who ruled during the 5th century BCE. The earliest reference to Guntur, a variant of Guntur, comes from the Idern plates of Ammaraja I (922–929 CE), the Vengi Chalukyan King. Guntur also appears in another two inscriptions dated 1147 and 1158 CE.

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Guntur division
Guntur Railway Division is one of the six divisions of South Central Railway (SCR), a zone of the Indian Railways. SCR has its head quarters at Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh and serves almost the whole of the state of Andhra Pradesh, a large part of Maharashtra along with small portions of Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.The headquarters of the Guntur Division are located at Rail Vikas Bhavan, Pattabhipuram, Guntur.
One of the newest divisions of Indian Railways, its creation was announced in 1997 by the then Union Minister of Railways, Ram Vilas Paswan. The objective behind this move was to better administer the railway network in East Central Andhra Pradesh, one of the most backward regions of the state. The poorly developed road network in this region provides ample scope for the growth of the Railways. An Officer-on-Special Duty (OSD) was initially posted at Guntur to oversee the formation of the division. It became fully functional on 1 April 2003 with P.N Shukla as its first Divisional Railway Manager.

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Hyderabad, India
Hyderabad (ⁱ/ˈhaɪdərəbæd/) is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Located on the banks of the Musi River in the Deccan Plateau, the city is one of the largest in India with an area of 650 square kilometres (250 sq mi) and a population of 6.8 million, while the metropolitan area contains 7.7 million residents, making it the fourth most populous city and the sixth most populous urban agglomeration in the country. In 2008, the nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of Hyderabad was US$ 60 billion—ranking fourth in India and ninety third in the world.
Hyderabad city was established in 1591 CE by Sultan Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, whose dynasty lasted until 1658 when Mughal emperor Aurangzeb occupied Golconda Sultanate and the city became part of the Mughal empire's Deccan province. In 1724 Asif Jah I, a Mughal viceroy, declared his sovereignty and formed the Asif Jahi Dynasty, also known as the Nizams of Hyderabad. The Nizams ruled the princely state of Hyderabad for more than two centuries, under subsidiary alliance with the British Raj. The city remained the dynasty's capital from 1769 until 1948—when the Nizam signed an Instrument of Accession with the Indian Union following Operation polo. In 1956, the city was merged with Andhra State. Since 1969 Hyderabad is a major center of the Telangana movement, which demands a separate state for the Telengana region of Andhra Pradesh.

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India
India (ⁱ/ˈɪndiə/), officially the Republic of India (Bhārat Gaṇarājya), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.
Home to the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and a region of historic trade routes and vast empires, the Indian subcontinent was identified with its commercial and cultural wealth for much of its long history. Four of the world's major religions—Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism—originated here, whereas Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam arrived in the 1st millennium CE and also helped shape the region's diverse culture. Gradually annexed by and brought under the administration of the British East India Company from the early 18th century and administered directly by the United Kingdom from the mid-19th century, India became an independent nation in 1947 after a struggle for independence that was marked by non-violent resistance led by Mahatma Gandhi.

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Indore
Indore /ɪnˈdɔər/ ( Hindi (help·info)) is the largest city and the headquarters of Indore District in the state of Madhya Pradesh. Indore is located 190 km west of the state capital of Bhopal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Indore city has a population of 1,960,631 and is fourteenth most populous city in India, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 2.3 million. It is the 147th largest city in the world. Indore is the richest city in central India and also known as "Mini Mumbai" due to it's lifestyle similarities with Mumbai. It also reflects Mumbai's potpourri of cultures, with significant Marathi, Gujarati, Marwari and Sindhi populations.
Indore is the only city of India with both an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
During the days of the Maratha Empire Indore was an important hub between the Deccan and Delhi. However after the death of Madhavrao Peshwa, the Maratha Empire disintegrated and Indore was declared the capital of the Holkar state, until Rani Ahilyabai Holkar moved the capital to Maheshwar.

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Ipur
Ipur is a village and a Mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Ipur has some of the famous temples, i.e., Chilumuru Shivalayam (Temple of Lord Shiva), Matrusri Kanaka Durga Temple and Hanuman Temple.
Sri Batlapenumarthi Hanumantha Rao (Late) is the founder of the Matrusri Kanaka Durga Temple. The Main attraction is the 10 days Puja being performed by his Family Members during Dasara Occasion, (Devi Navarathri).
Panchamukha Anjeneya was installed recently in the nereby hamlet kuchinapally by Sri Taduvai venkata Jagannadham and his family.

Ipur is located at 16°14′00″N 79°48′00″E / 16.2333°N 79.8°E / 16.2333; 79.8.

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Israel
Coordinates: 31°N 35°E / 31°N 35°E / 31; 35
Israel, officially the State of Israel ( /ˈɪzriːəl/ or /ˈɪzreɪəl/; Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל‎, Medīnat Yisrā'el, IPA: [me̞diˈnät jisʁäˈʔe̞l] ( listen); Arabic: دَوْلَة إِسْرَائِيل‎, Dawlat Isrāʼīl, IPA: [dawlat ʔisraːˈʔiːl]), is a parliamentary republic in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan and the West Bank in the east, Egypt and the Gaza Strip on the southwest, and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea to the south, and it contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area. Israel is defined as a Jewish and Democratic State in its Basic Laws and is the world's only Jewish-majority state.
Following the adoption of a resolution by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 29 November 1947 recommending the adoption and implementation of the United Nations plan to partition Palestine, on 14 May 1948 David Ben-Gurion, the Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization and president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, declared the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel, a state independent from the British Mandate for Palestine. Neighboring Arab states invaded the next day in support of the Palestinian Arabs. Israel has since fought several wars with neighboring Arab states, in the course of which it has occupied the West Bank, Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip and the Golan Heights. Portions of these territories, including east Jerusalem, have been annexed by Israel, but the border with the neighboring West Bank has not yet been permanently defined.^{[neutrality is disputed]} Israel has signed peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, but efforts to resolve the Israeli–Palestinian conflict have so far not resulted in peace.

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Jabalpur
Jabalpur (Hindi: जबलपुर) often called as Sanskaardhaani is one of the major cities of India situated in the Mahakaushal region of state of Madhya Pradesh in India. It is the biggest city in the state of Madhya Pradesh by area. It is the largest urban agglomeration in Madhya Pradesh and the 38th largest urban agglomeration in India as per the 2011 census statistics.
It is bordered by Katni to the north, Umaria to the north-east, Dindori to the east, Mandla to the south-east, Seoni to the south, Narsimhapur to the south-west and Damoh to the north-west. Jabalpur is the administrative headquarters of Jabalpur district (the second most populous district of Madhya Pradesh) and Jabalpur division.
Geographically an important place, the ruling Gond dynasty of Jabalpur lent its name to the primordial continental mass Gondwana. Historically, a center of Kalchuri and Gond dynasties, Jabalpur developed a syncretic culture influenced by the intermittent reigns of the Maratha and Mughal empires. In the early nineteenth century, it was gradually annexed in British India as Jubbulpore and incorporated as a major cantonment town. Post-independence, there have been demands for a separate state of Mahakoshal with Jabalpur as its capital.

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Jamshedpur
Jamshedpur /ˈdʒɑːmʃɛdpʊər/ (Hindi: जमशेदपुर, Bengali: জামশেদপুর, pronunciation (help·info)) is the largest urban conglomeration and most populous city in the state of Jharkhand, India . Jamshedpur is the first planned industrial city of India, founded by the late Jamshedji Nusserwanji Tata. It is also known as Steel City, TataNagar or simply Tata.
Jamshedpur is the headquarters of the East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand. It has a population of 2,337,131 (according to the 2011 census) and is the third Largest city in Eastern India after Kolkata and Patna. It ranks 36th among the 53 million-plus cities in India. It is located on the Chota Nagpur plateau and is surrounded by the picturesque Dalma Hills. The city is bordered by the rivers Subarnarekha and Kharkai on the north and west parts of the city.
Jamshedpur is a major industrial centre of East India. It houses companies like Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Tata Power, Lafarge Cement, Telcon, BOC Gases, Tata Technologies Limited, Praxair, TCE, TCS, Tinplate and many more. It is home to one of the largest industrial zones of India known as Adityapur which houses more than 1,200 small and medium scale industries.

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Kadapa
Kadapa, formerly Cuddapah, is a city (municipal corporation) in Rayalseema, a region of the south-central part of Andhra Pradesh, India. The city's name originated from the Telugu word "Gadapa" meaning threshold or gate. It was spelled "Cuddapah" but was changed to "Kadapa" on 19 August 2010 to reflect the local pronunciation of the name.
It is located 412 kilometres (256 mi) south of the state capital, Hyderabad and is 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of the Penna River. The city is surrounded on three sides by the Nallamala and Palakonda hills. The city is nicknamed "Threshold" because it is the gateway from the west to the sacred hill of Tirumala, which is known for its connections to Venkateswara Swamy.
Kishkindakanda, one of the seven kandas of the Ramayanam, is believed to have happened in Vontimitta, Kadapa District. Vontimitta is 20 kilometres (12 mi) from the city. The Anjaneya Swamy temple in Gandi was also believed to be a part of the Ramayanam. It is believed that the statue of Anjaneya Swamy in Gandi was made by Rama on a hill stone with the tip of his arrow to acknowledge his help in finding Sita.

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Kakinada

Kakinada (Telugu: కాకినాడ) pronunciation (help·info) is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located 465 kilometres (289 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district. It is nicknamed "Fertilizer City" (owing to the large concentration of fertilizer plants), "Pensioner's Paradise" and "Second Madras" (as it is well planned and peaceful).^{[citation needed]} The city had an urban population of 312,255 in 2011, making it the fourth largest city by area and the ninth largest city by population in Andhra Pradesh. It is spread over an area of 190 km².
Kakinada is part of a Special Economic Zone and a proposed "Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR)". It is a hub to all the deep sea exploratory activity in the region due to its deep-water sea port and its proximity to the gas fields.^{[citation needed]}
Several theories exist regarding the origin of the name Kakinada. One is that the place was called 'Kakinandiwada' during the reign of Nandi kings who ruled prior to the arrival of the Europeans and the name was truncated to Kakinada over time. The British used to call it Cocanada (pronounced "Co Canada"). After Independence, the name was renaturalized to Kakinada, although a few organisations established during the British colonial rule retain the old name (e.g., Cocanada Chamber of Commerce). As per history this place was full of ponds filled with red lotus which is called as Kokanadamu in Telugu..eventually this became CoCanada during the British rule.Even now, the City's two railway stations are codenamed CCT (Kakinada Town Junction) and COA (Kakinada Port) by Indian Railways.

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Kakumanu
Kakumanu is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Many famous and popular people were born in this village.
The Village has honoured doctors and famous people with the Kakumanu Ratna ("diamond") award.
Some of the Kakumanu Ratnas include medical doctors:
Dr. Kongara Kodandaramaiah, Dr. Dhulipalla Koteswararao, Dr. Nallamothu Subbarao, Dr. Gottimukkala Ramakrishna, Dr. Gottimukkala Maruthi Vara Prasad and Dr.Gera Ramesh Babu Other professional recipients include Bodapati Rosaiah (Agriculture Demonstrator Director); Kondru Baburao (IG of Registrar); Narayanarao Nannapaneni (Electrical & Computer Engineer); Nallamothu subbarao who is a famous layer; M. Ratna Babu who is also a civil servant, Elisha (civil servant);Doppalapudi Surya Prakash Rao(Dy.General Manager,A.P.G.Bank), Kommuru Madhusudhana Rao (ISRO scientist, Sriharikota); and chartered accountants Srinivasa Ari,Nannapaneni Veeraiah Chowdary,Vijay Kumar Uppiretla , Nallamothu Nani Aravind and Nallamothu Sambasivarao. Karumanchi Prasad is a well-known businessman, and an important supplier of jute seeds in India. Aries Rattaiah is a businessman in Guntur, Kolla Raghuram Babu, Lecturer in Commerce {academecian} who are also from Kakumanu.

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Kammavari palem
Kammavaripalem is a village in Krishna district Andhra Pradesh state of southern India . The main occupation is agriculture. The village is a good nature scenery with muneru lake on one side and vireru lake on the other side.

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Kancherla paleam
Kancherla palem is a significant village in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is situated on a state highway between Tenali and Vijayawada, in Guntur district. It has a long history and many famous Chukkapallis come from this village.
The people of Kancherla palem are more prominent, not only in Guntur but in the whole of Andhra Pradesh. One eminent personality was Chukkapalli Jogaiah who was the number one business man in Andhra Pradesh in the early 1890s to 1900's. The first domestic bomb in India was made in Kancharla palem by Chokka Rao. He planted that bomb to kill Chukkapalli Jogaiah. Jogaiah survived that bombing but the incident became very famous and chokka rao was arrested by the British government. In later days This bomb case became a part of the history chapter for degree students. Chukkapalli Jogaiah's son Chukkapalli Venkat Satyanarayana was a prominent Indian freedom fighter and close friend to Kalluri Chandramouli and Venegalla Satayanarayana. He was the holder of the amarpatra. He represented the southern Indian freedom fighter association meeting held in AhamadaBad, Nagpur and in Delhi. He strived for Indian freedom under the Gandhi views. He was one of the few people in India who inaugurated a Gandhi statue in 1948. He died in his nineties on December 31, 2000.

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Kannur
Kannur pronunciation (help·info) (Malayalam: കണ്ണൂര്‍, Kaṇṇūr ^?), also known as Cannanore, is a city in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of the District of Kannur and 518 km north of state capital Trivandrum. During British rule in India, Kannur was known by its old name Cannanore(Land of lord Krishna^{[citation needed]}), which is still in fairly common usage. Kannur is the 6th largest city in Kerala, after Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Thrissur and Kollam. It is the largest city of North Malabar region. Kannur Municipality was established in 1867 and is one of the oldest municipalities in Kerala.
Kannur is one of the Million Plus urban agglomerations in India with a population of 1,642,892 in 2011. Kannur is known as the Land of Looms and Lores, because of the loom industries functioning in the district and ritualistic folk arts held in temples. Kannur is famous for its pristine beaches; Theyyam, its native performing art, and its handloom industry.

