Marripudi

Marripudi is a village(Mandal HeadQuaters) in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Its distance is 62 kilometres from Ongole, the district headquarters of Prakasam District, and is 12 kilometres away from Podili the nearest Taluk. It is situated off the Ongole-Podili State Highway.

Notable features of Marripudi is the hill which is situated about 5 km away from the village, and has a famous deity - "Narasimha swamy", one of the avatars of Vishnu. Legend has it that the deity was installed 500 years ago by a King at the instance of "Narasimhaswamy" in his dream. Every year, during the month of 'magh' according to the Telugu calendar, which comes about February-march time, a festival is held on the hill for more than a weeks time, and thousands of people visit the hill for pilgrimage.

There is a famous siva temple which was built in 17th centuary

The Near by Railway Station is Donakonda which is 46km far away from Marripudi. The population of the Marripudi mandalis is 38229 with 19440 Male and 18789 Female.

Many people who have come from this village became well educated and settled down in nearby cities namely Ongole, Vijayawada, Guntur, and Hyderabad.

External links

• Sneha Diagnostics

It is a Mandal. Villages in this Mandal are:

Ankepalli, Ayyaparaju Palem, Chilamkuru, Chimata, Dharamavaram, Ganjipalem, Garla Peta, Gosukonda Agraharam, Gundla Samudram, Juvvi Gunta, Kakarla, Kellam Palle, Kottur, Kuchipudi, Marripudi, Nirmanapuram, Narsapuram, Pannuru, Raju Palem, Ramayapalem, Sannamur, Thangella, Vallaya Palem, Vankamarri Palem, Vema Varam, Venkata Krishna Puram, Ravillavari palem, Regalagadda

Some essential details of Marripudi are : Households: 1310 Total Population: 6034 Male: 3040 Female: 2994 Literacy Total: 2287 (37.9 %) Male: 1484 (48.82 %) Female: 803 (26.82 %) http://www.ashanet.org/chicago/village/v3/index.html?view_type=village&state_code=28&district_code=18&tehsil_code=0033&village_code=02210000