Proddatur

Proddatur ప్రొద్దుటూరు
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Proddatur Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 14°44′N 78°33′E / 14.73°N 78.55°E / 14.73; 78.55Coordinates: 14°44′N 78°33′E / 14.73°N 78.55°E / 14.73; 78.55
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Region	Rayalaseema
District	Kadapa-Dt
Elevation	155 m (509 ft)
Population (2001)[1]
• Total	164,932
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	516360 / 516361 [2]
Telephone code	08564[3]
ISO 3166 code	[[ISO 3166-2:IN|]]
Vehicle registration	AP-04
Sex ratio	1.008 ♂/♀
Literacy	63.8%
Website	{{URL|example.com|optional display text}}

Proddatur is the second largest town and an urban agglomeration in Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh state in India. The urban agglomeration (metropolitan area) includes Proddatur town, Bollavaram, Gopavaram, Modameedipalle and Rameswaram. The town is referred to as the “Second Bombay” because of the volume of gold and cotton business that happens there and as "Second Mysore" because of the grand Dasara festival celebrations.^[4]

According to 2011 census, it has apopulation of more than 150,000 in the town and more than 200,000 in the metropolitan area.^[5] The town is a Grade I municipal corporation^[6] and is located 51 kilometres (32 mi) away from the district capital, Kadapa.

Geography

Proddatur is on the banks of river Penna. Its neighbouring towns include Mydukur, Duvvur, Jammalamadugu, Yerraguntla and Korrapadu.

Demographics

According to provisional reports of 2011 census, Proddatur town has a population of 162,816 of which 115,011 are literates and the metropolitan area has a population of 217,895 of which 147,156 are literates.^[5]

According to the official census ten years back (2001), the metropolitan area had a population of 164,932 with 12% of population under 6 years of age.^[1] According to this census, males constituted 50.2% of the population and females constituted 49.8% and proddatur had a literacy rate of 63.8%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy was 73.2% and female literacy was 54.3%.^[1]

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Transportation

The town is well connected by rail and road.

The nearest railway station is Yerraguntla, located 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) from the town and on the Mumbai-Chennai railway line. A new railway station is under construction in Proddatur on the bypass road in Dorasani Palli area near Jammalamadugu Road. Shortly this railway line would be commenced. Indian Railways accepted a proposal for Cumbum (Prakasam district) - Proddatur railway line in 2010 and started a survey. The construction of the Railway Line had been completed n yet to be "START".

Govt-owned A.P.S.R.T.C runs buses to many cities and town of the state and also to other states of India.

There are private travels like K.M.R. Travels, Diwakar Travels, Sri Kaleswari Travels, AR & BCVR Tavels, BBVR travels ,Indu travels and sree Lakshmi Travels which provide bus services to all major cities in the state.

There are numerous auto-rickshaws in the town with an affordable fixed rate of 7 rupees per head on some routes. Busses are running frequently to different places from Proddatur.

Places of worship

Temples^[9]