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Kanpur
Kanpur /ˈkɑːnpʊər/ (Hindi: कानपुर, Urdu: کان پور pronunciation (help·info)), spelled Cawnpore before 1948, is the Industrial Capital of Uttar Pradesh and is the administrative headquarters of Kanpur Nagar district, Kanpur Dehat district and Kanpur division. It is the eleventh-most populous city in India and the major industrial hub with in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
It is one of the oldest industrial townships of North India. It has a metropolitan area of over 1,640 square kilometres (630 sq mi) and a city area of around 829 km² with an approximate population of 3 million inhabitants in its area. It is administratively divided into 6 zones and 110 wards with an average ward population range of 19000 to 26000.
City Development Plan for Kanpur city is both a perspective and vision for the future development. Kanpur City Development Plan (CDP) is the culmination of a study which was commenced about three months ago^[when?] by JPS Associates. This report is based on invaluable inputs the consultants received from the various stakeholders and the officers associated with the development of the city. This CDP, therefore, truly reflects the vision of the citizens, the poor and the slum dwellers and the officers who are determined to make Kanpur a futuristic city in the next few years.

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Karempudi
Karempudi is a village and a mandal located on the banks of river Naguleru in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It occupies an important place in Telugu history as the place where the famous Battle of Palnadu (Palnati Yuddam) took place in 12th century AD. The war of Palnadu in the 12th century is marked in legend and literature as 'Andhra Kurukshetra War'. A whole generation of the warriors of Andhra perished in the war.
Karempudi is derived from the "karyam"pudi. karyam have lot of meanings it also means "Yuddam" (war), here Palnati yuddam held so this place called Karyamapudi after that with time it changed to karempudi. Karempudi is located about 90 km from the district headquarters Guntur and is almost equidistant to three important towns Narsaraopet, Vinukonda, Macherla.
The battle of Palnadu (Palnati Yudham) was immortalized in Telugu literature by the poet Srinatha in his 'Palnati Vira Charita'. The only other scholarly book on the subject was written by Gene Roghair titled "Epic of Palnadu: Study and Translation of Palnati Virula Katha, a Telugu Oral Tradition from Andhra Pradesh". It was a battle between two factions of the Kalachuris (Haihaya).

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Karimnagar district
Karimnagar District (Telugu: కరీంనగర్ జిల్లా, Urdu: کریم نگر ضلع, pronounced [kəˈriːmnəɡər ˈzɪlaː]) is in the north-western region of Andhra Pradesh, Southern India. Karimnagar town is the district headquarters of the district that goes by the same name.
The district is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
Karimnagar was originally called "elagandala" (Telugu: aలగండల), representing the native Telangana people. Later on Nizams changed the name to Karimnagar, derived from Syed Karimullah Shah Saheb Quiladar, and the district became a centre for Vedic learning etc.
Karimnagar district occupies an area of 11,823 square kilometres (4,565 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to the Phillippines' Panay Island. It is bounded on the north by Adilabad District, on the northeast by Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh states, on the south by Warangal District, on the southwest by Medak District, and on the west by Nizamabad District. The largest town in the district is Karimnagar with a population of 550,000.
In 2006 the Indian government named Karminagar as one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the thirteen districts in Andhra Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).

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Karlapalem
Karlapalem is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Villages like Nallamothuvaripalem, Nandayapalem, Perali, Ganapavaram, Seelamvaripalem, Dammannavaripalem, yazali Buddham etc come under the Karlapalem mandal

Ganapavaram is a major village in karlapalem mandal with rich natural resources. main crop is paddy

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Khajipalem
Khajipalem is a village located near Bapatla in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It has a population of around 3,000+ people in an area of 0.5 km². Khajipalem is well connected to nearby towns and cities with good transportation facilities and excellent roads. Its populace is mainly dependent on farming.
It is situated 8 km as the crow flies from the beach, as a result of which cool breezes provide an environment and ambience pleasing to residents and holidaymakers alike.
Khajipalem is an educational hub for the area having two well established English medium schools, a junior college, a government high school, an elementary school and a Telugu medium school in addition to the undergraduate and postgraduate college (KVR KVR & MKR. College[1]) founded 1981.
The village is known for its temple to Lord Shiva. Other temples include a temple to Lord Rama, Narasimha Swamy and that of village deity, Ennadamma Talli & Sri Lakshmi Namcharamma Temple.
It has a Panchayati Raj office, a statue of Alluri Sita Rama Raju and a picture hall founded by Bhuddam Krishnam Raju. A veterinary hospital was located on the edge of the village on the road to Ramanagaram.

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Khammam district
Khammam District is a district in Andhra Pradesh, India. It had a population of 2,565,412 of which 19.81% were urban as of 2001 census. Khammam town is the district headquarters. The present name of Khammam is derived from the old name Kammamet. Later it was called Khammam Mettu and subsequently as Khammam. The Godavari River enters Khammam district from Warangal district and flows nearly 250 km across the district.Khammam district is one of the "Coal mining districts of India."The district has the Singareni Colleries head town , Kothagudem which is also called "Coal town of South India." It is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
Khammam town which was the seat of Taluk Administration was a part of the larger Warangal district, till 1 October 1953. Five taluks of the Warangal district viz., Khammam, Madhira, Yellandu, Burgampadu and Paloncha (Now Kothagudem) were carved out as a new district with Khammam as headquarters.
In 1959 Bhadrachalam Revenue Division consisting of Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godavari district, which were on the other side of the river Godavari were merged into Khammam on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viability. Ashwaraopet was also part of West Godavari District up to 1959. In the event of Telangana state formation Bhadrachalam Revenue Division (Wazedu, Charla, Venkatapuram, Dummugudam, Kunavaram, Bhadrachalam, Vara Ramachandara Puram and Chinturu Mandals) will be transferred to parent district East Godavari and Aswaraopet Mandal will also be merged with West Godavari.

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Kolkata
Kolkata /kɒlˈkætə/, or Calcutta /kælˈkʌtə/, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it is the principal commercial, cultural, and educational centre of East India, while the Port of Kolkata is India's oldest port as well as its sole major riverine port. As of 2011, the city had 4.5 million residents; the urban agglomeration, which comprises the city and its suburbs, was home to approximately 14.1 million, making it the third-most populous metropolitan area in India. As of 2008, its economic output as measured by gross domestic product ranked third among South Asian cities, behind Mumbai and Delhi. As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country, Kolkata confronts substantial urban pollution, traffic congestion, poverty, overpopulation, and other logistic and socioeconomic problems.
In the late 17th century, the three villages that predated Kolkata were ruled by the Nawab of Bengal under Mughal suzerainty. After the Nawab granted the East India Company a trading license in 1690, the area was developed by the Company into an increasingly fortified mercantile base. Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah occupied Kolkata in 1756, and the East India Company retook it in the following year and by 1772 assumed full sovereignty. Under East India Company and later under the British Raj, Kolkata served as the capital of India until 1911, when its perceived geographical disadvantages, combined with growing nationalism in Bengal, led to a shift of the capital to New Delhi. The city was a centre of the Indian independence movement; it remains a hotbed of contemporary state politics. Following Indian independence in 1947, Kolkata—which was once the centre of modern Indian education, science, culture, and politics—witnessed several decades of relative economic stagnation. Since the early 2000s, an economic rejuvenation has led to accelerated growth.

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Kollipara

Kollipara is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
This is a picturesque village with rich vegetation and pleasant climate and is having good cultivated land growing crops like rice, turmeric, banana, sugarcane, black gram, yam and maize.
The people in this village are very generous and helpful.^{[citation needed]}
Kollipara is one of the largest villages and second largest Mandal in Andhra Pradesh.
History
Kollipara village was gifted by Krishna devaraya to Brahmins. This is confirmed from the texts(sasanam) available on copper plate found in kollipara.
IMPORTANT PLACES IN KOLLIPARA
Krishna river, Shiva temple (Peddadevuni gudi), Saibaba temple, Ganganamma temple (village goddess), Government Elementary School and the Pond besides that, ZP High School, Avuthu Rami Reddy Junior College, Banana market. TTD Kalyana Mandapam recently built there. There are many schools that are famous in nearby villages like Viswashanti,Mother Theresa, Siddartha, Little Flower, Holy Mary etc.

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Kondramutla
Kondramutla is a village in Ipur Mandal, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. The nearest town at 8 km south is Vinukonda, a Taluq Headquarters. Kondramutla falls into Vinukonda Assembly constituency and Narasarao Pet Parliamentary constituency. It is located 85 km southwest of Guntur and is on the state highway connecting Vinukonda and Hyderabad.
The village panchayat includes two nearby hamlets, Satyanarayanapuram and Dushmanpet Thanda. Satyanarayanapuram was formed as a settlement in the recent decades with immigrants from GUNTUR district. Dushmanpet Thanda is a settlement formed by the people of the nomadic tribe “Lambadi”. These two hamlets are at a distance of 2 km from the village in north and northwest directions respectively. The number of voters in the panchayat is around 2700 as of August 2006.
This village is basically an agrarian village and most of the residents are either farmers or marginal farmers. Kondramutla is considered to be one of the very few prosperous villages in the mandal in terms of education and entrepreneurship. On the political front, this village is considered to be very active and progressive. Sri Nalabolu Govindarajulu, born in this village was elected as the MLA of Vinukonda constituency in the 1950s. He won over Sri Pulupula Sivaiah, a stalwart of the then Communist Party of India and was considered as a giant-killer.Chekuri and Nalabolu are two prominent surnames in kondramutla. Chekuri families excel in education. Most of chekuri young generation is working in USA. Chekuri Street is called "Jubilee Hills of Kondramutla" by local people. CHEKURI VENKATESWARLU PLAYS KEY ROLE IN THE POLITICS OF KONDTRAMUTLA.Nalabolu families are more inclined towards politics. Other surnames include Gorantla, Mundru, Kondramutla,MARAM etc.....

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Kota, Rajasthan
Kota pronunciation (help·info) (Rajasthani: कोटा), formerly known as Kotah, is a city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located 240 kilometres (149 mi) south of state capital, Jaipur. Situated on the banks of Chambal River, the city is the trade centre for an area in which millet, wheat, rice, pulses, coriander and oilseeds are grown; industries include cotton and oilseed milling, textile weaving, distilling, dairying, manufacture of metal handcrafts, fertilizers, chemicals and engineering equipment.
The city of Kota is situated at a center of the southeastern region of Rajasthan a very region widely known as Hadoti the land of the Hadas. Kota lies along the banks of the Chambal river. The historical places and temples are getting surrounded with signs of modern development. Kota is on a high sloping tableland forming a part of the Malwa Plateau. The Mokandarra hills run from southeast to northwest axis of the town. It is 36 km from Bundi. The town of Kota was once the part of the erstwhile Rajput kingdom of Bundi. It became a separate princely state in the 17th century. Apart from the several monuments that reflect the erstwhile glory of the town, Kota is also known for its palaces and gardens.

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Kotappakonda

Kotappakonda is a holy town, situated in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The town is close to Narasaraopet and Chilakaluripet. It is famous for temple dedicated to Lord Siva which was constructed on a hill of about 1000 steps. The hill appears with 3 peaks in any direction so also called Trikutadri. It has 4 temples, one at the base, the other at an elevation of 600 feet (180 m). The main temple is at a height of 1,500 feet (460 m).
One interesting story is that in the temple surroundings you won't find crows flying around. Once a lady used to worship Lord Shiva with fruit, flowers etc. One day when she was on the way to temple, one crow disturbed the lady's offerings. She got angry and cursed them, saying that crows cannot enter this temple premises. You cannot find a crow there today.
Kotappakonda town can be reached by bus from Guntur or Narasaraopet or Chilakaluripet. After reaching the town, temple can be reached by footsteps or by bus.
A very big fair is held on the eve of Maha Shivaratri every year and more than 7 lakh people throng this temple. This is called Kotayya thirunalla or Kotappakonda thirunalla.

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Krishna district
Krishna District (Telugu: కృష్ణా జిల్లా) is a district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. It is named after the Krishna River, the fourth longest river that flows within India, flows through the district and joins Bay of Bengal here in this district. It has a population of 4,529,009 of which 32.08% is urban as of 2011.
Machilipatnam is the administrative headquarters of the district. Vijayawada is the biggest city of this district and also commercial center. The district is bounded by Khammam District to the north-west, West Godavari District to the north-east, the Bay of Bengal to the south-east, Guntur District to the southwest, and Nalgonda District to the west.
Krishna district is well known for its pre-university educational centers.
This history of this region dates back to 2nd century BCE.
Satavahana period (230 BC -227 AD): The Satavahanas ruled this region with headquarters at Srikaakulam. Prominent rulers during this period were Srimukha (founder), Goutamputra Satakarni and Yagnasri Satakarni (last Satavahan king). The Satavahanas imparted more stability and security to the life of the people of the region for more than four centuries.

