Palnadu is a cultural region in southern Andhra Pradesh.
Get in
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[edit]- 1 Narasaraopet SCoR .
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Map of Palnadu
See and do
[edit]- 1 Ethipothala Falls (11 km (7 miles) from Nagarjuna Sagar). The water here is used for crocodile breeding.
- 2 Garikapadu. A small village near Madhira and Wyra. It has approximately 1000 houses, which includes the 700 houses of Kammas (Chowdaries) and 150 houses of members of Scheduled Castes and 150 houses of members of Scheduled Tribes from the lower castes. About 80% of the lands are owned by the Kammas. They take the help of people from lower caste. This is the main resources of earning for the people of lower caste. One of the main incomes in the village is milk from buffalos. A unique thing about the village is its water system. Britishers dug the big canal from Vijayawada to Madras. “Krista kaluva” canal, originally named “Bakim Ham” Canal, is 480 km long. In this canal 2 cusecs of water will pass, the total cultivated land depends on this canal.
- 3 Guttikonda Caves (Dakshina Kashi). A place of deep mystery attracting many tourists to explore.
- 4 Kollur Mine. One of the sites on the Godavari-Krishna delta region where some of the most famous diamonds were found, collectively called the "Golconda diamonds" after the diamond trading centre in Telangana. Sadly, the original mine is submerged by 50 ft (15 m) of water for most of the year due to the Pulichinthala irrigation project.
- 5 Nagarjunakonda. One of the Buddhist sites in Andhra Pradesh, on an island created by the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. It is not directly accessible from the state highway, and you have to take a ferry to reach there.
- 6 Trikoteswara Swamy Temple, Kotappakonda. A Shiva temple atop a sacred hill. Its original name is Kondakavuru, but is more popularly known as Kotappakonda or Trikutaparvatham, a three-peaked hill nearby. Though surrounded by other hills, the three hills, also known by the names of Trikutachalam or Trikutadri, can be distinctly seen from a distance from any direction. The three peaks are named after the Hindu Triumvirate, Brahma, Vishnu and Maheswara. The annual Shivaratri gathering here is one of the largest in Andhra Pradesh.
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[edit]- A1 Grand, Narasaraopet (Near Kadiyala Hospital), [email protected].
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