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Proddatur
Proddatur (ప్రొద్దుటూరు)
city
Population
 (2001)
 • Total164,932

Proddatur (Telugu: ప్రొద్దుటూరు) is the second largest town in the Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh state in India. It is renowned[who?] for its gold and cotton business. Legend has that Proddatur was named by lord Sri Rama when going to Sri Lanka.

With a population of more than 200,000 people, it is a grade I municipal corporation[4] located at a distance of 51 kilometres (32 mi) from Kadapa town.

Origins of the town's name

The origins of the town's name is not definitely known, but one possible origin of the town's name is from the Sanskrit Bhradhna-Puri.

Another possible origin can be traced to the great Indian epic Ramayana. The legend states that Lord Rama was on his way back to his homeland Ayodhya from Lanka after killing the demon Ravana. At the onset of dusk, Lord Rama decides to halt on the river bed of the river Penna. At sunset (which translates to poddu in Telugu, the local language) he asked his wife Sita to find a place for them to rest for the night. It is believed that this placed was henceforth called Poddutur or Proddatur.

Yet a third possible origin relates to the sunflowers which used to be quite common in the area. Sunflowers turn to face the sun during the day, and in Telugu, "Poddu Tirugudu" means tuning the face around in day time, which morphed into "Proddatur".

Temples

  1. Shivalayam Temple: The shiva linga in this temple may have been worshipped by sage Agastya, so this temple is also called Agastheswara swami temple. This temple is main temple in proddatur town and it located in middle of the town. Maha-Kavi,Saraswati Putra Putta Parthi Narayanacharya wrote his famous work "Shiva Tanadavam" in this temple.The main festival celebrated is Vijaya Dashami (Dasara).
  2. Rameshwaram Temple: This temple is located on the south side of the town and is called Dakshina Kashi.
  3. Ayyappa Swami Temple: This temple is located on the south side of town on the bank of river PENNA.
  4. Kanyaka Parameswari Aalayam (Amma Vari Shala): This temple is located in Yerraguntla Road.
  5. Chenna Kesava Swamy Temple: This temple is located in Rajabata Veedhi.
  6. Sai Baba Temple: These two temples are in Rameshwaram road and another in Y.M.R colony.
  7. Lord Venkateswara Temple: This temple is located in Bollavaram on the way to Jammalamadugu.
  8. Raja Rajeswari Devi Temple: This temple Is located in Sastry Nagar on the way to Jammalamadugu.
  9. Sri Ramalayam Temple: This is located in Dwaraka Nagar(Acharla colony) on the way to Saraswathi vidyamandir road.
  10. Sri Chowdeswari Temple: This temple is located in srivenkateswarla peta in between i subbareddy road and gita asramam road
  11. Pandu Ranga Swamy Temple: This temple is located in Mydukur road on way to Mydukur
  12. Kodanda Ramaswamy Temple: This temple is located in Vasanthapeta, Proddatur.

mosques

  1. mecca majid : this is located in power house road very old mosque
  2. Noorani Masjid
  3. Siddique Masjid
  4. Nazurullah Math Masjid
  5. Khadar Hussain Masjid
  6. Mohammadiya Masjid
  7. Islampur Masjid
  8. Line Masjid
  9. modempalli Masjid
  10. Ahale Hadees Masjid
  11. Jamiya Masjid

Engineering Colleges =

1. Yogi Vemana University College of Engineering
2. Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology www.cbitedu.com
3. Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology www.vbitedu.com
4. Vaagdevi Institute of Technology and Science www.vitspdtr.ac.in
5. GOWTHAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENTFOR WOMEN
6. Balaji Institute of Technology & Science

Greatness

This is the second largest town in Kadapa District. Dussehra (Vijayadashami) is a special festival here with over a lakh of people visiting the town to witness the celebrations. It comes as the second city in South India to celebrate Dussehra so grandly while Mysore comes first. It has the biggest Kanyaka Parameswari Temple in India. It is well known for its gold business and is also known as second Mumbai. It is also known for faction groups and grenades. It is famous for evening snacks (such as dosa, cutlet, mirchi bajji & fastfoods) and a variety of cold drinks (lassi, sharbath) with local flavour and mouth watering taste. There are 6 engineering colleges in town. There is also a veterinary college which happens to be the second one in the state of Andhra Pradesh. This is an industrial town with some cement industries (Bharathi, Zuari, Dalmia, 2 ICL plants) and a major thermal power station (RTPP) located close by.