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Krosuru
Krosur is one of the Town in Krosuru Mandal in Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh State . Krosur is 40.43 km far from its District Main City Guntur . It is 204 km far from its State Main City Hyderabad .
Schools in the krosuru are
1 . ZP HIGH SCHOOL, KROSURU 2. Jai Bharath Public School
1.Sri Venketeswara Auto Mobiles (M.Gandhi) 2.Swathi Auto Mobiles (B.Srinu)

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Kurnool district
Kurnool District (Telugu: కర్నూల్ జిల్లా, Urdu: کُرنول ضلع) is a district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, located in the west-central part of the state on the southern banks of the Tungabhadra and Handri rivers. The town of Kurnool is currently the headquarters of the district. It had a population of 3,529,494 of which 23.16% were urban as of 2001.
Telugu, Urdu and Kannada are the most widely spoken languages.
In 12th century AD, the Odders, who carted stones for the construction of the temple at Alampur, Mahaboobnagar District, on the left bank of the River Thungabhadra, used the site where the town now stands as a stopping place before crossing the Tungabhadra. They greased their cart wheels with oil supplied by local oil merchants and called the place 'Kandanavolu' which in course of time came to be known as Kurnool.
Of historical interest are the ruins of a royal fort dating back to the medieval kingdom of Vijayanagar, which flourished from the 14th to the 16th century. Several Persian and Arabic inscriptions which throw light on various aspects of historical interests are found here.

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Lucknow
Lucknow /ˈlʌknaʊ/ (Hindi: लखनऊ, Urdu: لکھنؤ, Lakhnaū, IPA: [ˈləkʰnəu] ( listen)) is a city in India and capital of the state of Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division. Located in what was originally known as the Awadh (Oudh) region, Lucknow has always been known as a multicultural city, and flourished as a cultural and artistic capital of North India in the 18th and 19th centuries. Courtly manners, beautiful gardens, poetry, music, and fine cuisine patronised by the Shia Nawabs of Iranian origin, are well known amongst Indians and students of South Asian culture and history. Lucknow is popularly known as The City of Nawabs. It is also known as the "Golden City of the East," "Shiraz-i-Hind" and "The Constantinople of India."
The ancient history of Lucknow is mired in mystries and folk sayings. It is popularly believed that Lucknow (लखनऊ) derives its name from Lakshman (लक्ष्मण) (also known as Lakhan (लखन)), younger brother of Lord Rama, greatest hero of Suryawanshi kshatriya clan of India. Ram ordered Lakshman to establish a new town near Ayodhya, the capital of Rama. Lakshman came and built a strong fort. The present Lakshman Teela (लक्ष्मण टीला) in Lucknow is believed to be the site of ancient city of Lakhanpur built by Lakshman.

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Ludhiana
Ludhiana /ˌluːdiˈɑːnə/ (also Ludhyana; Punjabi: ਲੁਧਿਆਣਾ) is a city and a municipal corporation in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. It is the largest city in the state, with an estimated population of 1,613,878 in 2011. The population increases substantially during the crop harvesting season due to migration of laborers from states like Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Delhi. It has an area of about 310 km². The city stands on the Sutlej River's old bank, 13 km south of its present course. It is a major industrial center of northern India. Residents of the city may be referred to as Ludhianvis.^{[citation needed]}
Ludhiana is located 100 km west from state capital Chandigarh on NH 95 and is centrally located on National Highway 1 from Indian capital New Delhi to Amritsar, and is well connected to New Delhi by road, frequent train service and by air.
Ludhiana is a well known NRI district of Punjab with a large population living abroad in Canada, and the U.S.

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Machavaram, Guntur
Machavaram is a village in Rompicherla mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

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Macherla
Macherla (Telugu: మాచెర్ల) is a town and a municipality in Guntur District in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the bank of Chandra Vanka.
Macherla is located at 16°29′N 79°26′E / 16.48°N 79.43°E / 16.48; 79.43. It has an average elevation of 136 metres (446 feet).
As of 2001^[update] India census, Macherla had a population of 49,113. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Macherla has an average literacy rate of 59%, lower than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 49%. In Macherla, 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.
The name Macherla originated from Mahadevi Cherla. This town is in the heart of Palnadu, and has a history of over a thousand years. The famous battle Palnati Yudhdham (War of Palnadu) took place between Macherla and Gurajala between 1176 AD - 1182 AD.
The Palnadu Battle is also called the Andhra Mahabharatam because of several similarities.
The town is renowned for the Chennakesava Swamy temple built here during the reign of the Haihaya Kings. The annual festival, celebrated on a grand scale, attracts pilgrims and tourists from far and wide.

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Madala
Madala is a village 21 miles southwest of Guntur, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It has a population of about 13,000. Most are Hindus, and the most widely spoken languages are Telugu and Urdu. The main industry is agriculture, with a focus on rice[cotton],[ chillies]. The per capita income is $1,156^{[citation needed]}. The village is the native village of writers Mudigonda Veerabhadra murthy garu and Madala Veerabhadraiah garu. The village is having a ZPH school since70s and got cent percent results for many years under the able leadership of Sri Kotha Bapanaiah garu as head master and dedicated teachers in 70s and 80s and produced many doctors and engineers and other professionals.The village had a Mahankali temple at the entrance to the village and annual function (Thirunalla) is being organised yearly during summer months.The village is the largest village in muppalla mandal.The village is situated 4 km from Sattenaplli on Sattenaplli- Narasaraopet road.The village has one old Sivalayam and one Ramalayam.Now many youngsters are working as professionals in various cities of India and abroad.Sri Muthineni Venkateswarlu garu worked as munasab for a long time till 80s and helped in the development of the village.Sri Ravipati Ramakotaiah garu worked as sarpanch for a long time.There is good communal harmony in the village. Coordinates: 15°34′23″N 79°57′16″E / 15.57314°N 79.95450°E / 15.57314; 79.95450

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Madras
Chennai /ˈtʃɛnaɪ/, formerly Madras /məˈdræs/, is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is a major commercial, cultural, and educational centre in South India, while the port of Chennai is the second largest port in India. As of the 2011 census, the city had 4.68 million residents making it the sixth most populous city in India; the urban agglomeration, which comprises the city and its suburbs, was home to approximately 8.9 million, making it the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the country.
Although the area has been part of successive South Indian kingdoms through centuries, the recorded history of the city began in the colonial times, specifically with the arrival of British East India Company and the establishment in 1644 of Fort St George, an English settlement. The British defended several attacks from the French colonial forces, and from the kingdom of Mysore, on Chennai's way to become a major naval port and presidency city by late eighteenth century. Following the independence of India, Chennai became the capital of Tamil Nadu and a hotbed of regional politics that tended to bank on Dravidian identity of the populace. Chennai had become a bustling metropolis with beautiful classical and colonial European styled buildings, lining the city’s thoroughfares.

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Madurai
Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu with a population of over 1 million (according to the 2001 census). Located on the banks of River Vaigai, Madurai has been a major settlement for two millennia. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. The city is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District. The capital of the Pandyan kingdom was initially Korkai, around 600 BCE, and was later moved to Koodal (now Madurai) during the reign of Nedunj Cheliyan I. Madurai is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and Madurai Nayak kings in the Dravidian style of architecture. It is also one of India's most prominent Hindu pilgrimage centres.
Madurai is also called as City of Junction (Koodal nagaram), City of Jasmine (Malligai maanagar), Temple city (Koil maanagar), City that never sleeps (Thoonga nagaram) and City of four junctions (Naanmada koodal).
Madurai's recorded history goes back to the 3rd century BC and the city is mentioned by Megasthenes, the Greek ambassador to India and Kautilya, the minister of the Mauryan Emperor Chandragupta Maurya. The city was the principal administrative and cultural centre of the Pandyan dynasty which ruled over the southern parts of Tamil Nadu and Kerala till the first half of the 14th century AD. In about 1311, the Pandyan dynasty was overthrown by the Delhi Sultanate which established the province of Ma'bar which later became independent as the Ma'bar Sultanate. When the Ma'bar Sultanate began to decline in the latter years of the 14th century, Madurai was absorbed into the Vijayanagar Empire. The viceroys of the Vijayanagar Empire established the Madurai Nayak kingdom and ruled as independent kings from 1559 to 1736. After a brief period of occupation by Chanda Sahib and the Carnatic kingdom, Madurai was annexed by the British East India Company in 1801.

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Medikonduru
Medikonduru is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

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Meerut
Meerut (Hindi: मेरठ, Urdu: میرٹھ) is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an ancient city with settlements dating back to the Indus Valley civilization having been found in and around the area. The city lies 70 km (43 mi) northeast of the national capital New Delhi, and 453 km (281 mi) northwest of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the second largest city in the National Capital Region of India (the largest being Delhi), the 16th largest metropolitan area and 25^th largest city in India. It ranked 292 in 2006 and 242 in 2010 in the list of largest cities and urban areas in the world. The city covers an area of about 172 km² (66 sq mi) while the total area is 198 km² (76 sq mi), third largest in Uttar Pradesh after Kanpur and Lucknow . It has the 2^nd largest army cantonment in the country.^{[citation needed]} The city is one of the largest producers of sports goods, and the largest producer of musical instruments in India. The city is also an education hub in western Uttar Pradesh.

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Mexico
Mexico (ⁱ/ˈmɛksɨkoʊ/; Spanish: México, IPA: [ˈmexiko] ( listen)), officially the United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos (help·info)), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States of America; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Covering almost two million square kilometres (over 760,000 sq mi), Mexico is the fifth largest country in the Americas by total area and the thirteenth largest independent nation in the world. With an estimated population of over 113 million, it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish-speaking country. Mexico is a federation comprising thirty-one states and a Federal District, the capital city.
In Pre-Columbian Mexico many cultures matured into advanced civilizations such as the Olmec, the Toltec, the Teotihuacan, the Zapotec, the Maya and the Aztec before the first contact with Europeans. In 1521, Spain conquered and colonized the territory from its base in México-Tenochtitlan, which was administered as the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This territory would eventually become Mexico as the colony's independence was recognized in 1821. The post-independence period was characterized by economic instability, the Mexican-American War and territorial cession to the United States, a civil war, two empires and a domestic dictatorship. The latter led to the Mexican Revolution in 1910, which culminated with the promulgation of the 1917 Constitution and the emergence of the country's current political system. Elections held in July 2000 marked the first time that an opposition party won the presidency from the Institutional Revolutionary Party.

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Mumbai
Mumbai /mʊmˈbaɪ/, also known as Bombay /bɒmˈbeɪ/, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million. Along with the neighbouring urban areas, including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. In 2009, Mumbai was named an Alpha world city. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South, West or Central Asia.
The seven islands that came to constitute Mumbai were home to communities of fishing colonies. For centuries, the islands were under the control of successive indigenous empires before being ceded to the Portuguese and subsequently to the British East India Company. During the mid-18th century, Mumbai was reshaped by the Hornby Vellard project, which undertook the reclamation of the area between the seven constituent islands from the sea. Completed by 1845, the project along with construction of major roads and railways transformed Bombay into a major seaport on the Arabian Sea. Economic and educational development characterised the city during the 19th century. It became a strong base for the Indian independence movement during the early 20th century. When India became independent in 1947, the city was incorporated into Bombay State. In 1960, following the Samyukta Maharashtra movement, a new state of Maharashtra was created with Bombay as capital. The city was renamed Mumbai in 1996.

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Muppalla
Muppalla (Telugu: ముప్పాళ్ళ) is a village and a mandal (administrative division, roughly equivalent to a US county) in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The Swami Jagannadha temple is a point of interest. Villages in the area include:

Madala Narnepadu

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Nadendla
Nadendla (Telugu: నాదెండ్ల) is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of Nadendla mandal is as follows:
Nadendla is a historical village and it is known to be a village of thousand temples. It is adorned with famous temples like Govardhana Swamy temple, Shiva temple and many more. Nadendla mandal is one of the famous place for the Vinayaka temple and in this mandal there are so many villages which are fully developed and mainly some villages like Appapuram, sattuluru, gorijavolu, chirumamilla, tubadu, sankrantripadu, solasa.
Nadendla mandal will plays a major role in the constitution elections. presently prathipati pullarao is the MLA and he is the business man. The former chief minister Kasu Brahmananda Reddy is taken birth in Tubadu village.
Gorijavolu is one of the village which plays a crucial role in elections and the main personalaties in this villages are velama dora community, eevuri sambi reddy, vidapalapati siva shanker, kanjula veerareddy, popuri mastan rao, these are the famous personalities in the villages who plays a major role in development of the village.

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Nagarjunakonda
Nagarjunakonda (meaning Nagarjuna Hill in Telugu: నాగార్జునకొండ) is a historical Buddhist town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Nalgonda district, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is 150 km south east of the capital, Hyderabad. It was formed when a hill was submerged in the waters of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, constructed in the 1960s. It is one of India's richest Buddhist sites, known in the ancient times as Sri Parvata. It now lies almost entirely under the Nagarjunasagar Dam. It is named after Nagarjuna, a southern Indian master of Mahayana Buddhism who lived in the 2nd century AD, who is believed to have been responsible for the Buddhist activity in the area. The site was once the location of many Buddhist universities and monasteries, attracting students from as far as China, Gandhara, Bengal and Sri Lanka. The Buddhist archaeological sites there were submerged, and had to later be dug up and transferred to higher land on the hill, which had become an island.
The settlement of Nagarjunakonda (also Nāgārjunikoṇḍa) was the capital of the Ikshvaku dynasty (225 AD - 325 AD), the successors of the Satavahanas in the eastern Deccan. It is believed that Sadvaha authorised the first monastic construction there during his reign.

