Giddaluru or Giddalur is a Nagar Panchayat and mandal in Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Geography
Giddalur is Located on the Guntur - Nandyal Highway. Giddalur is located at 15°21′00″N 78°55′00″E / 15.3500°N 78.9167°E / 15.3500; 78.9167.[1] It has an average elevation of 253 meters (833 ft).
Giddalur is a municipality, and had population of 26,997 in 2001 census.[2] Giddalur is border for kurnool district, Cuddapah district,prakasham district. We have four theateres available in Giddalur town. Giddalur is very nearer to Nallamalla Forest (Beautiful places in the forest).
Assembly Constituency
Giddalur is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.
Giddaluru organization
List of Elected Members:[3]
- 1952 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
- 1957 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
- 1962 - Sri.Edula Balarami Reddy
- 1967 - Sri.Pandu Ranga Reddy
- 1972 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
- 1978 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
- 1983 - Sri.Mudiam Peera Reddy
- 1985 - Sri.Pidathala Ranga Reddy
- 1989 - Sri.Yalluri Venkata Reddy
- 1994 - Sri.Pidathala Rambhupal Reddy(Telugudesam)
- 1999 - Sri.Pidathala Vijayakumar Reddy(Telugudesam)
- 2001 - Smt.Pidathala Sai Kalpana Reddy(Telugudesam)
- 2004 - Sri.Pagadala Ramaiah(Congress)
- 2009 - Sri.Anna Venkata Ram Babu(Praja Rajyam Party Now it is Congress)
Giddaluru website
giddalur major panchayat
- Sarpanch 2006-2011 Sivapuram Surendra Kumar BE Civil
- Vice Sarpanch 2006-2011 SA Rakeeb
- S.V.I.T.I
Education
Giddalur has a good lot of both Government and private educational institutes.
Giddalur is center of studies for all villages around Giddalur. There are very old and best schools in Giddalur:
- Zilla Parishad High School - Boys
- Zilla Parishad High School - Girls
- SV Arts and Science College
- Montessori Public School
- Sri Vijayavani English Medium School
- Ashajyothi Public School
- Arunodaya Public School
- Giddalur public school
- Madhava Reddy e-techno School
- Chanakya residential School
- Arunateja children school
- Surya Vidya Niketan
- Anusha Public School
- Prasna Coaching Center
- Mother Terissa Memorial School
- St.Bridget's School
Colleges are as follows
- Sahiti Junior College
- Srinivasa Degree college
- Sai Vikram Junior college
- Sri Vivekananda Junior&Degree colleges
- Rajarajeswari college of education[B.Ed]
- St.Paul's college of education [B.Ed,M.Ed,D.Ed]
- Sri Sai Chaitanya Junior College
- SVJR college(Very Old College)
- Sai Sri Mahila Junior College
- Sri JeevanaJyothi Junior&Degree colleges
Historical places
- There was an old temple in krishnam setty palle it was 5 km at beside the nandyal to giddalur highway it is "bheema lingeswara swami temple".
- Sri Nemiligundla Rangaswami Temple J P Cheruvu, near Nalamala Forest with great water falls (Rangaswami gundam), Its one of the state greatest Temple, and tourism spot.
- Sri Kodanda Rama Swami Temple located at Burujupalli holds an annual Srirama Navami festival bull fight (edla pandelu), organized on grand scale.
- Sri Jeevana Murthy Swami Temple Located at Anumula Palli Village is very famous temple.
- Surabehswara Kona is one of the historical places near to Giddalur where Ravana made pooja for 100,000 Shivalinga at the time of his return journey to Lanka with Sita.
- Cumbhum Lake is very famous tourist location.
- Ramapuram: There is also a famous temple called, Sri Sidhi Bharaveshwara Temple which is 15 km from Giddalur. It exactly falls in between cumbum and Giddalur. It is accessible by both Rail and Road.
- Cumbum tank is the historical irrigation man made tank formed by damming the Gundlakamma river by earthen bund, which is the highest in the Presidency (80 ft), with 100 yards length. The tank spread over an area of 9 square miles (23 km2), and irrigates 6,944 acres (28.10 km2) with over 3,500 acres (14 km2) is second cropped in a good year.A more successful work is the Cumbum tank, formed under native rule by damming a gorge of the Gundlakamma river.
- Pathala Nageshwara Swamy temple is located in Giddalur, in which the statue of Lord Siva is in a cave. Celebrations are held here at every festival.
- Nemaligundla Rangaswamy temple is another major temple 30 kilometers away from Giddalur. There is a lake here.
- There is a pleasant train route from Giddalur to Nandyal, which goes through a tunnel for about 1.5 kilometres and this tunnel is a straight one tunneled though huge rocks and hills.
- Giddalur's the place which is situated in the pleasant embrace of the great Nallamala forest which is the primary forest region in Andhra Pradesh.
- There was an old and famous "CHENNA KESHVA SWAMY TEMPLE " in yadavalli (7km from giddalur)
- There was an old and famous "siva temple" in satyavolu (6km from giddalur)
Faith Tribal Welfare Christian Trust in Oddulavagapalle.
Villages
- There are many villages surrounding giddalur which are as follows
- Narava(Ver near to giddalur like 5 km)
- Modam palli(Ver near to giddalur like 1 km)
- 'Nemiligundla Ranga Swamy' రంగస్వామి గుండం(peaceful area)
- 'Vellupalli' వెల్లుపల్లె(Tiger's village)
- Jayaramapuram
- Vengalareddy palli
- Ambavaram{Ayodya Ramalayam }
- Uppalapadu[ఉప్పలపాడు]
- Rangareddy palli(near to giddalur like 5 km)
- Cherlopalli
- Daddawada
- Kothapalli[Gudimetta Post]
- Gudimetta
- Ankireddypalli
- Gundreddi Palli
- Motu(junction)
- Thaticherla
- Mokshagundam
- Pandillapalli
- Edavalli
- Alasandalapalli
- Satvelu
- VoddulavaaguPaalli
- Ramapuram
- Thimmapuram
- Kothapalli[Thimmapuram]
- Kalva palli
- Racharla,mandal
- Palugunti Palli
- Anumalveedu
- Gangampalli
- Palakaveedu
- Anumalapalli
- J.pullalacheruvu
- Achampeta
- Akaveedu
- Chollaveedu
- Turimella
- Kongalaveedu
- Kristamchettypalli
- Diguvametta
- Kondapetta
- Pamulapalli
- adimurthi palli
- Obulapuram
- Doddam Palli
- chettireddy palli
- mittamidapalli
- Mundlapadu (A Major village in Giidaluru Mandal with just 6km from that)
- talapalli
- Burujupalli
- Gadikota
- Sanjeevarayuni Peta
- obulareddy palli
- Kanchi palli
- uyalawada
- yamalapadu
- Ankalammapally
- Podala Kunta Palli (5km from Giddalur)
- Atchampalli(it is a small village near 10km from giddalur)
- Araveeti kota
- Kothur
- Venkatapuram
History
Giddalur is also known as Moodu Zillala Muddubidda because it was initially in Kadapa and later it was in Kurnool district and now it is in Prakasam District.
Giddalur is famous for Ongole Cattle which are now hardly available.
Distances
Distances by road from Giddalur to Major destinations:
References
You can see full details about Giddaluru at www.giddaluru.com
More details about Giddalur region in Giddaluru organization
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