Mangalagiri is a South Suburb of Vijayawada in
Guntur district
Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a po ...
of
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. The town is a part of
Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation
Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs Mangalagiri and Tadepalle city's and villages in the corresponding mandals of the Mangalagiri Assembly constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh. It is the secon ...
and part of
Tenali revenue division
Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, d ...
. It is a major sub urban of
Vijayawada
Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NT ...
and a part of Vijayawada Metropolitan Area and
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region
Andhra Pradesh Capital Region is the metropolitan region area of Andhra Pradesh state capital, the defacto capital city of Andhra Pradesh. Vijayawada is the headquarters and the largest city of the region. It includes the major ancient cities o ...
. It is situated on
National Highway 16
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International
* AH16, Asian Highway 16
* European route E16
* European route E016
Australia
- Thompsons Road (Victoria)
- South Australia
Canada
;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway:
*Yellowhe ...
between
Vijayawada
Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NT ...
and
Guntur
Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the Ba ...
.
Ten villages namely
Chinakakani
Chinakakani is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Mangalagiri mandal part of Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation part of Guntur revenue division.
Geography
Chinakakani is situated to ...
,
Kaza
A kaza (, , , plural: , , ; ota, قضا, script=Arab, (; meaning 'borough')
* bg, околия (; meaning 'district'); also Кааза
* el, υποδιοίκησις () or (, which means 'borough' or 'municipality'); also ()
* lad, kaza
, ...
,
Nutakki
Nutakki is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Mangalagiri mandal part of Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation part of Guntur revenue division.
Geography
Nutakki is situated to the ea ...
, Chinavadlapudi, Pedavadlapudi, Ramachandrapuram, Atamakuru,
Nowluru, Yerrabalem,
Nidamarru
Nidamarru is a village in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
Demographics
Census of India, Nidamarru had a population of 4082. The total population constitute, 2071 males and 2011 females with a sex ratio of 971 fe ...
,
Bethapudi
Bethapudi is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Repalle mandal of Tenali revenue division.
Government and politics
Bethapudi gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. It i ...
are merged into
Mangalagiri Municipality
Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is the local self government in Mangalagiri, Tadepalle towns of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a ''Municipal Corporation''.
Administration
The municipality was establishm ...
. The issue of the merger of the villages is now pending in the court.
Neighbourhoods in Vijayawada
Etymology
Mangalagiri translates to ''The Auspicious Hill'' (''Mangala'' = ''Auspicious'', ''Giri'' = ''Hill'') in the local language. It was derived from the name ''Totadri''.
During
Vijayanagara Kingdom rule, it was also known as ''Mangala Nilayam''.
History
It is dated to 1520 and mentions the capture of Kondavidu by
Timmarusu
Saluva Timmarusu or Saluva Nayaka or simply Timmarasu was the Prime Minister (Mahapradhana) and military commander of Krishna Deva Raya. He is also known as "Appaji". He had also served as Prime Minister under Viranarasimha Raya and Tuluva Nar ...
, general of
Sri Krishnadevaraya
Krishnadevaraya (17 January 1471 – 17 October 1529) was an emperor of the Vijayanagara Empire, also known as the Karnata Empire, reigning from 1509 to 1529. He was the third monarch of the Tuluva dynasty, and is considered to be one of the g ...
, in 1515 from the
Gajapati rulers
The Gajapati Empire or the Suryavamsa (IAST: Sūryavaṃśa, "Solar dynasty") dynasty was a Medieval India, medieval dynasty from the Indian subcontinent, it originated in the region of Trikalinga (most of the present-day Odisha and Uttarandh ...
of
Kalinga Kalinga may refer to:
Geography, linguistics and/or ethnology
* Kalinga (historical region), a historical region of India
** Kalinga (Mahabharata), an apocryphal kingdom mentioned in classical Indian literature
** Kalinga script, an ancient writin ...
(ancient
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
). Another stone near the temple of Garudalvar has inscriptions on four sides recording grants in the reign of
Sadasiva Raya
Sadasiva Raya (1542–1570) was a ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire, a powerful Southern Indian empire based in the Deccan region in the 16th century India.