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Nagpur
Nāgpur ( pronunciation (help·info) English: Nagpore) is a city and winter capital of the state of Maharashtra, the largest city in central India and third largest city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. With a population of 2,405,421 (2011) Nagpur Metropolitan Area is the 13th largest urban conglomeration in India. It has also recently been ranked as the cleanest city and the second greenest city of India after Bangalore. In addition to being the seat of annual winter session of Maharashtra state assembly "Vidhan Sabha", [Nagpur] is also a major commercial and political center of the Vidarbha region of [Maharashtra], and is also famous throughout the country as "Orange City" for being a major trade center of oranges that are cultivated in the region. In addition, the city also derives political importance from being the headquarters for the Hindu nationalist organisation RSS and an important location for the Dalit Buddhist movement.
Nagpur lies precisely at the center of the country with the Zero Mile Marker indicating the geographical center of India. The city was founded by the Gonds but later became part of the Maratha Empire under the Bhonsles. The British East India Company took over Nagpur in the 19th century and made it the capital of the Central Provinces and Berar. After the first reorganisation of states, the city lost its capital status but according to the informal "Nagpur Pact" between political leaders it was made the second capital of Maharashtra. Nagpur is also declared, "Tiger Capital of India " as it connects many Tiger Reserves in India to the world.

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Nalgonda district
Nalgonda / Nallagonda District (Telugu: నల్లగొండ) is a district in Andhra Pradesh. It has a population of 3,483,648 of which 13.32% is urban as of 2001.
Its name is derived from two Telugu words Nalla (Black) & Konda (Hills) i.e. Black Hills.
Nalgonda was earlier referred to as Neelagiri, the name given by some Rajput rulers and the name was changed to Nallagonda only after its conquest by Allauddin Bahaman Shah, a Bahamani king.
Nalgonda District is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
Nalgonda district occupies an area of approximately 14,200 square kilometres (5,500 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Indonesia's Flores.
Towns in the district include: Nalgonda, Suryapet, Miryalaguda, Bhongir, Kodada, Chityal, Ramannapet, Kattangur, Nakrekal, Bhoodhan Pochampally, Aleru, Narkatpalli, Huzurnagar, Devarakonda, Yadagirigutta, Rajapet, Mothkur, and Kanegal.
The rivers Krishna, Musi River, Aleru, Peddavagu, Dindi and Paleru flow through the Nalgonda district.
Minerals in the district include Limestone, Black & Color Granites.

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NASA
Coordinates: 38°52′59″N 77°0′59″W / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. Since February 2006, NASA's mission statement has been to "pioneer the future in space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research." On September 14, 2011, NASA announced that it had selected the design of a new Space Launch System that it said would take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before and provide the cornerstone for future human space exploration efforts by the U.S.
NASA was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958, replacing its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). The agency became operational on October 1, 1958. U.S. space exploration efforts have since been led by NASA, including the Apollo moon-landing missions, the Skylab space station, and later the Space Shuttle. Currently, NASA is supporting the International Space Station and is overseeing the development of the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and Commercial Crew vehicles. The agency is also responsible for the Launch Services Program (LSP) which provides oversight of launch operations and countdown management for unmanned NASA launches.

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Nashik
Nashik or Nasik (Marathi: नाशिक ) ( pronunciation (help·info)) is a city in Maharashtra, India. Nashik is located in the northwest of Maharashtra, 180 km from Mumbai and 202 km from Pune. Nashik is the administrative headquarters of Nashik district and Nashik Division. Nashik, which has been referred to as the "Wine Capital of India", or as India’s Napa Valley, is located in the Western Ghats, on the western edge of the Deccan peninsula on the banks of the Godavari. In addition to supplying the name to the famed Nassak Diamond, the city is known for its picturesque surroundings and pleasant climate. The Godavari River flows through Nashik from its source, which lies to the southwest of the city, in Trimbakeshwar . Nashik Urban Agglomeration (Nashik UA) has a (projected year 2008) population of 1,620,000 and a total area of 264.23 km² which makes it the fourth largest urban area in Maharashtra in terms of population. Nashik is the third most industrialized city in Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune .

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Navi Mumbai
Navi Mumbai (Marathi: नवी मुंबई, IAST: Navi Muṃbaī, English: New Mumbai) is a Planned Satellite City on the west coast of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was developed in 1972 as a twin city of Mumbai, and is the largest planned city on the planet, with 163 square kilometres (63 sq mi) under the jurisdiction of the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) and a total area of 344 square kilometres (133 sq mi). Navi Mumbai lies on the mainland on the eastern shore of Thane Creek. The city limits stretch from Airoli near Thane in the north, to Uran in the south. The length of the city is almost the same as that of Mumbai. The Vashi and the Airoli Bridges connect Navi Mumbai to Mumbai. A new link between Nerul and Uran is under construction. The costliest real estate and most highly developed areas of Navi Mumbai are Vashi and Nerul, while Kharghar and Panvel are experiencing major infrastructural developments due to their proximity to the proposed Navi Mumbai International Airport. Vashi is known as the king of Navi Mumbai while Nerul is called the queen of Navi Mumbai. Navi Mumbai has a population of 11,19,477 (1,119,477) according to the 2011 census of India.

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Nekarikallu
Nekarikallu is a village and a Mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Nakarikallu is located at 16°23′00″N 79°57′00″E / 16.3833°N 79.95°E / 16.3833; 79.95.. It is a great village where so many graduates post graduates came from this village . From this village so many software engineers, aeronatical engineers working throughout India.Nakarikallu has thirteen thousand population including kamma,Reddy,Kapu,Vysya and Muslims living together.It was the major panchayathi having the great facilities like water supply,government hospital,petrol bunk,bus station.Nekarikallu is a great business center.Here most of the people depend on cultivation like paddy, chillie, cotton.Around 18 villages people used to visit this place daily.It is the junction point to those want to go to Hyderabad provides the ways via Macherla and via Piduguralla.
The Main Villages under this Mandal are Kunkalagunta & Gullapalli. Kunkalagunta is a key village in Narasaropet Constiuency. Cast politics play vital role in this village. Because of caste politics and quarrals there is no development. No progress. 5 to6 people are also settled in abroad.

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Nellore
Nellore (Telugu: నెల్లూరు) is a city and headquarters of Sri Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District, formerly Nellore district and is the sixth most populous city in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Ancient name of Nellore was "Vikrama Simhapuri".
Nellore is situated about 453 kilometres (281 mi) south east of Hyderabad, the state capital and about 170 kilometres (110 mi) from Chennai on the Chennai-Kolkata national highway and about 453 kilometres (281 mi) south east of Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the Penna river. Nellore is well known for its production of mica (gudur), lemon (gudur) and agricultural products such as rice and it is famous for temples like Sri Erukalala Parameswari Devi Temple known as Simhapuri(Nellore) Gramadevatha,Ranganathaswamy temple, Narasimha Swamy Konda, Jonnavada Kamakshi Ammavari temple, Ayyappa Temple, Golagamudi Venkaya Swami Temple, Rajarajeswari temple, PenchalaKona. Nellore is also known for aquaculture. It is one of the fastest developing cities in Andhra Pradesh.

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New Delhi
New Delhi ⁱ/ˈnjuː dɛli/ is the capital city of India. As the national capital, New Delhi is the seat of executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India. It also serves as the centre of the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi and is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory.
The definition of New Delhi is unclear and the differentiation between Delhi and New Delhi is blurry. Even administratively, the demarcation between Delhi and New Delhi is not clear. Government of India and Government of Delhi have not clearly defined the area and boundaries of New Delhi. The boundaries of areas of New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and New Delhi district of Delhi do not completely overlap. In 1920s, when British constructed New Delhi, there were only two Delhis' – the old walled city called Old Delhi and the new city designed by Edwin Lutyens to serve as capital of British India, which was called 'New Delhi'. The rest of Delhi was rural. But after independence as more and more areas around New Delhi urbanized they also became a part of New Delhi as they were also a part of Delhi which was 'new'. Now, almost all of National Capital Territory of Delhi, with exceptions of the old city called Old Delhi, Civil Lines area, Trans-Yamuna region, some rural areas and some underdeveloped parts of Delhi (e.g. Ashok Vihar, Timarpur, Nangloi, Sultanpuri, Mangolpuri, Badarpur etc.), is designated as 'New Delhi' in postal addresses. Especially, almost all the places in South, South-west, Central and West districts of Delhi are designated as New Delhi. Most of the time, the terms Delhi and New Delhi are used interchangeably.

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New Guntur
New Guntur is the newer Region of Guntur, a City located in the East Coast region of India. As the City developed to its North, East it has formed into three different regions: Old Guntur, Guntur and New Guntur. New Guntur has its own Train transit point, part of Indian Railways System. .

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New Paluvayi
New Paluvayi is a small village in Rentachintala mandal, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The village total population is around 600 and most of the people belong to the Reddy,Naiks community. Some of the families in the village are Pasam,Syamala, Yarreddu, Arikatla, Chinta, Pallerla, Mandapati,Nenavath, Moodavath, and Alavala.
Some of the famous personalities of the village are

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Nizamabad District
Nizamabad (Indhooru) District (Telugu: నిజామాబాదు జిల్లా, Urdu: نظام آباد ضلع) is located in the north-western region in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is also known as Induru. Nizamabad is the current and official name of the district.
It is the second least populous district of Andhra Pradesh (out of 23), after Vizianagaram.
Nizam + Abad = Nizamabad, Nizam, governor (of the empire) from Arabic niẓām, Abad means Long Live.
Nizamabad District is currently a part of the Red Corridor.
The holy Godavari River enters into Andhra Pradesh from Nizamabad district at Kandhakurthi.
In 2006 the Indian government named Nizamabad one of the country's 250 most backward districts (out of a total of 640). It is one of the thirteen districts in Andhra Pradesh currently receiving funds from the Backward Regions Grant Fund Programme (BRGF).
In 2007–2008 the International Institute for Population Sciences interviewed 1015 households in 41 villages across the district. They found that 95.3 % had access to electricity, 98.2 % had drinking water, 37.7 % toilet facilities, and 30.4 % lived in a pucca (permanent) home. 17.6 % of girls wed before the legal age of 18 and 84.1 % of interviewees carried a BPL card.

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Nuzendla
Nuzendla is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Approximately 54 villages comes under this Mandal. One govt hospital is avialable and state bank of india is also there. Library and ZPH school are available. This village is having a population of approx 5000 people.Nearest town is Vinukonda located 15km away and Nuzendla is situated in borders of guntur and prakasam districts. There used to be theater in early 90s and it was closed down due to low turnout. There are somany temples and most famous of them are Sri Veera brahmendra swami temple, Sri Rama Yogayya swami temple , Hanuman temple and Sri Lakshmi Chennakesavalayam which is oldest and one of the only three temples in Andhra pradesh . Also one Masjid is available in BC colony and 3-4 churches are located . Vetrnary hospital is located near public library which is near Shelter bus stand and Primary health center is located just adjacent to main bus stand ( Pi centre).

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Patna
Paṭnā /ˈpʌtnə/ ( Hindi pronunciation (help·info)) is the capital of the Indian state of Bihar and the second most populous city in Eastern India. Patna is one of the oldest continuously inhabited places in the world.Ancient Patna, known as Pataliputra, was the capital of the Magadha Empire under the Haryanka, Nanda, Mauryan, Sunga, Gupta, Pala and during the Islamic period the seat of power for the Suri dynasty.
Pataliputra was also a seat of learning and fine arts. Its population during the Maurya period (around 300 BCE) was about 400,000.
The modern city of Patna is situated on the southern bank of the Ganges. The city also straddles the rivers Sone, Gandak and Punpun. The city is approximately 35 km long and 16 km to 18 km wide.
In June 2009, the World Bank ranked Patna in second place in India, after Delhi, in terms of the ease of starting a business. As at 2004-2005, Patna had the highest per capita gross district domestic product in Bihar, at Rs31,441. On the basis of,assumed average annual growth,Patna has been ranked as 21st fastest growing city in the world and 5th fastest growing city in India by City Mayors Foundation.Patna registered average annual growth of 3.72%,for the period of 2006-2010.

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Pedakakani
Pedakakani is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is located in the suburban area of Guntur City towards North-East. Well known is this region as a pilgrimage place for three major religions:

The village is divided by the National Highway #5 and is 8km from the district head quarters.

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Pedakurapadu
Pedakurapadu(పెదకూరపాడు) is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. This is the biggest assembly consistency in area wise in guntur district. Initially the people of surname Kurapati were migrated to this place, so this village was got named with their surname. Pedakurapadu has fifteen thousand population including Chowdaries, Arya Vysyas, BC, SC, ST and Muslims living together. Pedakurapadu was the major panchayathi having the facilities like water supply, lower primary school, upper primary school, 30-bed government hospital, petrol bunk, bus station and railway station .
Here most of them depend on cultivation. the big asset of the village are hard working farmers and daily labors produce good quality of rice and chillies. From last one decade many were become professionally educated and been well settled in IT and other related sectors.
The education system in the village day by day strengthening and students are getting quality education with lot of opportunities.

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Pedanandipadu
Pedanandipadu is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Pedanandipadu village is 30 km away from Guntur, the district headquarters, on the way towards Parchur via Prathipadu. This is one of the fast developing Mandals in Guntur district with much political literacy and devotional sense.
Pedanandipadu people have a significant place in Indian history for their protests against the British ruling under the leadership of 'Parvathaneni Veeraiah Chowdary', whose statue proudly stands in the center of Pedanandipadu. The Statues of Dr B R Ambedkar and Com. Kolla Venkaiah are at the center of the Village.
There are Sivalayam, Vaishnavalayam, Ramaalayam, Shirdi Sai temple, Puttaparthi Sai Baba Chanting area, one mosque, and many churches around the village.
Pedanandipadu is the education hub for the surrounding three mandals: Kakumanu, Prathipadu, and Parchuru. The Pedanandipadu Arts and Science college provides education from Intermediate to Post Graduation and the professional courses of MBA and MCA. A Public library named after Com. Kolla Venkaiah as a memorial library is located at the centre of the village stands as an Icon of library movement in the region.

