Nellore
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Nellore is the headquarters of the Nellore district, the southern most coastal district in the state Andhra Pradesh, in India. The area of the district is 13076 km². It is situated on the south east corner of Andhra Pradesh, on the bank of river Penna or Pennar. The district is bound by Bay of Bengal in the east and Tamil Nadu in the south.
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History
Nellore district formed part of the composite Madras State till 1st October 1953. On 1st November 1956 when the states were reorganised on a linguistic basis this district came under the Andhra Pradesh State.
Nellore was also known as Vikramasimhapuri. Historically, the place is very important. Culturally, Nellore town stands unique among the other towns of Andhra Pradesh as it is supposed to be the place where the greatest of the Telugu poets, Tikkana Somayaji, who translated the Mahabharata into Telugu, lived. Potti Sriramulu, Telugu patriot and activist, who fasted to death for the formation of Andhra Pradesh state within the Indian Union was from Nellore. Nellore is also a commercial centre, as it lies between the cities of Vijayawada and Chennai.
Trivia
Nellore is most famous for its paddy cultivation. It is known as the rice bowl of India. It is also famous for the aqua culture along the Bay of Bengal.
Nellore is also famous for its temples, most magnificent among them is Ranganatha swami Temple.
Telugu films are hugely popular in Nellore and there are abundant number of movie theatres, incidentally, the popular telugu movie star, Chiranjeevi, studied at this place.
List of Movie Theaters
- Archana 70 mm AC
- Nartaki
- Krishna
- Kaveri
- Kalyani
- Venkataramana
- Radha
- Madhav
- Kanakamahal
- Vinayaka
Educational Institutions
Nellore is also famous for its educational institutions. The notable ones are:
- Narayana
- Ratnam
- Venkatagiri Raja's College (VRC)
- Sarvodaya College
- Dodala Kousalyamma Women's College (DKW)
Nellore mandals
Nellore district is divided into Mandals the list is as follows:
- Seetharamapuram
- Varikuntapadu
- Kondapuram
- Jaladanki
- Kavali
- Bogole
- Kaligiri
- Vinjamur
- Duttalur
- Udayagiri
- Marripadu
- Atmakur
- Anumasamudrampeta
- Dagadarthi
- Allur
- Kodavalur
- Buchireddipalem
- Sangam
- Chejerla
- Ananthasagaram
- Kaluvoya
- Rapur
- Podlakur
- Nellore
- Kovur
- Indukurpet
- Thotapalligudur
- Muthukur
- Venkatachalam
- Manubolu
- Sydapuram http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydapuram
- Dakkili
- Venkatagiri
- Balayapalle
- Ojili
- Chillakur
- Kota
- Vakadu
- Chittamur
- Naidupeta
- Pellakur
- Doravarisatram
- Sullurpeta
- Tada
External links
Map of Nellore (http://www.thebharat.com/maps/andhrapradesh/html/apdistrict/nellore/nelloredis.html)