When the Vijayanagara ruler Achyuta Raya, who was the younger brother of Krishnadevar ...
of
Vijayanagara Empire
The Vijayanagara Empire, also called the Karnata Kingdom, was a Hinduism, Hindu empire based in the region of South India, which consisted the modern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Goa and some parts of Telangana an ...
in 1538. The lofty
gopuram
A ''gopuram'' or ''gopura'' ( Tamil: கோபுரம், Malayalam: ഗോപുരം, Kannada: ಗೋಪುರ, Telugu: గోపురం) is a monumental entrance tower, usually ornate, at the entrance of a Hindu temple, in the South I ...
in the temple at the foot of the hill was erected by
Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu in 1807–1809, and in terms of sculpture and architecture this temple stands to be an ultimate testament for the ancient vishwakarma sthapathis in planning and sculpting these temples.
Mangalagiri was under the control of
Golkonda Nawabs for a long period. It was plundered in 1780 by Hyder Jung but could not be conquered. In 1816, a gang of
Pindari
The Pindaris were irregular military plunderers and foragers in 17th- through early 19th-century Indian subcontinent who accompanied initially the Mughal army, later the Maratha army, and finally on their own before being eliminated in the 1817 ...
s again looted the place. It slowly recovered from these two attacks during the time of
Raja Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu who ruled the place from
Amaravati
Amaravati () is the capital of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the banks of the river Krishna in Guntur district.
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone at a ceremonial event in Uddandar ...
. There is a big ''koneru'' (tank) in the center of the place which went dry in 1882. As many as 9,840 guns and 44 bullets which might have been related to Pindaris have been found here after the Pindaris looted this place. The picturesque hill was visited by the great
Sri Krishna Deva Raya.
In the 1970s there was huge
water scarcity
Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water Water resources, resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two types of water scarcity: physical or economic water scarcity. Physical water ...
in Mangalagiri. Goli Gopala Rao, the then Municipal Chairman of Mangalagiri, brought water to the town through water pipelines and he was called "Apara Baghiratha" due to his services to the public.
Geography
![View of Mangalagiri Hills](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/View_of_Mangalagiri_Hills.jpg)
Mangalagiri is located at . It has an average elevation of .It is located north east of the district headquarters,
Guntur
Guntur () is a city and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Guntur is spread across 168.49 km square and is the third-largest city in the state. It is situated to the west of the Ba ...
, and just south west of
Vijayawada
Vijayawada, formerly known as Bezawada, is the second largest city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and is a part of the state's Capital Region. It is the administrative headquarters of the NTR district. Its metropolitan region comprises NT ...
and also to the north west of
Tenali
Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra ...
by road. It lies on hilly terrain. It falls under Seismic Zone 3.
Climate
The climate in Mangalagiri is
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
. The hottest months are from March–May and the coolest months from December–January. It receives
south-west monsoon
A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...
in the months of July–October and
north–east monsoons in mid December. The average annual rainfall is . The summer temperatures varies from and the winter temperatures from .
Demographics
Census of India
The decennial Census of India has been conducted 16 times, as of 2021. While it has been undertaken every 10 years, beginning in 1872 under British Viceroy Lord Mayo, the first complete census was taken in 1881. Post 1949, it has been conducted by ...
, the town had a population of with 19,137 households. The total population constitute, males and —a
sex ratio
The sex ratio (or gender ratio) is usually defined as the ratio of males to females in a population. As explained by Fisher's principle, for evolutionary reasons this is typically about 1:1 in species which reproduce sexually. Many species devia ...
of 1015 females per 1000 males. children are in the age group of 0–6 years, of which are boys and are girls —a ratio of 979 per 1000. The average literacy rate stands at 76.16% with literates, significantly higher than the state average of 67.41%.
Governance
Civic Administration
Mangalagiri Municipality
Mangalagiri Tadepalli Municipal Corporation is the local self government in Mangalagiri, Tadepalle towns of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is classified as a ''Municipal Corporation''.
