Penchalakona houses the temple of Sri Penusila Narasimha Swamy

Penchalakona houses the temple of Sri Penusila Narasimha Swamy, which is situated at the foot of a hill. It is believed that Kanva Maharshi did his penance here.

Penchalakona village is located in Rapur mandal of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh. It is 70 km from Nellore town.

The annual festival of the temple, during the month of April and May, is a major event at Penchalakona.Devotees from near and far distances congregate for Narasimhaswamy Jayanthi with great devotion.

The river KANDLERU as it is now called, originates from the water falls of the mountain ranges on the West and the South, had another name KANVAYERU. The river flows through Rapur and empties itself in the Bay of Bengal, Near Krishnapatnam.

This is a very ancient sacred place (pilgrim centre). Lord Narasimha manifested Himself here as a huge of rock in “Yoga mudra” (in an entwined contemplative posture) and hence it acquired the name of “Penusila” (huge rock) and in course of time became famous as “Penchalakona”. Legend has it that after slaying the demon Hiranya Kasipa, Lord Narsimha bathed in Penchalakona and withdrew that “Avatara”(incarnation) of Narasimha, shedding His anger and ferocity. The Lord here goes by the name of Somasila Narasimhaswamy and has become one of the Nava Narasimhas (nine manifestations).

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Nellore Railway Codes Distance

Code Name Distance

• NLR Nellore 0 km
• NLS Nellore So... 2 km
• PGU Padugupadu 4 km
• VDE Vedayapale... 8 km
• KJJ Kodavaluru 11 km
• TMC Talamanchi 16 km
• VKT Venkatacha... 17 km
• AXR Alluru Roa... 27 km
• MBL Manubolu 29 km
• BTTR Bitragunta 34 km
• SVPM Sri Venkat... 38 km
• GDR Gudur Junc... 39 km
• ODUR Odur 47 km
• KQA Kondagunta 49 km
• KVZ Kavali 50 km
• PYA Pedapariya 53 km
• VDD Vendodu 58 km
• TTU Tettu 65 km
• NYP Nayadupeta 67 km
• NDZ Nidigallu 67 km
• VKI Venkatagir... 75 km
• UPD Ulavapadu 78 km
• YAL Yataluru 81 km
• DVR Doravari C... 83 km
• PEL Polireddip... 86 km
• YLK Yellakaru 87 km
• SKM Singarayak... 88 km
• SPE Sullurupet... 94 km
• AKY Akkurti 95 km
• AKAT Akkampet 97 km
• TNR Tanguturu 98 km
• KHT Sri Kalaha... 99 km

Upcoming Kavali District

Kavali is not only municipality going to be a new District who proposed Doka.mankya vara prasad. Kavali is a Town and a Municipality in Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore district on the East Coast of India in the state of Andhra Pradesh on NH5(HighWay) India. Though not exactly located on the SeaShore, it is fairly close to the Bay of Bengal with a beach 6 km from the town. It is the largest municipality after Nellore in the Nellore district. Its position on the Grand Trunk road(NH5) and the east coast railway track (both of which connect Chennai and Kolkata along the east coast) helped its growth, more than the other towns in the Nellore district such as Udayagiri. Kavali in the local tongue, Telugu means 'patrol'. This name arises from the fact that In 1515 Harihara rayulu Udayagiri Raja (king) stationed his army at this town. Being located between Nellore (Nellore District) and Ongole (Prakasam District), it shows local cultures and accents of both the districts. The town houses the Jawahar Bharati College, an institute for higher education, which was a fairly reputed college in the decades before 1990s. It is also well known for the whole sale cloth business in the Coastal Andhra Pradesh. One can find a large number of whole sale cloth markets along the most important road in the town, the Grand trunk road which passes right through the city. A temple of the local divinity, Kalugollamma has a unique history and draws from from British construction techniques of building very strong buildings. It is built with a unique rock called Bontha Raayi found only in this region, which makes this town a unique town in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Kavali is located at 14°55′N 79°59′E / 14.92°N 79.98°E / 14.92; 79.98.[1] It has an average elevation of 28 metres (91 feet). Kavali is second biggest town in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh State, India.