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Phirangipuram
Phirangipuram (Telugu: ఫిరంగిపురం) is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Phirangipuram is located at 16°18′00″N 80°16′00″E / 16.3°N 80.2667°E / 16.3; 80.2667..
Phirangipuram is situated at a distance of 22 km from Guntur and 24 km from Narsaraopeta. Phirangipuram is well connected by rail and road and there are frequent buses from Narsaraopeta and Guntur. Private transport is also available. Phirangipuram has a railway station on the Vijayawada-Guntakal route of South Central Railway and is administered by its Guntur division. It is connected to Secunderabad, Hubli and Bangalore through railway.
"Phirangi" means a Canon, Britishers used Phirangipuram as a stationary village for Canons, hence the name Phirangipuram. Kondaveedu is just 5 km from Phirangipuram, which is historically famous.
Phirangipuram is situated between the towns Guntur, Chilakaloorpet, Narasaraopet and Sathenapalli. All these towns are just 20 to 30 kilometers away from Phirangipuram

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Pittalavanipalem
Pittalavanipalem (Pittalavani Palem/Pittalavari Palem/Pittlavani Palem) is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
The village has a College/ZPH School which was inaugurated by P.V.Narasimha rao (Ex Prime Minister) when he was the educational minister of A.P. The surname Rajus (Kshatriyas) is prominently found in this region. The other prominent castes are - Gouds, Reddys, and Scheduled castes.
Famous people from Pittalavani Palem are:

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Ponnur
Ponnur (Telugu: పొన్నూరు) is an urban town and a municipality located 28 k.m. south of Guntur City in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
As of 2011^[update] India census,Ponnuru had a population of 57,640. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Ponnur has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73%, and female literacy is 64%. In Ponnuru, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.
This historic town is famous for two temples, Sri Sakshi Bhavanarayana Swamy Temple and Sri Sahasralingeswara Swamy Temple. Sakshi Bhavanarayanaswamy Temple has a story relating that Lord Vishnu has come from Kasi to this place to prove that one of his devotees is innocent. Hence, Ponnuru is also called 'Chinna Kasi'. The annual festival to this temple occurs in the month of May, which is celebrated as "Tirunalla". Thousands of people from different places attend this festival.
Sri Veera Anjaneya Swamy
Temple is denity to lord anjaneya swamy. It was built in 1969 by kota jagannadha swamy Temple history can stated as daily Yagas are performed in the yaga shala. Pooja is performed daily to Shiva Lingas near the foot of Lord Shiva with Chandanam which is removed only once in a Year

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Poondla
Poondla is a village in Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Poondla residents are primarily farmers. It has one high school and one primary school. Poondla is well connected by bus services to Bapatla, Guntur and Ponnur. Coordinates: 15°59′N 80°29′E / 15.983°N 80.483°E / 15.983; 80.483

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Prakasam district
Prakasam District (Telugu: ప్రకాశం జిల్లా) is an administrative district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, in India. The district headquarters is located at Ongole City. The district occupies an area of 17,626 km² and has a population of 3,059,423 of which 15.28% were urban as of 2001 Census.
It was named as prakasam district on 12 May 1972, in memory of the great patriot and Andhra Leader, Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu, also known as Andhra Kesari (Lion of Andhra ) who was born in Vinodarayunipalem village near Ammanabrolu of this district.
Prakasam District's past stretches back to the days when it was ruled by the Mauryas from 250 B.C. the rise of the Satavahanas saw Buddhism flourish in the region and the construction of several stupas. The Ikshvaku and Vijayanagar Kings,the Kakatiyas, the Qutub Shahis,the Mughals, the Addanki Reddys,the Chundi Rajas, the ongole Samsthanam Kings and the Pellur Rajas later followed these rulers.
The Prakasam district was originally constituted on the 2 February 1970, carved out of Guntur, Nellore and Kurnool districts of Andhra Pradesh. It was carved out of three taluks of Guntur District, i.e. Addanki, Chirala and Ongole, four taluks of Nellore district, i.e. Kandukur, Kanigiri, Podili and Darsi and three taluks of Kurnool district i.e. Markapuram, Cumbum and Giddaluru. It is one of the nine districts in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh.

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Puri
Puri pronunciation (help·info) (Oriya: ପୁରୀ ) is a city and the district headquarters of puri district, situated on the Bay of Bengal 60 kilometres (37 mi) south of the state capital Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa. It is also known as Jagannath Puri after the 11th century Jagannath Temple located in the city. Puri is a holy city of the Hindus as a part of the Char Dham pilgrimages. According to Hindu teachings, a pilgrimage of the temples of India is not considered complete without a journey to Puri.
Puri is endowed with one of the best beaches for swimming in India and is therefore also a popular beach resort, especially as it is positioned geographically so that both sunset and sunrise can be viewed from the beach.
Puri, the holy land of Lord Jagannath, has many names. It is mentioned in Puranas as Srikshetra, Shankhakshetra, Neelāchala, Neelādri, Purusottama Dhāma, Purusottama Kshetra, Purusottama Puri and Jagannath Puri. The word "Puri" in Sanskrit means 'town', or 'city' and is cognate with polis in Greek. It is possible that Puri is a shortened name for Jagannath Puri or Purusottama Puri. In some records pertaining to the British rule, the word 'Jagannath' was used for Puri. It is the only shrine in India, where Radha, along with Lakshmi, Durga, Sati, Parvati, and Shakti abodes with Krishna, also known as Jagannath.^{[citation needed]}

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Rajahmundry
Rajahmundry or Rajamahendri (Telugu: రాజమండ్రి or రాజమహేంద్రి) is a city and municipal corporation of the Andhra Pradesh state in India. It is situated 400 kilometres (249 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad, on the banks of the River Godavari. Known as the Cultural Capital of Andhra Pradesh, Rajahmundry is noted for its versatile Vedic culture and intellect. It is the eighth most populous city in Andhra Pradesh. City Population is 343,903 (Census 2011)[2].
The City origins can be traced back to the rule of the Chalukya king Rajaraja Narendra who reigned around 1022 A.D, after whom it is named Rajamahendri or Rajamahendravaram. Remains of 11th century palaces and fort walls still exist. However, new archeological evidence suggests that the town may have existed much before the Chalukyas. Rajamhendravaram was renamed Rajahmundry during the rule of the British, for whom the city was the headquarters of the Godavari district. When the district was split into East and West, subsequently, Kakinada - became the headquarters of East Godavari.

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Rajkot
Rajkot (Gujarati: રાજકોટ Rājkot ) is the fourth largest city in the state of Gujarat, India, after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. Rajkot is the 23rd urban agglomeration in India, with a population more than 1.6 million as on 2012. Rajkot is ranked 22nd in The world's fastest growing cities and urban areas from 2006 to 2020.
Rajkot is a city of Gujarat state in India and administrative headquarters of the Rajkot District, 245 km from the state capital Gandhinagar, located on the banks of the Aji River and Nyari River. Rajkot was the capital of the then Saurashtra state from 15 April 1948 to 31 October 1956 before merging in bilingual Bombay State on 1 November 1956. Rajkot was merged into Gujarat State from bilingual Bombay state on May 1, 1960.
Rajkot has been under many different rulers since it was founded. Rajkot has a long history and played a significant part in Indian independence movement. Rajkot was one of the main trade centre's in Saurashtra.
Rajkot was founded by the then ruler of Sardhar 1607 A.D. on the west bank of Aji River, in the middle of Saurashtra. Vibhaji Ajoji was the grandson of Jam Sataji of Nawanagar, the present day Jamnagar. Rajkot was named in honor of its co-founder.

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Rajupalem, Guntur
Rajupalem is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Rajupalem is well known for Mata Rajupalem Mahayogini Ammavaru, Sri Rajupalem Mahayogini, born to an orthodox Vishwabrahmin couple. Their family name is Yeddanapoodi. Sri Rajupalem Maha Yogini renounced the material world from her childhood and has attained the ultimate supreme being at a very young age. Sri Ammavaru is still remaining in deep meditation, without food and water from years. Amma is considered an incarnation of god, and the disciples of Amma have constructed a very big temple for Amma in Rajupalem village in India.
Rajupalem is located at 14°07′00″N 79°44′00″E / 14.1167°N 79.7333°E / 14.1167; 79.7333..

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Ranchi
Ranchi /ˈrɑːntʃi/ ( Hindi (help·info)) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Jharkhand accounts for 40% of the mineral resources of India. Earlier most of the part in Jharkhand was covered by forest but now due to urbanization trees are cut and forest cover is depleting fast. Since 2011 census Ranchi now is one of the 53 million-plus cities of India and stands as the 46th largest city out of top 53.^{[citation needed]}. Ranchi was the centre of the Jharkhand movement for a separate state for the tribal regions of South Bihar, northern Orissa, Western West Bengal and the present eastern Chhattisgarh. Jharkhand State was formed on 15 November 2000 by carving the Bihar divisions of Chota Nagpur and Santhal Parganas.
The name Ranchi comes from the original Oraon village Archi at the site. Archi derives from the Oraon word for bamboo grove or stave. According to legend, after an altercation with a spirit, a farmer beat the spirit with his bamboo stave or archi. The spirit shouted archi, archi, archi and vanished; Archi became Rachi, and Rachi became Ranchi.. One historically significant neighborhood is Doranda ('duran' 'दुरङ' means song and 'daah' 'दअः' means water in the Mundari language), between the Hinoo (Bhusur) & Harmoo Rivers, where the civil station, treasury and church established by the British Raj were destroyed by rebel forces during the Sepoy Mutiny. The present Purani (old) Ranchi marks the site of the old village of Archi.

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Ranga Reddy district
K. V. Ranga Reddy District (Telugu: రంగా రెడ్డి జిల్లా, Urdu: رنگاریڈی ضلع) (sometimes spelled as Ranga Reddy or R.R. District) is a district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Ranga Reddy District was formed in 1978 when it was split from Hyderabad district. The district has an area of 7,493 km², and a population of 3,575,064 of which 54.20% is urban as of 2001.[1] The district encircles the city and district of Hyderabad, and the city of Hyderabad also serves as the administrative center of the district. It is the most populous district of Andhra Pradesh (out of 23).
The district has 1055 villages and grouped in 37 mandals.
Originally named Hyderabad (Rural) district, it was renamed after Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy, a freedom fighter who fought for the independence of Telangana from the Nizams and who went on to become the deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.
Ranga Reddy District occupies an area of approximately 7,500 square kilometres (2,900 sq mi), comparatively equivalent to Papua New Guinea's New Ireland.

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Ravela
Ravela is a remote village, 18 km from Guntur City which is located in Tadikonda Mandal of Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh, India.
The village has road links with nearby villages Pamulapadu, Ponnekallu and further to Guntur City. The nearest Railway station "Siripuram", about 3 km, is on the main railway network line between Guntur City and Secunderabad.
Agriculture is the main occupation for the villagers. The main crops are Paddy, Chilli and Cotton .The village owns a great fame for its chilli crop cultivation among the villages in the district.
This village has a Zilla Praza Parishad(ZPP) School apart from a few small private schools. The ZPP School is located right across the only big water body in the village. This is the heart of village for education, cricket and sports. Everyone enjoys playing at high school ground.in this village has some privete schools, in those one is New Indian Public School.
Ravela is known for communal harmony. This village has few Hindu Temples of Lord Krishna, Lord Rama and Hanuman. Venugoplaswamy Temple is believed to be about 600 years old. Other places of worship include a Church and a Mosque. There is a lot of unity in diversity in this small village.

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Rompicherla
Rompicherla is a major village and mandal in Guntur District, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The villages under this mandalam are Gogulapadu, Atchaiah Palem, Konakanchivari Palem, Machavaram, Karlakunta, Vipparla, Vipparla Reddi Palem, Kothapalli, Marrichettu Palem, Gudipadu, Ramireddy Palem, Mupalla, Annavarappadu, Veeravatnam, Subbaya Palem, Turumella and Alavala.

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Sattenapalli
Sattenapalle (Telugu: సత్తెనపల్లి) is a town and a municipality 20 miles west of Guntur City in Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The main Post office is Sattenapalli (H.O).
Sattenapalle is located at 16°24′N 80°11′E / 16.4°N 80.18°E / 16.4; 80.18. It has an average elevation of 71 metres (232 feet).
Amaravati is situated in Sattenapalle Taluk, 35 km from Guntur and 47 km from Vijaywada. The Buddhist sculptures at Amravati are world famous. It is renowned for the temple of Lord Shiva, worshipped here as Lord Amareswara.
As of 2010^[update] India census, Sattenapalle had a population of 101,350. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Sattenapalle has an average literacy rate of 60%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 68%, and female literacy is 52%. In Sattenapalle, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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Savalyapuram
Savalyapuram is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

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Srinagar
Srinagar /sriˈnɑːɡər/ ( Hindi pronunciation (help·info)) is the summer capital of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in the Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats. It is also known for traditional Kashmiri handicrafts and dry fruits.
Etymologically Srinagar is composed of two Sanskrit words, śrī (venerable) and nagar, which means "city". One theory of the origin of the name is that a Pandava King Ashoka (not to be confused with the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka) built the city of Srinagari (Srinagar). Another theory is that Mauryan Emperor Ashoka founded the original city of Srinagar, then situated on the site of the present village of Pandrathan, 5 km to the north of the existing capital.
Srinagar has a long history, dating back at least to the 3rd century BC, and has been known by different names. The city was founded by the King Pravarasena II over 2,000 years ago, named it Parvasenpur. The city was then a part of the Maurya Empire, one of the largest empires of the Indian subcontinent. Ashoka introduced Buddhism to the Kashmir valley, and the adjoining regions around the city became a centre of Buddhism. In the 1st century, the region was under the control of Kushans and several rulers of this dynasty strengthened the Buddhist tradition. Vikramaditya (of Ujjain) and his successors probably ruled the regions just before the city fell to the control of the Huns in the 6th century, and Mihirkula was the most dreaded ruler of the city and the valley.