Administration
The municipality was establishm ...
is the civic body of the city, which oversees the civic needs like, water supply, sewage, garbage collection etc. It was establishment in the year 1969 and has an extent of In March 2021 Tadepalli Municipality and Mangalagiri Municipality was merged along with corresponding villages and formed Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation.
Wards composition Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation has a total of 50 election wards.
The composition of the municipality is of two types, one is ''Elected Wing'', headed by
Municipal Council
A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, rural counci ...
and the second is ''Executive Wing'', headed by
Municipal commissioner. In 2015, the municipality received ''Green Leaf Awards 2015'' in the category of ''Best Municipality'', which was organized by ''NGO Sukuki Exnora''. Mangalagiri municipality and its
out growths of
Navuluru and Atmakur are a part of Vijayawada
urban agglomeration
An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...
.
Politics
Mangalagiri town is a part of
Mangalagiri Assembly constituency
Mangalagiri is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh, representing the state legislative assembly in India. As per the ''Delimitation Orders (2008),'' the constituency covers the mandals of Tadepalle, Mangalagiri and Duggirala ...
for
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly
The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly or Andhra Pradesh Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Andhra Pradesh Legislature.
The Legislative Assembly consists of 175 members which are elected by adult universal suffrage under the first-pa ...
. ''Alla Rama Krishna Reddy'' is the present
MLA of the constituency representing
YSRCP
The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian Regionalism (politics), regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as List of chief ministers of Andhra ...
. The assembly segment is in turn a part of
Guntur Lok Sabha constituency
Guntur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the twenty-five lok sabha constituencies of Andhra Pradesh in India. It comprises seven assembly segments and belongs to Guntur district. It was constituted in 1989 and N. G. Ranga was the first member ...
, which was won by
Galla Jayadev
Galla Jayadev (born 24 March 1966), also known as Jay Galla, is an Indian politician and industrialist in India. He is the managing director of Amara Raja Group and TDP Parliamentary Party Leader. Jayadev is a member of 16th and 17th Lok Sabha ...
of
Telugu Desam Party
The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has foc ...
.
Economy
The production of
handcrafted
A handicraft, sometimes more precisely expressed as artisanal handicraft or handmade, is any of a wide variety of types of work where useful and decorative objects are made completely by one’s hand or by using only simple, non-automated re ...
dyed
Dyeing is the application of dyes or pigments on textile materials such as fibers, yarns, and fabrics with the goal of achieving color with desired color fastness. Dyeing is normally done in a special solution containing dyes and particular ch ...
fabric
Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...
is the major occupation of the town, which is as old as 500 years.
Mangalagiri Sarees and Fabrics
Mangalagiri Sarees and Fabrics are produced by performing handicraft weaving in Mangalagiri, a town in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It was registered as one of the handicraft in the geographical indication from Andhra Pr ...
was registered as one of the
geographical indication
A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g., a town, region, or country). The use of a geographical indication, as an indication of the product's source, ...
from Andhra Pradesh.
Tourism
Lakshmi Narasimha Temple is the abode of
Lord Vishnu
Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism.
Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within t ...
, who manifested himself as ''Thotadri'', is present in Mangalagiri. There are three
Narasimha Swamy temples.
Undavalli caves, located in
Undavalli, are a specimen of
Indian rock-cut architecture
Indian rock-cut architecture is more various and found in greater abundance in that country than any other form of rock-cut architecture around the world. Rock-cut architecture is the practice of creating a structure by carving it out of solid na ...
. The historic caves are located at the top of the hills overlooking the
Krishna river, built during the 4th-5th century. Dedicated to
Ananta Padmanabha Swamy and Narasimha Swamy, Undavalli Cave Temples are associated with the
Vishnukundina kings. ''Hinkar Thirtha Jain Temple'', located in
Namburu
Namburu is a village in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pedakakani mandal of Guntur revenue division.
Governance
Namburu gram panchayat is the local self-government of the village. It is divided ...