1. Sivalayam: Located at the centre of the town. The shiva linga in this temple may have been worshipped by sage Agasthya, so this temple is also called Agastheshwaralayam. This temple is Maha-Kavi Saraswati Putra Putta Parthi Narayanacharya wrote his famous work "Shiva Tanadavam" in this temple. The main festival celebrated is Vijayadashami (Dasara). There is another smaller Sivalayam temple located in the outskirts of Narasimhapuram and Pedda Settipalli villages.
2. Kanyaka Parameswari Aalayam Located on Yerraguntla Road.Late Sri KAMI SETTY KONDIAH SRESTY was a devoted and a great Vysya here, one day Knayaka Parameswari dawned into his dream and asked her to build a temple in this town. Accordingly a vast temple for her ……………., built in the year 1890. A.D. From then the “Shala” as it is popularly known expanded traditionally ^[10]
3. Rameshwaram Temple: Possibly the oldest temple in Proddatur and is also called "Dakshina Kasi". There is a saying that the people who visit Kasi should visit Rameswaram in Proddatur, to complete their holy journey.
4. Ayyappa Swamy Temple: Beautiful Temple located on the bank of Penna river near Palakendhram Milk Factory (PMF) Quarters.
5. Chenna Kesava Swamy Temple: Ancient temple located in Rajabata Veedhi near Old Market.
6. Datta Peetham a.k.a. Satyanarayana Swamy Temple: Located in Y.M.R colony. Temple has also the deities of YogiRaja Vallabha Datta, Siva shankar reddy at dorasani palli road proddatur, Goddess Chamundeswari, Lord Hanuman and newly installed Yoga Naarasimha and Sudarshana idols. The Sudarshana idol is first of its kind in Andhra Pradesh. Avadhoota Datta Peetham (Mysore) took over the temple responsibilities in late 1980s.
7. Sai Baba Temples: One located in Rameswaram road (First Baba Temple in Kadapa District) and another in Y.M.R colony. S Narayanamma was founder of Baba Temple at Rameswaram(Vasantha peta). Established 40 years back with small Sai Baba Idol, Later renovated in 1989 along with replacement of Big Idol(present) made of Jaipur marble. Presently temple is maintained by M Pulla Reddy and Varalakshmi(Son in Law and daughter of Narayanamma).
8. Lord Venkateshwara Temple: Located in Bollavaram on the way to Jammalamadugu. This temple got its recognition after reconstruction. During Pongal, many cultural activities take place at this temple.
9. Nookalola Gudi: Located near old market. Lalitha devi and Lord Venkateswara are the deities in this temple. Nookalola is the family name of the key devotee involved.
10. Anjaneya temple :located in old market.
11. Sri Ramalayam Temple: Located in Dwaraka Nagar (Acharla colony) on the way to Saraswathi Vidyamandir road.
12. Sri Chowdeswari Temple: Located in Sri Venkateswarla peta in between Subbareddy road and Gita asramam road.
13. Pandu Ranga Swamy Temple: Located on Mydukur road.
14. Kodanda Ramaswamy Temples: One located in Vasanthapeta and another in Dwarakanagar (Acharla colony).
15. Narasimha Swami Temple: Historical temple located in Narasimhapuram village, 5 km from Proddatur. During every Sankranthi festival and Narasimha Jayanthi, bhajans and events take place at this temple. It got its recognition after renovation in 2001. This village is also famous for Silk sarees.
16. Veera Brahmendra swamy temple: Located in Achari colony.
17. Sri Rajarajeshwari Temple its located at Sastri Nagar n its beautifully Renovated at 2009 & as well as beside's that Lord Shiva's Temple had been bought up at 2010...
18. Sri Saraswathi Devi Temple,Srinivasa Nagar,Proddatur.

Mosques

1. Khadar Hussain Masjid
2. Quba Masjid
3. Noorani Masjid
4. Siddique Masjid
5. Nazurullah Math Masjid
6. Ahle Hadees Masjid
7. Mohammadiya Masjid
8. Islampur Masjid
9. Line Masjid
10. Modempalli Masjid
11. Mecca Masjid
12. Jamiya Masjid: Possibly the oldest mosque in Proddatur and located at Gauni circle
13. Matti Masjid
14. Dastagiri peta Masjid
15. Bilal Masjid
16. Darga Masjid
17. Usman Masjid
18. Madeena Masjid
19. Eliyas masjid
20. started

Churches

1. Bethanaiah Prayer House Church, Vijayanagaram Street
2. The Pentacoste Mission Church, Auto Nagar
3. Shalom Church, Gandhi Road
4. SPG Church-1 Mydukur Road
5. SPG Church-11 Korrapadu Road
6. SPG Church-111 Dorasanipalli
7. SPG Church Budddyapalli
8. RCM Church
9. C.S.I Church, Sai Kuteer Road

Higher Education Institutions

1. YSR Engineering college of Yogi Vemana University, at Korrapadu road
2. S C N R Government Arts College
3. Srinivasa institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences
4. Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology
5. Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology

1. Vaagdevi Institute of Technology and Science
2. Gowthami Institute of Technology & Management for Women
3. Balaji Institute of Technology & Science
4. Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University College
5. Sri Venkateswara degree college
6. Osmania Degree College
7. Government Engineering College (Under Construction)
8. Rani Tirumala Devi Degree College
9. D.A.W Degree College
10. S K S C Degree College
11. Sadhana Degree College
12. Lepakshi Degree College
13. Sri Vedavyasa Junior and Degree College
14. Government Polytechnic College
15. Swati Degree College

Hospitals

[[# Priya Bhavana hospitals, Medinova Complex, Nehru Street,{DR.B.VENKATA RAMANA REDDY MD DM(NEURO)}(Neuro physician) .]]

1. Sreenivasa Hospital(Dr.Sreenivas Reddy & Dr. Rama Devi), Gandhi Road.
2. Nagarjuna Hospital (Dr.Nandyala Nagargarjuna Yadav - Pediatrician) Opp:Prasadreddy Hosipital
3. CNR Nursinghome Gandhiroad Near Gandhi statue Dr.Padmaja Gynaecologist Dr.Pratapreddy Surgeon
4. Prasad Reddy nursing home (Surgeon) at junction of Gandhi Road and Sreeramula Pet
5. Naga Dastagiri Reddy hospital (Surgeon) in Holmespet
6. Ramalinga Reddy Hospital (Pediatrician) in Holmespet
7. Lakshmi Narasaiah Hospital (Surgeon) in Holmespet
8. Nikhil Nursing Home Dr. G.R.Nagi Reddy(Pediatrician) and Dr. P. Uma Devi (Gynecologist) in Holmespet
9. Sailaja nursinghome (Dr. N. Ranga Reddy - Pediatrician) in Subbareddy Nagar
10. Swarup Eye Hospital and Laser Center (Dr. Ramamuni Reddy - Ophthalmology, Dr. Swarup Reddy - Ophthalmologist, Dr. Dhana Lakshmi - Gynecology) on T.B Road
11. Kathya nursing home (Dr. Naga Lakshmi - Gynecologist) on SWAYAM SEVAK STREET
12. Govt General Hospital with 300-bed facility and Emergency Care on Yerraguntla Road
13. Government Maternity Hospital (Kaanpula asupathri) in Sreeramula Pet
14. Govt Hospital near S.C.N.R. Govt College for Arts in Devanga Pet
15. Thyagaraja Reddy Hospital located on Jammalamadugu Road
16. Abhilash Nethra Vaidyashala (Ophthalmologist) on Gandhi road
17. Mahesh Hospital in Godown street (Giddangi Veedhi), Gandhi Road
18. Sreekanth Children's Hospital in Vijayanagaram Street, Gandhi Road
19. Padma Nursing Home (Dr. Koduru Prabhakar Reddy - Pediatrician) in Vedurla Bazaar
20. The Dental Clinic (Dr. Sundarrami Reddy, Dr. Varun Reddy) in Sreeramula Pet
21. Mahir Dental Hospital in Sreeramula Pet
22. Latha Nursing Home
23. Gautam Hospital in Gandhi Road near Nanda Medicals ( Headed my Dr. G. Suresh Kumar M.D. and Dr G. Sujana M.D. )
24. Sai Krupa Hospital (Dr. Ravi Chandra Reddy, General Med and Cardilogist on Geeta Ashram Road
25. Ravi Nursing Home (Dr. Rajaram Mohan Reddy), Opp. SBI on Gandhi Road
26. Swetha Nursing Home (Dr. Sridhar Reddy & Dr. Lakshmi) Super Bazaar Road
27. Satish Nursing Home (Dr.Rupa) Gandhi Road

Entertainment

1. Sri Rajarajeshwari Multiplex
2. Araveti Theater
3. Anwar Theater
4. Archana Theater
5. Bharath Theater
6. Mini Bharath Theater
7. B.V.S Theater
8. Chand Theater
9. Sudha Theater
10. Venkateswara Theater
11. Vijay Kumar Theater (Temporarily closed)