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Tadikonda
Tadikonda is a village, a mandal and an assembly constituency in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
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Thimmapuram
Thimmapuram (తిమ్మాపురము) is a village located on Chennai-Kolkata National highway NH-5 in the Guntur district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is 365 km (227 mi) away from Chennai and 70 km (43 mi) away from Vijayawada.
This village is established by the families of the PAVULURI before the 17th century. The pincode is 522233 and the STD Code is 08647 and it belongs to the Edlapadu (యడ్లపాడు) Mandal.
Neighboring villages are Edlapadu, Lingaraopalem, Maidavolu, Kothasaalasa, Paathasaalasa, Eluru, Ganapavaram, Dintenapadu, and Pedanandipadu. The nearest towns are Chilakaluripet, Narasaraopet, Guntur, Chirala, Martur, and Bapatla.
This village is mainly dependent on agriculture. Chilies and cotton are mainly cultivated here. It's also home to many cotton, oil, and rice mills.

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Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram,^{[needs IPA]}known in English as Trivandrum /trɨˈvændrəm/, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland. Referred to by Mahatma Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India", the city is characterized by its undulating terrain of low coastal hills and busy commercial alleys. With more than 750,000 inhabitants in the city proper, and a population around 1.68 million when including the wider urban agglomeration, Thiruvananthapuram is the largest and most populous city in Kerala. It is an IT hub of the state with over 80% of the state's software exports.
The city houses several central and state government offices and organizations. Apart from being the political nerve centre of Kerala, it is also a major academic hub and is home to several educational institutions including the University of Kerala, and to many science and technology institutions, the most prominent being the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Technopark, the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala,Indian Institute of Science, Education and Research (IISER), the Centre for Development Studies, the International Centre for Free and Open Source Software (ICFOSS), the Regional Research Laboratory, the Centre for Earth Science Studies, Rajeev Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology and the Sree Chithira Thirunal Institute for Medical Science and Technology. It is also considered as one of the 10 greenest cities in India. Thiruvananthapuram was ranked as the best city in Kerala to live in by a recent Times of India survey

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Thullur
Thullur is a village and a Mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Thullur is an Mandal in Guntur District.It is equidistant from the three big cities Guntur,Vijayawada and Mangalagiri.The village is facilitated with a very good road transport facities from the above three cities.
Thulluru mandal is very great mandal.
Actually sivathandavapuri is the first name of the thullru.
After that thandavapuri and then thulluru.
Chillies,Cotton and tobacco are the three main crops cultivated in this city.The crops are supported by the water facility from "THULLUR LIFT IRRIGATION SCHEME" and "RAYAPUDI LIFT IRRIGATION SCHEME" which draw the water from river Krishna
The village is also very well known for education.There are four schools in the village which include Govt.High school,Mary Matha English Medium High School,Bapujii elementary school,urdu school.
Lord Ayyapa Swami temple is under construction, this big project is Managing by Venkateswara Rao Swami. people who whould like to contribute to temple development could reach Management @ +91 9502823174

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Thurakapalem
Thurakapalem is a village in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. This is the village of Muppalla Mandal. The village has a history of 200 years. The village has achieved 100% literacy.^{[citation needed]} The main crop is paddy. Its population is 1400. It has an elementary school and St. Antony's Church and Hostel for elementary boys and girls. It has good water facility and transportation facility. Mainly the production of paddy and other crops like Chillies, cotton, Subhaabul etc. crops put the village economically strong. There is Nagarjuna Sagar Right canal branch beside the village which helps the people to yield the crops. Everybody in this village are Roman Catholics and Kammas as religion and caste respectively.^{[citation needed]} The present President of the village is Pudota Komala Rani.
Employment Generated in Lakhs Persondays During The financial Year 2009-2010 - Govt. of India, Ministry of Rural Development

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Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli ((tiruccirāppaḷḷi) pronunciation (help·info)) (spelt as Trichinopoly in the records of British India), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli District. It is the fourth largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu and also the fourth largest urban agglomeration in the state.
The city is believed to be of significant antiquity and has been ruled, at different times, by the Early Cholas, Early Pandyas, Pallavas, Medieval Cholas, Later Cholas, Later Pandyas, Delhi Sultanate, Madurai Sultanate, Vijayanagar Empire, Nayak Dynasty, the Carnatic state and the British. The archaeologically important town of Uraiyur which served as the capital of the Early Cholas is a suburb of Tiruchirappalli. Tiruchirappalli played a critical role in the Carnatic Wars between the British and the French East India companies. The city has a number of historical monuments, the Rockfort, Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam and the Jambukeswarar temple at Thiruvanaikaval being the most prominent among them.

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Tsundur
Tsundur is a village and a mandal in the Guntur district of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
The village became infamous for the sensational killing of 8 dalits (Malas) on the 6th of August, 1991, when a mob of over 400 people, composed of mainly Reddys and telagas chased down the victims along the bund of an irrigation canal. In the trial which was concluded, 21 people were sentenced to life imprisonment and 35 others to a year of rigorous imprisonment and a penalty of Rs. 2000 each, on the 31st of July, 2007, by special judge established for the Purpose under SC,STs Atrocities(Prevention) Act.

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Uppalapadu
Uppalapadu is a village near Guntur City, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is also a reputed bird sanctuary..
Uppalapadu is located at 16°11′N 80°18′E / 16.18°N 80.30°E / 16.18; 80.30.
Painted Storks, Spot-billed Pelicans and other birds migrate from various countries such as Siberia, Australia and use the sanctuary. The water tanks in the village are unique as they provide refuge to many species birds including endangered Spot-Billed Pelicans and Painted Storks. (Pictures of Birds at Uppalapadu) The bird population in these tanks used to be around 12,000 previously, however lately only about 7000 birds roost in this dwindling habitat through the year. But some initiatives have taken place such as adding artificial trees, local awareness, proper water supply to the ponds etc. The artificial tress are added in the pond on which the birds can perch in addition to the natural trees.. During the visit to the sanctuary on 16 February 2008, the author could found only about 1500 spotted bill grey pelican(pelecanus philippensis) and a slightly less number of Painted Stork(mycteria leucocephala).. Besides this 6 pintail ducks a few cormorant 5 red crested pochard(rhodonesa rufina), common coot, common teal, black-headed ibises, 2 stilts were also sighted.

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Vadodara
Vadodara, formerly known as Baroda, is the third largest and most populated city in the Indian State of Gujarat, after Ahmedabad and Surat. Historical and archaeological findings date this place back to the 9th century when it was a small town called Ankottaka (present Akota) located on the right bank of the river Vishvamitri (whose name is derived from the great saint Rishi Vishwamitra). Ankottaka was a famous centre of Jainism in the 5th and 6th century AD. Some of the Akota bronze images can be seen in the Vadodara Museum. The city was once called Chandanavati after its ruler Raja Chandan of Dor tribe of Rajputs, who wrested it from the Jains. The capital had also another name "Virakshetra" or "Virawati" (a land of warriors). Later on it was known as Vadpatraka or Wadodará, which according to tradition is a corrupt form of the Sanskrit word Vatodar means 'in the heart of the banyan tree'. It is now almost impossible to ascertain when the various changes in the name were made; but early English travellers and merchants mention the town as Brodera, and it is from this that the name Baroda is derived. Again in 1974 the name changed to Vadodara.

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Varanasi
Varanasi Hindustani pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi] ( listen)), also commonly known as Banaras or Benaras (Banāras [bəˈnaːrəs] ( listen)) and Kashi, Kāśī [ˈkaːʃi] ( listen)), is a city situated on the banks of the River Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (199 mi) southeast of state capital Lucknow. It is regarded as a holy city by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and the oldest in India.
The Kashi Naresh (Maharaja of Kashi) is the chief cultural patron of Varanasi and an essential part of all religious celebrations. The culture of Varanasi is closely associated with the River Ganges and the river's religious importance. The city has been a cultural and religious centre in North India for several thousand years. The Benares Gharana form of the Indian classical music developed in Varanasi, and many prominent Indian philosophers, poets, writers, and musicians resided or reside in Varanasi. Gautama Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath located near Varanasi (Kashi).

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Vatticherukuru
Vatticherukuru is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Vatticherukuru is a nice village and this village has many good temples. In this village the people are very traditional. Their Village Goddess is Addenkamma Talli and every year they have annual Addenkamma Tiranallu, where all the village people celebrate by inviting guests, friends and family members. All the people from Vatticherukuru and their successive generations who have settled in the Big towns will make every effort to attend this annual Celebration. This is one of the biggest Tiranallu Celebrations in the State of Andhra Pradesh. Vattickerukuru is a village of many temples. Some of the famous temples are Ramalayam, Sivalayam, Gopalaswamy Gudi, Hanumanthudi Gudi and of course the Grama devata (Village Goddess) Addenkamma Gudi. Over all the people this beautiful village are peace loving people with being involved in the political conflicts.

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Veldurthy
Veldurthy is a village and a Mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is famous for cotton and chilles.
Veldurthy is located at 16°21′00″N 79°22′00″E / 16.35°N 79.3667°E / 16.35; 79.3667..

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Vemuru
Vemuru (Telugu: వేమూరు) is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.
Vemuru and Duggirala have been added to the list of reserved constituencies, following a sharp increase in the population of SCs as per the 2001 census. Of the 2,37,658 population in the Vemuru constituency, 54,278 are SCs and 10,429 STs constituting 22.84 per cent and 4.39 per cent of the total population. Vemuru, Amruthaluru, Cherukupalli, Pittalavanipalem, and Karlapalem will form the constituency. Duggirala constituency will get part of Tenali mandal, Duggirala mandal, Kolluru, and Kollipara and be reserved for SCs during the 2009 elections. The total population of the Duggiral constituency area is 2,73,872 of whom 69,790 are SCs, 8,346 STs constituting 25.48 per cent and 3.05 per cent of the population.

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Vijayawada
Vijayawada ( pronunciation (help·info)) is the biggest city of the Krishna District and the third largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, after Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam, with an area of 61.88 km². The city has a population of 1,048,240 (2011 Census), while the population of the metropolitan area is 1,491,202. The name Vijayawada, meaning "Land of Victory" is derived from the presiding deity, Kanaka Durga, also called Vijaya. The city is also popularly known by its historic name Bezawada, which is also used by the Indian Railways in assigning its railway station code "BZA".
The city originated along the southern bank of the river Krishna, with hills on its northern bank. By 1855 AD, it took shape as small settlement on the eastern side of the Indrakiladri hills. The city has been ruled by different dynasties from time to time, including the Chalukyas of Kalyan and the great ruler Krishna Deva Raya.
The city experienced modest socio-economic growth in pre-independence India. As the commercial capital of Andhra Pradesh, the city is politically active, sociologically dominant, agriculturally rich, and is an industrial transportation hub.

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Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam ( pronunciation (help·info)) (also known as Vizag) is a port city on the southeast coast of India. With a population of 1,435,099, it is the second-largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh (after Hyderabad) and the third-largest city on the east coast (after Chennai and Kolkata). Visakhapatnam is located 625 kilometres (388 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad. The city is home to several state-owned heavy industries and a steel plant; it is one of India's largest seaports and has the country's oldest shipyard. Visakhapatnam has the only natural harbour on the east coast of India.
The city was named after Visakha, the Hindu god of valor. It is nestled among the hills of the Eastern Ghats and faces the Bay of Bengal on the east. Visakhapatnam is the administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam district and headquarters of the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. Visakhapatnam has a nickname The City of Destiny and, more recently, the Goa of the East Coast. Like its west-coast counterpart it offers attractive beaches, laterite hillocks and a pleasing landscape. It is also a focus of urban and tourist development.

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Warangal district
Warangal District (Telugu: వరంగల్ జిల్లా, Urdu: وارنگل ضلع) is located in the northern area in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The administrative seat is Warangal. Warangal City is the 2nd biggest city after Hyderabad in the Telangana Region.
Warangal District has an area of 12,846 km², and a population of 3,246,004 of which 19.20% was urban as of 2001. The district is bounded by Karimnagar District to the north, Khammam District to the east and southeast, Nalgonda District to the southwest, and Medak District to the west. Warangal is well known for its granite quarries (notably the black and brown varieties) and as a market for rice, chilies, cotton, and tobacco.The Warangal city is now going to be Greater Warangal in few months^[when?] as Basavaraju Saraiah, minister for backward castes welfare said that the next Municipal Elections will be in Greater Warangal.^{[citation needed]} Even faster steps were being taken for this proposal.^{[citation needed]}
The Warangal district headquarter is Warangal city. This city is also called as tri-city, as it includes Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazipet cities.the towns in the district includes Mahabubabad,Janagaon,Narsampet,Thorrur,Parkal,Bhupalpally etc..

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Buddhism
Buddhism is a religion and philosophy indigenous to the Indian subcontinent and encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs, and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha (meaning "the awakened one" in Sanskrit and Pāli). The Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of Indian subcontinent some time between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE. He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end ignorance (avidyā), craving (taṇhā), and suffering (dukkha), by recognizing dependent origination and sunyata, and attain Nirvana.
Two major branches of Buddhism are recognized: Theravada ("The School of the Elders") and Mahayana ("The Great Vehicle"). Theravada has a widespread following in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Mahayana is found throughout East Asia and includes the traditions of Pure Land, Zen, Nichiren Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, Shingon, Tiantai (Tendai) and Shinnyo-en. In some classifications, Vajrayana—practiced mainly in Tibet and Mongolia, and adjacent parts of China and Russia—is recognized as a third branch, while others classify it as a part of Mahayana. There are other categorisations of these three Vehicles or Yanas.