Hospitals =

  1. priya bhavana hospitals,Medinova Complex, Nehru Street, Proddatur. 9581965615
  2. kathya nursing home in Gandhi Road,Famous gynecologist hospital in the proddatur.
  3. Govt Hospital Located on the road to Yerraguntla....
  4. Govt Hospital in Devanga Pet near S.C.N.R. Govt. college for arts (Arts College)
  5. Govt Hospital in Shivalayam centre
  6. Prasad Nursing Home Located in Gandhi road on way to Sri Ramula peta
  7. Abhilash Nethra Vaidyashala located in Gandhi road on way to T.B. road
  8. Mahesh Hospital in Godown street (GIDDANGI VEEDHI) on Gandhi Road
  9. Sri Kanth Children Hospital in Vijayanagaram Street in Gandhi road
  10. Mahir Dental Hospital in Sri Ramula peta
  11. Latha Nursing Home
  12. Gautam Hospital in Gandhi Road near Nanda Medicals
  13. Sai Krupa Hospital in Geeta Ashram Road
  14. Ravi Nursing Home, Opp to SBI, Gandhi Road.

MLA'S =

  1. Present (From 2009) M. LINGA REDDY - Telugu Desam Party
  2. 2004 NANDYALA VARADARAJULU REDDY INC
  3. 1999 NANDYALA VARADARAJULA REDDY INC
  4. 1994 NANDYALA VARADARAJULU REDDY INC
  5. 1989 NANDYALA VARADARAJULA REDDY INC
  6. 1985 NANDYALA VARADARAJULU REDDY TDP
  7. 1983 MALLELA RAMANA REDDY INDEPENDENT
  8. 1978 CHANDRA OBULREDDY RAMI REDDY INC(I)
  9. 1972 K. Subba Rao (Indian National Congress)
  10. 1967 - R. Ramasubba Reddy (Indian National Congress)
  11. 1962 - P. Yerramuni Reddy (Independent)
  12. 1957 - R.C. Obul Reddy (Independent)
  13. 1955 - K. Balanarayana Reddy (Indian National Congress)
  14. 1952 - K. Balanarayana Reddy (Indian National Congress)

Geography

Proddatur is on the banks of the river Penna.

Demographics

As of the 2001 Indian census, Proddatur had a population of 164,932.[1]

Males constitute 50.2% of the population and females constitute 49.8%. Proddatur has an average literacy rate of 63.8%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 73.2%, and female literacy is 54.3%. In Proddatur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.[1]

Transportation

The town is well connected by road to surrounding towns. Namely Mydukur, Jammalamadugu, Yerraguntla & Korrapadu.

The nearest railway station is Yerraguntla, located 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the town and on the Mumbai-Chennai railway line. There is another railway station located on jammalamadugu road, 3km away from town.

A new railway station is under construction in Proddatur on the bypass road of Dorasani Palli near Jammalamadugu Road towards Rameshwaram from the town to [[Nandyal]]. Shortly this railway line would be commenced. Furhter, Railways accepted for Cumbum(Prakasam district) - Proddatur railway line in 2010 Railways Budget and a survey was underway.


On the other hand APSRTC has been commencing many buses to some and such parts of the state, not only to main cities like Vijayawada, Hyderabad but also Kurnool, Kadapa, Tirupati etc., There were also buses to other states like Tamil Nadu(Chennai), Karnataka(Banglore).

There were private travels like K.M.R Travels, Diwakar Travels, Sri Kaleswari Travels, AR&BCVR Tavels, BBVR travels and Lakshmi Travels which comences buses to all over the state.

Auto facility is very famous in the town with a minimum charge of 7 rupees per head.

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ a b c Template:GR
  2. ^ "STD Codes (Andhra Pradesh)". Sarkaritel. 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  3. ^ "IndiaPost - Pincode Search - Proddatur". New Delhi, India: India Post. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
  4. ^ "Census India - ALPHABETICAL LIST OF TOWNS AND THEIR POPULATION - ANDHRA PRADESH" (PDF). India: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner. Retrieved 2009-10-19.

External links

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