Pakala, Chittoor

Pakala
—  town  —
Pakala Location of Pakala in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	13°28′00″N 79°07′00″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Chittoor
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 394 metres (1,293 ft)

Not to be confused with Pakala (Prakasam district).

Pakala or Pakal is a town and Mandal headquarters in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It has lot of villages around from where the people have become very popular in India. So many young stars are at very good positions in software industry in USA and UK.

There is a big pond in this town which known as "pakala Cheruvu". The people in this town speak Telugu language, which is the second most spoken language in India after Hindi. Lord Siva temple on the hill every one celebrates the sivaratri here in a grand way.

Geography

Pakala is located at 13.4667°N 79.1167°E / 13.4667; 79.1167. It has an average elevation of 394 meters (1295 feet). We can reach there by train from Tirupati which is 40 km away and from Chittoor 28 km. It also have an exciting climate with its beauty and hills around it. One can find Railway Quarters there with long streets and trees along the roads.

And many of them are settled in all over the country. Its tollywood shooting spot many movies were shot there.

Railways

Pakala is a railway junction on the Tirupati - Dharmavaram route, with one line branching off to Katpadi, via Chittoor. It is a picturesque place as well, surrounded by hills all around. The railway colony here has a colonial hangover, with a majority of the quarters built in the days of the British Raj, complete with their sloping roofs and huge wooden doors. This place occupied a place of pride, with its steam loco shed and also, as an important railway junction. Alas, the steam shed is long gone, with only the sign STEAM LOCO SHED left behind. Nothing is left of the shed now, save for the walls, and the roof beams. A steam loco tender with the markings ‘WATER TANK’ now stands on one of the yard lines, a mute reminder to the power & glory of yesteryears.

Near Pakala town, the famous piligrim place is Subramanyam Swamy Temple, located at the top of the Palyam hill in Vootlavari Palli Village. The prominent surnames from this village are 'Velakaturi' and 'Sri Ramaneni'. There is an ancient Lord Murugan / Karthikeya (Subramanya Swami S/o Lord Shiva) temple. Lots of movie shootings takes place in this temple. The movies made on the premises of this temple were Padaharella Vayasu, Adavi Donga, Janaki Ramudu, Assembly Rowdy, Rowdy Gari Pellam etc.

Vootlavari Palli

There is one ancient temple of Lord Shiva (Gurrappa Devudu), built by Velakaturi's forefathers called as "Devarillu". On Every Sivarathri festival, the temple is decorated well and puja is performed. People from all over the India and foreign countries use to visit the holy sacred temple.

Palagutta Palli

Palgutta Palli is Panchyat head quarter for Palagutta Palli, Venkatrama puram, Cheruvumundara Kottoor,Yellam Palli and Varadppa naidu peta.Palagutta Palli surroundeby mago gardens and mountains.