PIN Code 524201. Transport The major railway line and highway (National Highway 5) that connects Chennai and Kolkata passes through Kavali, as a result of which Kavali is easily accessible by road and rail from all south Indian cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore and Chirala. The nearest international airports are Chennai (215km south) and Tirupati (176km south-east). The proposed Nellore domestic airport is 40 km from Kavali. Culture Telugu is the mostly spoken language. The town is located between the two district Head Quarters, Nellore and Ongole. Kavali has lot of Educational Institutes so the town has lot of students from different regions of Andhra Pradesh. Rice and seafood are the most consumed food in Kavali due to its coastal border. Many Muslims and Christians also live in the town. Masjids and Churches are plenty in the town. "Urusu" is worth watching for its diversified culture. The significant Vysya (business) community is famous for their Clothes business.

Nellore District MLAs List

• Congress Candidates for Assembly:

1. Atmakur: Anam Rama Narayana Reddy,
2. Nellore rural: A.Vivekananda Reddy,
3. Nellore city: M.Sridhar krishna Reddy,
4. Sarvepalli: Adala prabhakar Reddy,
5. Udayagiri: M. Chandra Sekhar Reddy.

• TDP Candidates for Assembly:

1. Kavali: Beeda Mastan Rao
2. Kovur: (pending)
3. Gudur (SC): Balli Durga Prasad
4. Sullurpeta (SC): Parasa Rathnam
5. Venkatagiri: Korukonda Ramakrishna

Nellore famous temples

Jonnawada Temple of Kamakshi Devi
Ranganayaka Temple, this temple is situated on the banks of the river Pennar.
Jonnawada-Located12 km from Nellore, It is famous for the temple of Goddess Kamakshi,praying to whom is believed to relieve one from all problems anddiseases. A \'Sri Chakram\' installed by Sri Jagadguru Sankaracharya. Itis also one of the oldest temples in Nellore(1150CE). Nearby hill Narasimha Konda is also famous for another deity called Narasimha Swamy.
Penchalakona- Located 70 km from Nellore in Rapur mandal. A major pilgrimage centre. It is famous for the temple of SriPenusila Narsimha Swamy, situated at the foot of a hill. Mountains and dense forests surround the scenic spot.
Someswara Swamy Temple - A famous Siva Temple built during the 7th century AD near somasila dam.
Ramathirdham-31 km from Nellore, it is famous for the temple of Sri RamalingeswaraSwamy. Lord Siva and Kamakshamma are the presiding deities while Vigneswara and Subramanya Swamy are the also worshipped.
Chengalamma Temple, Sulurpeta- PilgrimCentres. Located 100 km from Nellore, Situated on the banks of riverkalingi is the Chengalamma Temple which represents the culmination ofthree goddesses namely Saraswathi, Mahalaxmi and Parvathi.
Golagamudi Venkaiah Swamy Temple- It is Located 15km from Nellore it is one of the famous temple in nellore.
Kasumur-Located25 km from Nellore, Known for the Dargah of Hazarath Karimillah ShaKhadri alias Mastan valli, a visit to which is believed to cure variousailments. A popular place of pilgrimage.
Sri Raja Rajeshwari Ammavari Devasthanam,Nellore- Sri Arul Jyoti Nataraja Murthy Swamy of Sri Arul JyotiNataraja Murthy Swamy Ashram Pitadhipathi wished to have a temple forSri Devi. In 1968 Sri Ratna Swamy Mudiliar.
Sri Venugopala Swamy Devasthanam, Moolapet,Nellore-Built in 1883, the presiding deity of the temple is Sri RukminiSatyabhama Sametha Sri Venugopala Swamy. The idols are in black ...Udayagiri Fort-Located 96 km from Nellore, This is the site of a mighty fortress built by the Vijayanagar Kings in the 14th century. A toweringpeak can be seen here.

Nellore district has vivid interest in politics

Nellore people participated in Indian Independence movement andalso in fight for formation of separate state for Telugu people.Notable freedom fighters are Muttharaju Gopalarao and Potti Sriramulu. People of Nellore district has vivid interest in politics. It produced two former chief ministers of state, Dr Bezawada Gopal Reddy and Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy.The main political parties of the district are Congress and TeluguDesam party. Communist parties of India also have more followers compared to the neighboring districts like Cuddappah and Ongole. Puchalapalli Sundaraiah, the great communist who sacrificed his life and properties for poor practiced communism here.
There are many patrons for the causes of district. Notable among them is Rebala Laxminarasa Reddy, who donated the town hall and pediatric hospital and Venkata Giri Raja, who constructed first collegein the Nellore.