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Gautama Buddha
Gautama Buddha or Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम बुद्ध; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. The word Buddha is a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, "Buddha" meaning "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." Gautama Buddha may also be referred to as Śākyamuni (Sanskrit: शाक्यमुनि "Sage of the Śākyas"). The Buddha found a Middle Way that ameliorated the extreme asceticism found in the Sramana religions.
The time of Gautama's birth and death are uncertain: most early 20th-century historians dated his lifetime as c. 563 BCE to 483 BCE, but more recent opinion dates his death to between 486 and 483 BCE or, according to some, between 411 and 400 BCE. UNESCO lists Lumbini, Nepal, as a world heritage site and birthplace of Gautama Buddha. There are also claims about birth place of Gautama Buddha to be Kapileswara, Orissa or Kapilavastu at Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kośala.

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Muhammed Ali Jinnah
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (Urdu: محمد علی جناح, Audio (help·info); 25 December 1876 – 11 September 1948) was a lawyer, politician and statesman who is known as being the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as 'Quaid-e-Azam' (lit. Great Leader) and 'Baba-e-Qaum' (lit. Father of the Nation).
Jinnah served as leader of the All-India Muslim League from 1913 until Pakistan's independence on 14 August 1947, and as Pakistan's first Governor-General from 15 August 1947 until his death on 11 September 1948. Jinnah rose to prominence in the Indian National Congress initially expounding ideas of Hindu-Muslim unity and helping shape the 1916 Lucknow Pact between the Muslim League and the Indian National Congress; he also became a key leader in the All India Home Rule League. He proposed a fourteen-point constitutional reform plan to safeguard the political rights of Muslims in a self-governing India.

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Nagarjuna
Acharya Nāgārjuna (Devanagari:नागार्जुन, Telugu: నాగార్జున, Tibetan: ཀླུ་སྒྲུབ་ klu sgrub, Chinese: 龍樹, Sinhala නාගර්පුන) (ca. 150–250 CE) was an important Buddhist teacher and philosopher. Along with his disciple Āryadeva, he is credited with founding the Mādhyamaka school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. The Mādhyamaka school was in turn transmitted to China under the name of the Sānlùn School (Ch. 三論宗, "Three Treatise School").
Nāgārjuna is sometimes credited with developing the philosophy of the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras, and being associated with the Buddhist university of Nālandā. In the Jodo Shinshu and Shingon schools of Buddhism in Japan he is considered the First Patriarch. In some Mahāyāna traditions, Nāgārjuna is regarded as a second buddha.
According to most available accounts, Nāgārjuna was originally from Southern India. Archaeological discoveries at Amarāvatī confirm the fact that Nāgārjuna maintained a friendship with the Sātavāhana king Gautamīputra Śātakarṇi, to whom he addressed his Letter to a Friend (Skt. Sahṛd-lekhā). On this basis, Nāgārjuna is conventionally placed at around 150–250 CE.

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People from Guntur
This gives a rough list of People of importance from (or related to) the Guntur City and its Region/District (of India) in the last 2200 years. Some of these have international, national recognition and many other with local importance.

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Telugu people
The Telugu people or Telugu Prajalu (Telugu: తెలుగు ప్రజలు) are a Dravidian ethnic group of India. They are the native speakers of the Telugu language, the third most commonly spoken language in India after Hindi and Bengali. They are mostly native to Andhra Pradesh, with significant populations in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Pondicherry, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Orissa. The Telugu constitute one of the largest ethnic groups in the world.
After Apastamba's death the Andhra tribes crossed the Vindhya mountains, reached the south, and merged with the other Andhra tribes. The Atreya Brahmana says that the Andhras lived on the south side of Vindhya Range along with the Pundras, Pulindas, Sabaras and Mootibas.^{[citation needed]}
Some of those Andhras who came to the south of the Vindhya mountains settled in the regions north of present-day Hyderabad. Another tribe crossed the Eastern Ghats.^{[citation needed]}
The Sanskrit epics mention the Andhra Kingdom, named for the Aryan tribe of the Andhras. They are mentioned again at the time of the death of the great Mauryan King Ashoka in 232 BC. This date has been considered to be the beginning of the Andhra historical record. Various dynasties have ruled the area, including the Andhra (or Satavahana), Shakas, Ikshvakus, Eastern Chalukyas, the Vijayanagara Kingdom, the Qutb Shahis of Golconda, and the Nizams (princes) of Hyderābād.

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Tikkana
Tikkana (or Tikkana Somayaji) (Telugu: తిక్కన్న) (1205–1288) was born into a family of Shaivite family during the Golden Age of the Kakatiya dynasty. He was the second poet of the "Trinity of Poets (Kavi Trayam)" that translated Mahabharatamu into Telugu over a period of centuries. Nannaya Bhattaraka was the first, though he translated only two and a half chapters. Tikkana translated the final 15 chapters, but did not undertake translating the half-finished Aranya Parvamu. The Telugu people remained without this last translation for more than a century, until it was translated by Errana.
Tikkana is also called Tikkana Somayaji, as he has completed the Somayaga.
Tikkana was born in Guntur. There is a school and library named after him. It is maintained by a committee headed by Machiraju Sitapati and Kurakula Guraviah, an ex-corporator. Recently they celebrated 100 years of the library's functioning. During the Shiva Kavi period (see Shivakavi Trayamu, the Trinity of Shaivite Poets), the new religions Shaivism and Vaishnavism were spreading in Andhra, resulting in conflict between these two groups as well as between the two established religious groups, Buddhism and Jainism. At this juncture, Tikkana attempted to bring peace between the warring Shivaites and Vaishnavites.

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This article is about a city in India. For other uses, see Guntur (disambiguation).

Guntur
గుంటూరు
گنٹور

City of chillies, City of Spices

— city —

A primary road through the centre of the Municipal Corporation of Guntur.

Guntur
గుంటూరు
گنٹور

Location of Guntur
గుంటూరు
گنٹور
in Andhra Pradesh and India

Coordinates

16°18′03″N 80°26′34″E / 16.3008°N 80.4428°ECoordinates: 16°18′03″N 80°26′34″E / 16.3008°N 80.4428°E

Country

India

Region

Andhra

State

Andhra Pradesh

District(s)

Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

Mayor

Ramanjaneyulu (In charge IAS Officer)

Municipal Commissioner

N.Sudhakar

M.P

R Sambasiva Rao

Parliamentary constituency

Guntur

Planning Agency

GMC, VGTMUDA

Population

• Metro

(2011)

• 651,382 (2011^[update])

Sex ratio

984^[1] ♂/♀

Official languages

Telugu, Urdu^[2]

Time zone

IST (UTC+05:30)

Area

• Elevation
• Coastline

63.15 km² (24 sq mi)

• 30 metres (98 ft)
• 66 kilometres (41 mi)

Climate

• Precipitation
Temperature
• Summer
• Winter

Tropical (Köppen)

•      989.1 mm (38.94 in)
•      27 °C (81 °F)
•      48 °C (118 °F)
•      18.6 °C (65.5 °F)

Distance(s)

• From Hyderabad	• 294 kilometres (183 mi) NW (rail)
• From Delhi	• 1,798 kilometres (1,117 mi) N (land)
• From Mumbai	• 1,003 kilometres (623 mi) W (land)
• From Chennai	• 410 kilometres (250 mi) S (land)

Codes

• Pincode • 522 0xx

• Telephone • +91-863

• Vehicle • AP 07, AP 08

Website

http://www.gunturcorporation.org

Guntur pronunciation (help·info) (Telugu: గుంటూరు, Urdu: گنٹور), is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, located 40 miles (64 km) to the north and west of the Bay of Bengal. It is approximately 1,000 miles (1,600 km) to the south of the national capital, New Delhi and 266 kilometres (165 mi) south east of state capital, Hyderabad. The city has a population of 651,382[1](as per 2011 census) with an Urban Agglomeration nearing to one million and it is the fourth largest city in the state by area and population.

Guntur is a centre of learning and the administrative capital of Guntur district, which is home of historically significant Amaravati, Undavalli caves, Kondavid Fort, Nagarjunakonda and Sitanagaram monuments. The city is also a centre for business, industry, and agriculture. The region is identified as a major transportation and textile hub in India. Additionally, the Guntur area economy has an agricultural component that is internationally known for its exports of chillies, cotton, and tobacco.

History [link]

The Kingdom of Pratipalapura (Bhattiprolu) in Guntur district circa 500 BC, appears to be the earliest known kingdom in south India. The earliest recorded reference of Guntur comes from the Idern plates of Ammaraja I (922-929 CE), the Vengi Chalukyan king. Guntur also appears in two other inscriptions dated 1147 CE and 1158 CE. The original Sanskrit (ancient Vedic culture/tradition) name for Guntur was Garthapuri (a place surrounded by water ponds ('garta'/'gunta')).

An old temple at Garthapuri

The 'Agasthyeswara Sivalayam' in the old city is an ancient temple of Lord Siva. There are inscriptions in the temple on stones in 'Naga Lipi' (an ancient script) dating back to about 1100 CE. It is considered one of the famous temples in the city. It is said that Agastya built the temple in the last Treta yuga around the Swayambhu Linga and hence it has this name. The 'Nagals' were said to have ruled the region at that time. The region has been historically known for Buddhism and the first Kalachakra ceremony performed by Buddha himself.^[3]^[4]

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LumbiniVanam

The place of Sitanagaram and the Guthikonda Caves are referred in the ancient texts (Vedic puranas) going back to the Treta yuga and Dwapara yuga (traditional time scale). Also check Timeline of Guntur.

Modern Guntur [link]

With the advent of the Europeans the city has attained national and international significance. The French shifted their headquarters from Kondavid Fort to here in 1752, probably because of the ample availability of water due to the two large tanks. This settlement formed the nucleus of the modern city.

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A city street

. The Nizam and Haidar Ali too ruled the town till it came under the British in 1788. It was made the headquarters of a district named after it that was abolished in 1859, only to be reconstituted in 1904. The city rapidly became a major market for agricultural produce from the hinterland due to the opening of the railway link in 1890. The expansion continued post independence as well and was concentrated in what is now called "New Guntur".^[5]^[6] The current size of the city has an inner radius of about 6 miles (9.7 km). The City-region comprises the surrounding suburban and rural areas spanning in all the directions. New townships are mushrooming in these areas^[5]^[6] and it is considered as the fourth largest city in the state.

Geography [link]

Guntur Region from a Satellite

Guntur Plains: Guntur is located at 16°12′N 80°16′E / 16.20°N 80.27°E / 16.20; 80.27.^[7] It has an average elevation of 33 metres (108 ft) and situated on the plains. There are a few hills in the surrounding suburban areas. The city is located around 40 miles (64 km) to the west of the Bay of Bengal on the east coast of India. The Krishna Delta lies partly in Guntur district. There are other smaller rivers and channels in the region such as Guntur Channel, Chandravanka, Naagileru, Guntur Branch Canal^[8] etc.
As quoted in NASA's website^[9] "it is typical of the wider deltas along the southeast coast of India (known as the Coromandel Coast). The braided stream channels, broad floodplain, and extensive sandbars suggest that this part of the Krishna River flows through relatively flat terrain and carries a substantial amount of sediment, especially during the monsoon season." Image Website of NASA of the Guntur City and District/Region of India. With the ocean on the top portion of the image, the actual location of the city is on the bottom right side portion of the image.
Rain storms and hurricanes are common in the region during the rainy season, which starts with the monsoons in early June. The hurricanes could occur any time of the year, but commonly between May and November.
Also check Guntur City Region on Wiki-Maps.

Demographics [link]

As of the 2011 India census,^[10] Guntur has a population of 651,382 & is the fourth largest city in Andhra Pradesh. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Guntur has an average literacy rate of 74%, higher than the national average of 70%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 70%. 11% of the population in the city is under 6 years of age.

The region extends over an area of 11.68 sq. miles, while its population was about 25,000 by 1866 census and 30,183 by 1902 census. By the 1961 census, Guntur had a population of 187,122. It has grown about six times in its size during these 60 years. Currently the city is estimated to have population of around 10,00,000 with Urban Agglomeration.^[11]

Culture and diversity [link]

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Festival Parade

With the culture and traditions of ageless Sanatana Dharma/Ancient Vedic Civilization (known as Hinduism)1px and its principles (Sarvē Janā Sukhinō Bhavantu), the Guntur Region had a place for all religions, castes, sects and creeds. Guntur is known for its diverse culture. One of the purportedly lost tribes of Israel called Bene Ephraim, has a presence in Guntur, with even a Jewish synagogue. Religious faiths such as Islam and Christianity lead a harmonious, peaceful existence.

Language and Festivals [link]

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Street Fireworks

Telugu is the main language of communication in the city while Urdu is the other widely spoken language. One of the earliest/purest forms^{[citation needed]} of Telugu language can be noticed in this region. The famous Mahakavi Tikkana(Telugu: తిక్కన్న) (1205–1288) was born in this region. Most of the Muslims in the city speak Urdu as their mother tongue,^[2] though they are fluent in Telugu. The culture is vibrant with many festivals (that have been celebrated over thousands of years). Those festivals observed in Guntur with great pomp and splendour are: Deepavali, Krishna-Ashtami, Rama Navami, Sankranti, Sivaratri, Ugadi, Vijaya Dasami, Vinayaka-Chaviti, Ekadasi, Karthika Purnima. Also, noticeable are festivals introduced before a few centuries, including Christmas, Eid ul-Fitr, Muharram, Ramadan. The 30th International Kalachakra festival was held at Amaravati near Guntur.

City lifestyle [link]

The city's lifestyle has a mixture of both urban and rural with some cosmopolitan element. Like any typical Indian city, the majority of the population is from middle class and lower middle class families. With a reasonable cost of living and most basic amenities readily available, the city attracts people from other regions. Guntur is known for its fusion of traditional Indian and Western cultures. Guntur's residents wear both Indian style and Western style clothing. The common traditional clothing for women is a Saree, Salwar and for men formally, a Dhovathi or Pancha.

