Gollapudi

Gollapudi
—  village  —
Coordinates
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Krishna
Nearest city	Vijayawada
Parliamentary constituency	Vijayawada
Assembly constituency	Mylavaram
Population	25,000 (2009)
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 521225 • Telephone • +241- • Vehicle • AP16

Gollapudi is a village in Krishna district located to the west of Vijayawada. The population according to 2001 census is 17,845.

Ayyappa Temple is one of the famous temple and first Ayyappa temple in AP called as Andhra Sabarimalai..

Climate and rainfall

The climate of Gollapudi zone is tropical in nature with hot summers and moderate winters. The climate is hot and dry throughout the year. Summers are quite hot with very minor difference between the maximum and minimum temperatures. The climatic cycle can thus be divided into four seasons as:

• Cool months January and February
• Hot months March to July
• Monsoon (S.W) June to September and
• Monsoon (N.E) October to December

Gollapudi and the surrounding areas experience high temperature. The mean daily maximum temperature is 37 °C, while minimum is 27.7 °C in this region. The temperature begins to rise in mid February and May is the hottest month, when temperature reaches even up to 45°C. December and January are usually the months with the lowest.

General facts

Village plan drawn by "Numerous", an English engineer. Gollapudi is called as master plan city. This is one of the few villages in Krishna District where all the roads are perfectly laid with no dead ends.

The village is located by the river side of river Krishna.

And this is the main political center in Vijayawada.

And almost all famous educational institutes established their branches in Gollapudi.

Gullapudi is the village with its natural charm of humanity and greenary. Gullapudi is located on the banks of Thammileru lake in Krishna district. It is 25 km from Nuzvid town and 30 km from the Eluru city. Gullapudi has its own panchyat office and sharing it with the neighbouring village Gudipadu. There are two temples, one for lord Rama and another for lord Krishna. Major crops are Paddy, corn, chillies & Tobaco. It has approximately 2400 voters,yet not developed in many aspects. Patibandala Sriramayya around 1950s has worked for irrigation in this village and many villages around by digging canals (with the help of villagers).

Transport

NH-9 passes through the village, which connects Vijayawada and Hyderabad. And by-pass which connects NH-5 and NH-9 starting from Gollapudi.

Temples

• Abhaya Anjaneya Swamy Temple
• Ayyappa Temple (first temple in Andhra Pradesh)
• Durga Temple (on the banks of River Krishna)
• Lakshmi Narayana Temple (in Lanco Colony)
• Masqeed (one in Gollapudi main village and one more is in Moulanagar, a part of Gollapudi)
• Ramalayam (Harizanawada)
• Ramalayam
• RCM Church
• Sai Baba Temple (in Saipuram Colony,a part of the village.)
• Shivalayam
• Trisakthi Peetam
• Venugopala Swamy Temple
• And many more Churches and Temples