Giddaluru

Giddalur
—  town  —
Giddalur Location of Giddalur in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	15°21′00″N 78°55′00″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Prakasam
Population	58,142 (2006)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 253 metres (830 ft)
Codes • Pincode • 523357 • Telephone • +code-08405 • Vehicle • ap 27

Giddaluru or Giddalur is a town and mandal in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Geography

Giddalur is Located on the Vinukonda - Nandayal Highway. Giddalur is located at 15.3500°N 78.9167°E / 15.3500; 78.9167. It has an average elevation of 253 meters (833 ft).

Assembly Constituency

Giddalur is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Giddaluru organization

List of Elected Members:

• 1952 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
• 1957 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
• 1962 - Sri.Edula Balarami Reddy
• 1967 - Sri.Pandu Ranga Reddy
• 1972 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
• 1978 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
• 1983 - Sri.Mudiam Peera Reddy
• 1985 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
• 1989 - Sri.Yalluri Venkata Reddy
• 1994 - Sri.Pidathala Rambhupal Reddy(Telugudesam)
• 1999 - Sri.Pidathala Vijayakumar Reddy(Telugudesam)
• 2001 - Smt.Pidathala Sai Kalpana Reddy(Telugudesam)
• 2004 - Sri.Pagadala Ramaiah(Congress)
• 2009 - Sri.Anna Venkata Ram Babu(Praja Rajyam Party)

Giddaluru website

Education

Giddalur has a good lot of both Government and private educational institutes.

Giddalur is center of studies for all villages around Giddalur. There are very old and best schools in Giddalur:

1. SV Arts and Science College
2. Montessori Public School
3. Archana High School
4. Sarma High School
5. Anusha Public School
6. Ashajyothi Public School
7. Arunodaya Public School
8. Akshara School
9. Don Bosco public school
10. Trinity School
11. Triveni Public School etc.
12. Giddalur public school
13. Madhava Reddy e-techno School
14. Chanakya residential School
15. Arunateja children school

Colleges are as follows

1. Sri JeevanaJyothi Junior&Degree colleges
2. Srinivasa Degree college
3. Sai Vikram Junior college
4. Sri Vivekananda Junior&Degree colleges
5. Rajarajeswari college of education[B.Ed]
6. St.Paul's college of education [B.Ed,M.Ed,D.Ed]

Historical places

• Sri Jeevana Murthy Swami Temple Located at Anumula Palli Village is very famous temple.
• Surabehswara Kona is one of the historical places near to Giddalur where Ravana made pooja for 100,000 Shivalinga at the time of his return journey to Lanka with Sita.
• Cumbhum Lake is very famous tourist location.
• Ramapuram: There is also a famous temple called ,Sri Sidhi Bharaveshwara Temple which is 15 km from Giddalur. It exactly falls in between cumbum and Giddalur. It is accessible by both Rail and Road.
• Cumbum tank is the historical irrigation man made tank formed by damming the Gundlakamma river by earthen bund, which is the highest in the Presidency (80 ft), with 100 yards length. The tank spread over an area of 9 square miles (23 km²), and irrigates 6,944 acres (28.10 km²) with over 3,500 acres (14 km²) is second cropped in a good year.A more successful work is the Cumbum tank, formed under native rule by damming a gorge of the Gundlakamma river.
• Pathala Nageshwara Swamy temple is located in Giddalur, in which the statue of Lord Siva is in a cave. Celebrations are held here at every festival.
• Nemaligundla Rangaswamy temple is another major temple 30 kilometers away from Giddalur. There is a lake here.
• There is a pleasant train route from Giddalur to Nandyal, which goes through a tunnel for about 1.5 kilometres and this tunnel is a straight one tunneled though huge rocks and hills.
• Giddalur's the place which is situated in the pleasant embrace of the great Nallamala forest which is the primary forest region in Andhra Pradesh.
• Vasavi High School

Villages

Ranga Swamy Gundam

• There are many villages surrounding giddalur which are as follows

1.'Nemiligundla Ranga Swamy' రంగస్వామి గుండం_{(peaceful area)} 2.'Vellupalli' వెల్లుపల్లె_{(Tiger's village)} 3.Jayaramapuram 4.Vengalareddy palli 5.Ambavaram_{{Ayodya Ramalayam }} 6.Uppalapadu[ఉప్పలపాడు] 7.Rangareddy palli 8.Cherlopalli 9.Daddawada 10.Kothapalli[Gudimetta Post] 11.Gudimetta 12.Ankireddypalli 13.Motu 14.Thaticherla 15.Mokshagundam 16.Pandillapalli 17.Edavalli 18.Alasandalapalli 19.Satvelu 20.VoddulavaaguPaalli 21.Ramapuram 22.Thimmapuram 23.Kothapalli[Thimmapuram] 24.Racharla,mandal 25.Anumalveedu 26.Gangampalli 27.Palakaveedu 28.Anumalapalli 29.J.pullalacheruvu 30.Achampeta 31.Akaveedu 32.Chollaveedu 33.Turimella 34.Kongalaveedu 35.Kristamchettypalli 36.Diguvametta 37.Kondapetta 38.Pamulapalli 39 .adimurthi palli 40.obulareddy palli 41.Doddam Palli

History

Giddalur is also known as Moodu Zillala Muddubidda because it was initially in Kadapa and later it was in Kurnool district and now it is in Prakasam Disrict. Giddalur is famous for Ongole Gittalu which are now hardly available.

References

You can see full details about Giddaluru at www.giddaluru.com Giddaluru website

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