, is the largest
Jain temple
A Jain temple, Derasar (Gujarati: દેરાસર) or Basadi (Kannada: ಬಸದಿ) is the place of worship for Jains, the followers of Jainism. Jain architecture is essentially restricted to temples and monasteries, and Jain buildings ge ...
in the region, visited by many
Jains
Jainism ( ), also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion. Jainism traces its spiritual ideas and history through the succession of twenty-four tirthankaras (supreme preachers of ''Dharma''), with the first in the current time cycle being ...
, from different parts of the state.
Transport
Mangalagiri is located on
NH 16 that connects
Kolkata
Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...
and
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
.
The town has a total road length of . The ''Tenali-Mangalagiri road'' is a part of the core road network of the district, that connects the town with the city of
Tenali
Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division. The city is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is called ''Andhra ...
.
Mangalagiri bus station is owned and operated by
APSRTC
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) is the state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its headquarters is located at NTR Administrative Block of RTC House in Pandit Nehru bus station of ...
. The station is also equipped with a
bus depot
A bus garage, also known as a bus depot, bus base or bus barn, is a facility where buses are stored and maintained. In many conurbations, bus garages are on the site of former car barns or tram sheds, where trams (streetcars) were stored, and ...
for operation and maintenance of buses.
Mangalagiri railway station
Mangalagiri railway station (station code: MAG), is a ''D-category'' station in Guntur railway division of Indian Railways. It provides rail connectivity to Mangalagiri which is the part of Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation and is situ ...
situated on the
Vijayawada-Guntur main line, administered under the jurisdiction of
Guntur railway division
Guntur Railway Division is one of the three divisions of the South Coast Railway zone of Indian Railways. The division was sanctioned in 1995–96 and was fully operational on 1 April 2003, with its headquarters at Guntur. The ''Rail Vikas Bhavan ...
of
South Central Railway zone
The South Central Railway (abbreviated SCR) is one of the 19 zones of Indian Railways. The jurisdiction of the zone is spread over the states of Telangana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh. It has three divisions under its administrati ...
.
Vijayawada International Airport
Vijayawada International Airport is an international airport serving Vijayawada and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region in India. The airport is located at Gannavaram in Vijayawada, where National Highway 16 connecting Chennai to Kolkata passe ...
at
Gannavaram
Gannavaram is a suburb of Vijayawada in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also the mandal headquarters of Gannavaram mandal which is administered under Gudivada revenue division. It is a neighborhood of Vijayawada in ...
attracts the air commuters from this town.
There is a proposal of making Mangalagiri railway station a junction station by connecting the town with Tenali railway station in order to make the transportation from Guntur, Tenali, Amaravathi, Vijayawada cities easier.
Education
C. K. High School and C. K. Junior College & V.T.J.M &I.V.T.R degree college are first school and college respectively. The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the ''School Education Department'' of the state. The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu and Urdu.
The town has many schools and colleges. University campuses include
VIT-AP University
VIT-AP University is a private university located in Amaravati, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the first university located in the capital region. VIT-AP was established as a sister university of Vellore Institute of Technology.
...
and
SRM AP University SRM may refer to:
Organizations
* Schoberer Rad Meßtechnik, a manufacturer of bicycle accessories
* SRM University (disambiguation), several universities in India
In computing
* srm (Unix), a secure file deletion tool for POSIX systems
* Sca ...
.
AIIMS
The All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is a group of autonomous government public medical universities of higher education under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India. These institutes ha ...
for the state of Andhra Pradesh was sanctioned and is decided to set up in the town.
Sports
Mangalagiri International Cricket Stadium
ACA International Cricket Stadium (also known as Andhra Cricket Association International Cricket Stadium) is a cricket stadium under construction in the town of Mangalagiri which is the part of the Mangalagiri Tadepalle Municipal Corporation and ...
is under construction in Mangalagiri
at a distance of 2 km from the city and comes in the vicinity of Nawlur.
See also
*
Mangalagiri mandal
Mangalagiri mandal is one of the 57 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Tenali revenue division and the headquarters are located at Mangalagiri town part of Mangalagiri Tadepalle ...
References
External links
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{{Mandal headquarters in Guntur district
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