Economy [link]

Cotton-Tobacco-Chilli city [link]

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Farming outside city

Guntur city and its region are a major commercial centre in India. Cotton, tobacco and chilli are some of the major commodities that are exported from here to different parts of the world. The city hosts the largest Asian market^[12] for red chillies. The Tobacco Board, India, a part of the Government of India, is headquartered in Guntur. The chillies that are grown in this region are some of the spiciest in the world, and are in constant competition^[13] with chillies from Mexico for first place. One of the first of its kind, a global 'Spice Park' is currently being setup in the area.^[14] The cotton that grows in the region is used in making some of the finest sarees in India.^[15]

Industrialisation [link]

The industrial development in the Guntur Region is of medium scale. On a positive note, the region has minimal industrial and related pollution as compared to major cities in the country. It has a large skilled and educated workforce. Some of the industries in the area are: textile mills/handloom, silk, Sangam Dairy, Cement, Chemical and Biotechnology, Andhra Fertilizers, jute mills, granite industries, diamond and other ore processing (Hindustan Zinc Limited), Auto-Nagar and software/IT Companies. A Textile Hub is being developed on the southwestern side of the city,^[16] and the government is also encouraging the setting up of new industries. Another ongoing project is a 850 crore IT park in Guntur outskirts.^[17] Possible future plans include a large scale Biotechnology Park,^[18] as well as a Knowledge Park.

Farming and Vegetation [link]

Farm lands

The Guntur region is one of the most fertile areas in India. With the River Krishna flowing to the north of the district, the area has many farmlands and paddy fields growing wide varieties of rice, other food grains, and other various crops. The Guntur Branch Canal (GBC) and other smaller rivers serve water to the farmlands in the region.

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Green Motto

Afforestation, Green Guntur

A social forestry project for Guntur is on the anvil to make the region greener; Guntur,^[19] (since only about 35% of the forest in the district has survived as per available statistics, a common issue throughout India). The government is closely working with other corporates in meeting the goals. As a part of this Green Guntur project, one crore saplings have been planted in the city. The city's UDA is also developing many medium and large scale parks throughout the city.

Ports and Shore points [link]

Main article: Guntur Coast

Located about 40 miles (64 km) from the city's urban area, the region has abundant coastline for trade, transport, and tourism. Though the exports from Guntur region mainly depend on Chennai harbour, there is a push to bring back one of its shore points as a harbour, with a chemical park also under consideration.^[20]

The Port City Complex in Guntur District/Nizampatnam Harbour

A port city to be built^[21] near Nizampatnam in Guntur District. This is part of a major renovation of the Nizampatnam Harbour. The development of this harbour will enable the Guntur region to be a major port player, with direct access to exports and imports to, around the world Projects Today,Yahoo News.

Suryalanka Beach near Bapatla

Suryalanka is a tourist shore point 35 miles (56 km) south of Guntur City, with all desirable features of a sea shore. It is complete with balmy beaches and world-class resorts. This is one of the top tourism places in the area.

Guntur Container Terminal near Marripalem

Guntur Container Terminal is a ICD (Inland Container Depot) Facilitating port operations in Guntur Region. It is a port facility, which has been brought into Guntur for the benefit of the trade.

Transportation [link]

Main article: Transportation in Guntur

Roadways [link]

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Autos on a Street

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Central Bus Station

The city is the regional headquarters of the State Road Transport System. It is connected to all the major cities of the country through various national and state highways. There are major highways such as Madras—Guntur—Kolkata highway, Guntur—Nagarjuna Sagar—Hyderabad highway (which can take to other major routes like Mumbai and Delhi) and the Guntur— Vinukonda - Kurnool - Bellary highway. Within the city the traffic primarily flows using the inner, outer ring-roads, few bridges, main roads. Many intersections have innovative traffic signals and video cameras to control and monitor the traffic.^[22] Common modes of road transport within the city are cars, motorcycles, buses, and auto-rickshaws; antique pedal rickshaws can still be seen. The city is also a major part of the 60,000 crore Golden Quadrilateral system, a national transportation project that has recently been completed.

Railways [link]

Main article: Train Transit in Guntur

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Central Train Station

Guntur junction is one of the Divisional headquarters (Guntur division) and a major transit point of the Indian Railways System. All four metro cities and most state capitals can be accessed through this transit point. Proposed Greater Guntur has the following stations: the Main Station (near Arundelpet and Railpet) and the others at Nallapadu, University-Center(Namburu), New Guntur(Reddipalem). Two other major transit points close to Guntur are: Tenali and Vijayawada with a future plan of running suburban trains in the suburban region. The Indian Railways is one of the most convenient and efficient systems of commute for the people throughout India.

Air travel [link]

The closest major airport is located at Hyderabad (4.5 hours travel). A local airport at Gannavaram though not practical to the residents of the city, offers limited flights to places such as Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. There is a proposal to build a more practical airport to the south-west of Guntur City.^[23]

Academics/education and research [link]

Main article: Education in Guntur

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A Campus

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College Transport

Guntur is one of the first cities to provide higher education and graduate programs in India. The Acharya Nagarjuna University is one of the largest universities in the country, and covers various institutions from 3 districts. There are a number of graduate schools, colleges, and high schools providing basic and higher education (agricultural, arts, bio-med, engineering, management, medical, nursing, pharmaceutical, sciences, technology) in the region. The Guntur Institute of Medical Sciences is one of many premier institutes in the city region. The Vedic University near Guntur specializes in the teaching of Vedic Sciences, other related philosophies, and the Vedanta.

Acharya Nagarjuna University ANU, Vignan University
Vedic University at Sitanagaram Jeeyar Educational Trust
Medical Colleges: Guntur Medical College/GIMS, NRI Academy of Medical Sciences, KMC.
Engineering Colleges: RVR&JC, GEC,LITAM, NIET, NEC, KLC, BEC,SCREC, TEC, CIET [2], NRIIT [3].
Legacy: Andhra-Christian College, Hindu-College.
Hundreds of high schools/colleges (providing basic & higher education) e.g.:AM,AS,CP,TJ,JKC,Little Flower School etc.
Sarada Niketan for Women (Founded in 1922).^[24]
Agricultural Research Center, Lam of ANGRAU [4]
Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Lam
Regional Station of Central Tobacco Research Institute (CTRI) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) [5]
Indian Tobacco Board [6]
Government Institute of Textile Technology (G.I.T.T,Nallapadu,Guntur)

City Affairs [link]

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Sunny day

The climate in Guntur City is very tropical in nature, but there are dry spells especially during the winter season, Current Temperature@City. The average temperature is warm to hot throughout the year, with temperatures ranging from approximately 16C to 48C (60F to 118F).^[25] The summer season (especially during May/June) has the highest temperatures, but these are usually followed by monsoon rains in that season. The winter season (from October to February) is the most enjoyable with a pleasant climate. Summer clothing suffices throughout the year. Local Time at Guntur.

Local Cuisine [link]

Breakfast

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Main Market

Guntur City is famous for the food items such as mirchi bajji (mirapakaya bajji), aavakaaya pickle, gongura pickle, with traditional Andhra style meals and common breakfast items such as Idli, dosa and puri.^[26] There are many top quality Hotels that offer varieties of food items (from several regions of India). The common masala stands, jilebi push-carts, sugar cane juice sellers can be noticed in every corner of the city. There are also International Fast Food and pizza outlets. The city has many star class lodgings, inns and hotels.

Market [link]

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Supermarket

There are numerous markets selling vegetables, fruits, flowers and other commodities throughout the city. Also, many Super Markets and Malls are opening due to the rapidly expanding middle and upper classes. The 'Patnam Bazar' area of the city is famous for the wholesale market of many consumer goods. The traditional method of selling vegetables, flowers and other consumer goods using push-carts is still very common and effective. There are special Rythu Bazaars^[27] in every corner of the city to sell fresh produce. Locally famous fruits and vegetables include the oval shaped - (unique honey taste) - sapota, mango, Seethaphalam, and Dosakai. Global retail chain Walmart has started a store in the city.^[28]

Entertainment and events [link]

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A Cineplex

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Motion Pictures/Films are a common form of entertainment in the city as well as in the rest of India. Guntur has many movie theatres with updated 3D Screens that play Telugu, English, and Hindi movies with many multiplex theatres. Though not as popular, traditional drama and theatrical events too have their presence in the city.^[29] The Guntur Nataka Rangam, Guntur Cultural Association^[30] are premier organizations in the state that promote and conduct theatrical events. During early summer season there are festivals and fairs that take place in the city, many types of rides, shows, novelties and food. There are numerous places of interest and parks in and around the city/district for entertainment, culture, and history. Suryalanka is the closest beach/shore-point for the city. There are also many shopping malls that have come up in the city area. in the coming days there is a proposal of INOX in the city

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Museum

Infrastructure and media [link]

Guntur's infrastructure includes state-of-the-art technologies such as broadband Internet and multimedia for applications such as news, education and other forms of information. News sources, in Telugu, such as Eenadu,Vaartha and those in English, such as The Hindu (newspaper), Indian Express, Deccan Chronicle are widely used. Many newspaper headquarters are located within the city. Cable TV news has become another common mode for news information.

Health care [link]

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Sanakara Eye Hospital

Main article: Healthcare in Guntur

The region of Guntur is one of the medical hubs in India. It offers wide access to top medical care at reasonable prices and has a variety of charity hospitals that serve as a safety net for the destitute. It boasts major medical facilities (super specialty hospitals) and related research institutions. The General Hospital provides free health care to people across the coastal districts. The Sankar Eye Hospital,^[31] Kugler Hospital, St. Joseph Hospital are just a few of the many premier hospitals in the region. A new medical facility VIMS [7] is established at Viswanagar to serve the people in the rural areas that are to the south and west of the city.

[edit] Local governance, The GMC

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Administrative

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eService

Both bureaucrats and elected officials manage the city affairs and issues. The municipal commissioner and district collector are usually from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). The MP, MLAs, Mayor, corporators constitute the local elected officials. Initiatives such as E-Governance are being put in place to reduce red-tapism, thereby enabling transparency in administration. The Guntur Municipal Corporation is among the select cities (4) across the world where an ‘eco-budget’ is being implemented.^[32]

Law and order [link]

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City Court

Guntur Range (Andhra Pradesh Police Department) is the regional headquarters of the State Police with its own Inspector General covering three nearby districts (including Guntur district). The High Court was in Guntur briefly after the separation from the erstwhile Madras State,^[33] which was later moved to the current state capital after the formation of AP. There is a pending plan to create a High Court bench at Guntur, covering for the coastal districts.^[34] Guntur also hosts one of the Indian Army recruitment and training centres.^[35] Suryalanka of Guntur Region has an airbase of the Indian Air Force.

Tourism & places of interest [link]

Bird Sanctuary

Main article: Guntur Tourism

Uppalapadu Nature Conservation (Guntur city Rural, 4 miles S) Endangered bird species.

Amaravathi, Bhattiprolu, Chebrolu (Guntur Rural/District, 15 miles) Ancient Relics.

Downtown, City: (Guntur city, District): Parks, city-centers, Theme Parks.

Kondaveedu Fort: (Guntur city/Rural, 8 miles W) Ancient fort and temple structures.

Kondaveedu

Kotappakonda: (Guntur District. 25 miles S-W) Ancient temple and mountainous region.

Mangalagiri: (Guntur District, 12 miles N-E) Ancient temple.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Ethipothala Falls: (Guntur District) Largest dam and water falls.

Sagar Dam

Ponnur: (Guntur District, 25 miles S) Ancient temples with monolithic statues.

Prakasam Barrage: (Guntur District, 18 miles E) Bridge and Barrage across river Krishna.

Sitanagaram: (Guntur District, 16 miles N-E) Very ancient site related to Ramayanam.

Sringeri Mutt: (Guntur city/Sampath Nagar) Spiritual Center, encompasses within its complex many temples.

Undavalli caves: (Guntur District, 15 miles E) Ancient Caves.
Viswa Nagar: (Guntur City/Rural, 8 miles S-W) Spiritual center.

Sports and stadia [link]

The city has hosted several national and international level sporting events for various sports. It is one of the places in India to host the International Grandmaster Chess tournaments.^[36] Cricket is the most common and well followed sporting event, there are other sports such as kabbadi, volleyball, basketball, tennis, badminton, table tennis hosted regularly. Following is a list of stadiums in and around the city.^[37]

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Parade Ground.

Brahmananda Reddy Stadium
Tennis clubs
Gunta Ground
NTR Stadium, Brindavan Gardens
Police Parade Ground
Prakasam Stadium
Public Works Department Ground
Zilla Parishad
Krishna Cricket Academy
JKC College Cricket Coaching Academy for women
International Cricket Stadium (Upcoming near Mangalagiri)^[38]

Trivia [link]

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Mica (Abhrakam in Telugu/Sanskrit) was first discovered around 2200 years ago in the Guntur region, believed to be by the Great Philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna.
Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen (1824–1907) discovered the existence of Helium in the Sun, while watching a complete solar eclipse in Guntur, in 1868. The unusual length of the eclipse, about ten minutes, had attracted many scientists from all over the world.^[39]
The only Indian family on the Titanic was from Guntur.^[40]^[41]
Jinnah tower, a commemorative tower for Pakistan's founder Muhammed Ali Jinnah is unique to Guntur in the whole of South Asia.^[42]
The 30th Kalachakra International Festival took place at Amaravathi of Guntur in the presence of the Dalai Lama during January 2006.^[43]
Guntur is one of the major textile hubs and a major business district in Andhra Pradesh.^[44]
The name of a dormant volcano near Guntur City is Mangalagiri, which is believed to be kept under control through traditional means. People pour a sweet liquid known as Panakam (Jaggery Water) and it said to please the Gods.^[45]

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