Poets

1. Late Shri Puttaparthi Narayanacharya (Renowned Poet also well known as Saraswati Putra)
2. Gadiyaram Venkata Sesha Sastry
3. Rajanna Kavi (Famous Poet, Mastered in Ashtavadhanam)
4. Narala Rama Reddy
5. ‘Sathavadhani’ Subbanna (Mastered in Sathavadhanam and famous for Avadhanam with Well Known

Poets Like Puttaparthi Narayanacharya, Gadiyaram Venkata Sesha Sastry, of his Period]

Writers

1. Jinka Subramanyam(Popular Writer and Former President of Kadapa District Writers Association, secretary puttaparthi sahithipeetam)
2. Dr. Rangapuram Mallesudu[Submitted "Mahabharathamlovidhyavidhanam" in Telugu as thesis for doctorate and translated it into English as "The sysytem of education in the mahabharata","yadhuvamsavibhavam" in Telugu, yadhuvamsavibhavam audio cassette, and many other books]
3. p.v.ramarao commertial writer serialised two novels"THE ATTACK" & "POOLUMULLU" in andhrabhoomi weekly & many shortstories.

Notable residents

• Santha Kumari- South Indian drama and movie actress
• Puttaparthi Narayanacharya- Poet, also known as Saraswati Putra
• Padmanabham - Famous Telugu comedian
• Gouru Tirupati Reddy - Vastu Shastra exponent, titled as Vastu Ratnakaram
• Pagidi Venkata Ranga Reddy - Rtd Dist.Sessions Judge, also known as P.V.Ranga Reddy Famous for his spech delivery and literature.
• Gurivi Reddy^[11] - 2nd highest blood donor in Asia. Donated his blood 128 times before being advised by doctors to stop it when he reached the age of 65. Also motivated about 5,000 persons to donate blood.
• Krishnavenamma Ganti (1910-96) – A Great Poet and a writer she started writing poems and articles in Telugu magazines like Bharathi, Trilinga and especially Grihalakshmi, a monthly journal published by late Dr. K. N. Kesari at his Lodhra press at Madras. She received Grihalakshmi Swarnakankanam award for her contribution to Telugu Literature for her book “Sri Gnanaprasunambika Satakam”.She published later several books of which notable are: 1. Sairandhri a criticism of the characters of Mahabharatha through the eyes of Sairandhri (Draupadi) 2. Dhuryodhanuni Atmagatam which is opposite point of view of Dhuryodhana, 3. Pavana Sandesam, 4. Sri Rajarajeswari Satakam , and 5. Talapotha, poems written upon seeing the ruins of Hampi. She was awarded “Sri Gadiyaram Venkatasheshasastri” memorial prize. Her prabhanda kavya “Girijakalyanam” was got published with the financial assistance of Andhra Kala Parishad. The Andhra Sahitya Kala Parishad awarded her in 1978 for her literary work.
• Ganti Dattatreya - One of the leading advocates from Proddatur, Who had practiced law for many years and also had provided free legal services for the poor. He passed away at the age of 84.

