Ponugodu is a village in
Garidepally mandal
Garidepally mandal is one of the 23 mandals in Suryapet district in the Indian state of Telangana. It is under the administration of the Suryapet revenue division, with its headquarters at Garidepally. It is bounded by Neredcherla mandal to the ...
, in
Suryapet district
Suryapet is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of its eponymous district. The Government of India announced Suryapet to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformat ...
,
Telangana state
Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 35, ...
, India. It is 30 km from the district headquarters
Suryapet
Suryapet is a city in the Indian state of Telangana. It is a municipality and the headquarters of its eponymous district. The Government of India announced Suryapet to be developed under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformat ...
.
The total population of the village is about 20,000 (2007) among which 55% are males. The number of voters in the village is around 15,000. Ramachandrapuram, Mallayyagudem, and
Mangalagudem are sub-villages within Ponugodu.
Temples
Temples in the village include Shivalayam (Thrilingeswaralayam), Venugopalaswamy temple, Ramalayam, and Christian church and a Mosque.
Every year people celebrate the ''kalyanam'' (marriage) of
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...
before the
Maha Shivaratri
Maha Shivaratri (IAST: Mahāśivarātri) is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the god Shiva. The name also refers to the night when Shiva performs the heavenly dance called Tandava.
In every month of the luni-solar Hindu ca ...
and ''Venugopalswamy Kalyanam'' festivals in April or May, and ''Sita Rama Kalyanam'' on
Rama Navami
Rama Navami () is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of Rama, the seventh avatar of the deity Vishnu. people from different parts of Jharkhand attended the world famous international Hazaribagh procession organized in the city every ...
.The Thrilingeswaralayam was built by kakathiyas in the early 13th century, which has a subway from Thrilingeswaralayam to nagula bavi which is near by the temple for which none of the people don't know the way to nagula bavi through the subway... Chairman YEDIPALA NARAYANA REDDY.
Economy
The village is near the
Nagarjuna-Sagar canal, and the village economy is based on rice cultivation. 90% of the economy of the village is from rice and daily wages. The village is surrounded by three tanks (ponds) which are the water source for rice paddies.
Facilities
Ponugodu village has one
Zilla Parishad (local government) high school, high school building was constructed from minster funds, inaugurated by Aliminati madhava reddy, school chairman was Nandipati Mattaiah (Known as Bodaiah),
And there are three primary schools, and one private high school (Vidyodaya High School) right now it was closed.
There is 18-hour bus facility for the village from Suryapet and Miryalaguda for every 30 minutes. A two-lane blacktop road was recently constructed. Other facilities proposed for the village include a primary health care centre and a library. The village has St. Joseph's English Medium High School which has a hostel facility...
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Villages in Suryapet district