Chintapalli is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and Gram panchayat in Karempudi mandal of

Guntur district Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the List of urban agglom ...

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

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. As of 2022 year, new Palnadu District announced with Narsaraopet has administrative Capital. It is located about 5 km from Karempudi Mandal Revenue office and about 90 km from

Guntur Guntur (), natively spelt as Gunturu, is a city in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and the administrative headquarters of Guntur district. The city is part of the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and is lo ...

city.

Santapille Lighthouse

There is an ancient

Lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

called "Santapille Lighthouse" in the village.Santapille Lighthouse at the Directorate General of Lighthouses.
Its main objective is to warn about the danger of the

Shoal In oceanography, geomorphology, and Earth science, geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank (geography), bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body ...

six miles off the coast. It was first commissioned in 1840 and subsequently renovated in the years 1849, 1903 and 1995. This place gets more tourists and villagers on occasions such as

Kartik Purnima Kartika Purnima (), also known as Kartika Pournami, is a Hindu, Sikh, and Jain cultural festival that is celebrated on ''purnima'' (full moon day), the 15th day of the lunar month Kartika. It falls on November or December of the Gregorian ...

and

Naga Panchami Naga Panchami (Sanskrit: नागपञ्चमी, IAST: ''Nāgapañcamī'') is a day of traditional worship of ''naga''s (or najas or nags) or snakes (which are associated with the mythical Nāga beings) observed by Hindus, Jains, and Budd ...

Beautiful beach

This village has a beautiful beach and seasonal tidal effects are so beautiful. It is even more beautiful on the occasions like

and

Culture and tradition

There is an ancient temple called "Samalamma Talli" which is 200 years old and looks very simple. The village people visits every day with family members.

References

External links

Santapille Lighthouse at Wikimapia.com
Villages in Alluri Sitharama Raju district {{AndhraPradesh-geo-stub