Addanki is a Municipal city in Bapatla district of the Indian State, Andhra Pradesh. Addanki North is the

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

headquarters of Addanki mandal in chirala revenue division.

Geography

Addanki located at . It has an average elevation of 24 meters (82 ft). It is located between

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() and Ongole () and Chialakaluripet () and Narasaraopet () and Vijayawada () Addanki is located in the bank of Gundlakamma river. This river is the main resource of drinking water for Addanki,

History

Addanki is an important region in the

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Addanki inscription

The inscription, a replica of the original one which is excavated near Thousand Pillar Temple of Addanki, stands testimony to a flourishing Telugu literature much before the available literary texts. Locals believe that this is the first poem ever to be written in Telugu. Starting with the Boya campaign, Pandaranga got victories in all military campaigns of his master Gunaga Vijayaditya III. The inscription spoke about the donation of land by the king to him for his successful military exploits. A noted scholar-poet of those times, he had translated Sanskrit poems into Telugu. Historical Temples 1. 1000 Stambala Temple ( near to Bhavani center Junction . This is now destroyed ) 2. Sri Prasannajayaneya Swamy Temple, Singarakonda ( Ongole-Hyderabad Highway) from Addanki Bus stop

Politics

Addanki is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Addanki, Ballikurava, Korisapadu, Panguluru, and Santamaguluru are the 5 mandals that come under Addanki Assembly Constituency. Addanki assembly comes under Bapatla parliament constituency. Present MLA Gottipati Ravi Kumar AND Present MP Nandigam Suresh (Bapatla).

Notable people

* Sreerama Chandra

Transport

Road

Addanki is a well connected with all major cities and towns via road due to its geographical position between

(), Ongole() and

Chilakaluripet Chilakaluripet is a city in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the Mandal headquarters of Chilakaluripet Mandal in Narasaraopet Revenue Division. Geography It is located in the Coastal Andhra region of the state at ...

() and Narasaraopet (). It has better connectivity to Hyderabad via NH16 and SH12 thus saves the distance of on the Chennai – Ongole - Miryalaguda – Hyderabad route compared to the route via NH5.

Railway

The nearest railway stations to addanki is

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which is at distance and another railway station

Narasaraopet Railway Station Narasaraopet railway station (station code:NRT), is an Indian Railways station in Narasaraopet of Andhra Pradesh. It lies on the Nallapadu–Nandyal section. The station is electrified as a part of guntur guntakal Electrification process. It is ...

which is at distance.

References

{{Prakasam district Towns in Prakasam district Mandal headquarters in Prakasam district