Schools

Sl.No. School Name

1. ^[12]sri kasetti chinna venkata subbaiah high school
2. Sri Ramana Maharshi High School
3. St. Joseph’s Convent English Medium High School
4. Islamic Public School
5. Peace International School
6. Blue Birds
7. Cha Cha Nehru
8. Everest
9. Geethanjali
10. Gopi Krishna Inter National School
11. Gautam High School
12. Infants
13. Jeevan Jyothi
14. Kaveri
15. Little Angles
16. Maharshi Public School
17. Modern
18. Montessori
19. Mourya
20. Nagarjuna
21. Nalandha
22. Parameswara
23. Pragathi
24. Raghavendra
25. Ravindra
26. Rayalaseema
27. Sangameswara
28. Saraswathi(Satyam)
29. Saraswathi(Venkatesh)
30. Sarojini
31. SBMHS
32. Scholars High School
33. Seven Hills
34. Sharada
35. Shavali
36. Sidhartha
37. Subhash High School
38. TVR
39. Ushodaya
40. Vagdevi
41. Vasista
42. Vedavyasa
43. Venkateswara
44. Victory
45. Vidyanikethan
46. Vikas
47. Pooja International School
48. Vani Vidyalayam
49. Saraswati Vidyamandhiram
50. Kassetti High School (SKCVS)
51. Oliviya
52. Aditya High School
53. Queenmarys
54. Sapthagirisha
55. Vidyarthi public school
56. Sree Narayana
57. PMC
58. Govt. – 2
59. BC Hostels – 2
60. SC Hostels – 6
61. ST Hostels – 1
62. Rayalaseema High School
63. Bhashyam Educational Institutions
64. Sri Chaitanya techno school
65. Narayana E-Tecno School
66. Sarada High School
67. Anjali E.M School

Typewriting Institutes

1. Sreenivasa Typewriting Institute
2. Sreevani Typewriting Institute
3. Sri Sainath Typewriting Institute
4. Sri Venkateswara Typewriting Institute
5. Ganesh Typewriting Institute
6. Sathavahana Typewriting Institute
7. GR Computer Coaching Centre ( Gandhi Road)

Trivia

• It is well known for its gold business and is also known as second Mumbai for this reason.
• That's why this place is known as "CITY OF GOLD"
• This is the second largest town in Kadapa District.
• Legend states that Lord Rama installed Lord Shiva's Linga form of deity from the sand in the bank of Penna River. A temple was built over it and that area was named Rameswaram. Even today, the hand prints on the Shiva Linga is believed to be of Lord Rama.
• Dasara (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 Dasara so grandly while Mysore comes first.
• It has the biggest Kanyaka Parameswari Temple in India.
• It is also known for faction groups and grenades.
• It is known for Shukur Biryani, Irani Tea, Tanged Palley sweets (made using a special ghee)http://tangedupallisweets.yolasite.com/, variety of dosas and cold drink called sharbath (made from the roots of a tree).
• The veternary college here happens to be the second one in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
• This is an industrial town with chemical and cement industries (Zuari, Dalmia, ICL).
• A major thermal power station, Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project (RTPP), is located close by.
• Both Proddatur town and metropolitan area have a near-perfect sex ratio of 1001 and 999 respectively.^[5]
• Origin of the town's name: The origins of the town’s name is not definitely known, but there are 4 possible origins:

1. Sanskrit origin – The belief is that Sankara sent down a small flow of water from his rounded plaits (Jatas) where he stored the Holy Ganges, to this town of “Bhradhnapuri” which later was named Proddatur meaning almost the same in Telugu. Bradhna is Sanskrit for proddu in Telugu, which means Surya.
2. Lord Rama’s stopping place – According to one legend, the origin of this town’s name is related 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 Podduturu or Proddatur.
3. ”Bush Town” – Another possible origin of the town’s name is from the large bushes which used to cover the land. In Telugu, these are known as podalu. It was, hence, named 'podalu ooru' (podalu town), which became ‘Podalakuru’, and later ‘Proddaturu’.
4. Sunflowers facing the sun – Yet another 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 poddu thirugudu in means tuning the face around in day time. This morphed into "Proddatur".

• The famous dosa place near Amma varasala Temple. It costs start from 30 to 300INR.
• Our Town had a VIDYARTH ORPHAN CHILDREN HOME at Jmd Road, Opp RCM church. to protect the orphan children who are on roads.
• Our Town had a CHEYUTHA EDUCATIONAL & WELFARE SOCIETY, Potti Sreeramulu Centre to distribute scholarships to the merit students
• APSRTC Enquiry phone no :+919701450229, 08564-244199, +91 9848532089
• More: http://www.veethi.com/places/proddatur-andhra-pradesh-place-34.htm, http://www.jantareview.com/Proddatur
• Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/proddatur

References

External links

• APSRTC Bus Timings
• WikiMapia entry
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