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Addanki
Addanki (India)
Coordinates: 15°49′00″N79°59′00″E / 15.8167°N 79.9833°E / 15.8167; 79.9833
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Prakasam
Mandal Addanki
Government
 • BodyAddanki municipal council
Area
[1]
 • Total45.00 km2 (17.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2011) [2] [3]
 • Total60,850
 • Density1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
523201
Telephone code+91–8593
Vehicle registration AP 27 ,AP 39
WebsiteADDANKI.In

Addanki is a Municipal city in Bapatla district of the Indian State, Andhra Pradesh. Addanki North is the mandal headquarters of Addanki mandal in Addanki revenue division. [4]

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Geography

Addanki located at 15°49′00″N79°59′00″E / 15.8167°N 79.9833°E / 15.8167; 79.9833 . [5] It has an average elevation of 24 meters (82 ft). It is located between Guntur (70 kilometres (43 mi)) and Ongole (36 kilometres (22 mi)) and Chialakaluripet (44 kilometres (27 mi)) and Narasaraopet (50 kilometres (31 mi)) and Vijayawada (150 kilometres (93 mi)) and Darsi (34 kilometres (21 mi))

Addanki is located in the bank of Gundlakamma river. This river is the main resource of drinking water for Addanki,

History

Reddi kingdom was founded with Addanki as its capital by Prolaya Vema in 1325 AD. [6] It was ruled till 1355 AD by him and his son Anavotha reddy, after which the capital was shifted to Kondaveedu. [7]

Addanki inscription

The inscription, a replica of the original one which is excavated near Thousand Pillar Temple of Addanki, [8] 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) 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) 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 KRISHNA PRASAD TENNETI (Bapatla).

Transport

Road

Addanki is a well connected with all major cities and towns via road due to its geographical position between Guntur (70 kilometres (43 mi)), Ongole(36 kilometres (22 mi)) and Chilakaluripet (44 kilometres (27 mi)) and Narasaraopet (50 kilometres (31 mi)) and Darsi (34 kilometres (21 mi)). It has better connectivity to Hyderabad via NH16 and SH12 thus saves the distance of 102 kilometres (63 mi) on the Chennai – Ongole - Miryalaguda – Hyderabad route compared to the route via NH5.

Railway

The nearest railway stations to addanki is Ongole Railway Station which is at 38.6 kilometres (24.0 mi) distance and another railway station Narasaraopet Railway Station which is at 51 kilometres (32 mi) distance.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Chittoor District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 130, 173. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Maps, Weather, Videos, and Airports for Addanki, India" . Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  6. ↑ Durga Prasad, G. (1988), History of the Andhras up to 1565 A. D. (PDF), Guntur: P. G. Publishers, p. 173, archived from the original (PDF) on 14 February 2019, retrieved 27 August 2018
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