Nellore District has 10 state assembly constituencies

Nellore District has 10 state assembly constituencies, namely Atmakur, Gudur, Kavali, Kovur, Nellore, Nellore-II, Sarvepalli, Sullurpeta, Udayagiri and Venkatagiri.[7] Nellore district also contributes to three seats in the Parliament of India, namely Nellore, Tirupati and Ongole.
It comprises 46 Revenue Mandals, 12 Agriculture Sub Divisions and 3Revenue Divisions (Nellore, Kavali and Gudur) and 1204 Revenue Villagesin which 1135 are inhabited. Number of Gram Panchayats are 968 and thenumber of Municipalities are six, namely Nellore, Kavali, venkatagir, amakur, sullurpet, Gudur.
Nellore district is divided into the following 46 mandals.

1. Allur, 15 villages.
2. Ananthasagaram, 23 villages.
3. Anumasamudrampeta, 19 villages.
4. Atmakur, 23 villages.
5. Balayapalle, 24 villages.
6. Bhogolu, 14 villages.
7. Buchireddipalem, 12 villages.
8. Chejerla, 22 villages.
9. Chillakur, 31 villages.
10. Chittamur, 23 villages.
11. Dagadarthi, 11 villages.
12. Dakkili, 26 villages.
13. Doravarisatram, 22 villages.
14. Duttalur, 17 villages.
15. Gudur, 22 villages.
16. Indukurpet, 18 villages.
17. Jaladanki, 16 villages.
18. Kaligiri, 23 villages.
19. Kaluvoya, 19 villages.
20. Kavali, 21 villages.
21. Kodavalur, 17 villages.
22. Kondapuram, 19 villages.
23. Kota, 20 villages.
24. Kovur, 5 villages.
25. Manubolu, 18 villages.
26. Marripadu, 24 villages.
27. Muthukur, 19 villages.
28. Naidupeta, 18 villages
29. Nellore, 29 villages.
30. Ozili, 26 villages.
31. Pellakur, 24 villages.
32. Podlakur, 29 villages.
33. Rapur, 46 villages (34 Panchayats)
34. Seetharamapuram, 14 villages
35. Sangam, 19 villages.
36. Sullurpeta, 19 villages
37. Sydapuram, 30 villages.
38. Tada with 17 villages.
39. Thotapalligudur, 21 villages.
40. Udayagiri, 16 villages
41. Vakadu, 18 villages.
42. Varikuntapadu, 24 villages
43. Venkatachalam, 25 villages.
44. Vinjamur, 11 villages.
45. Venkatagiri with 24 villages.
46. Vidavalur, 11 villages.

Nellore with new industrial ventures

The handloom sector is a small scale industry and next to agriculture by the number of people depend on it. Venkatagiri and Patur are important handloom centres in the district noted for their traditional handcrafted fine cotton and silk sarees embrodied with pure zari.
The following are major industries located in Nellore District
SHAR (SriHarikota High Altitude Range) located in Sriharikota, Nellore Dt.
Kovur Thermal Power Plant ( defunct)
Nellore Nippo Batteries factory.
Acqua and fisheries throughout the district
Mica Mines in Gudur and Sydapuram mandals.
work in progress Adidas Apache in Tada, Nellore dt.
Krishnapatnam Thermal Station.
Krishnapatnam Port trust.
Krishnapatnam is a major port and market center situated at a distance of 20 km. The port is hoped to become a world-class deep water port. Iron ore and granite are being exported from KrishnaPatnam to other countries like China.One Railway line links it with Vekatachalam on main railway line. Tada is at a distance of 80 km from Nellore with new industrial ventures like the Adidas factory and Tata\'s Leather park.
Projects in progress: An International Leather park will start working soon at Krishnapatnam. A railway line is being constructed from Krishnapattanam to Obulavari palle to link up this port with Mumbai Railway line. Construction of two Ultra Mega Power Projects with thecapacity of 4000 MW each at Krishnapatnam is going on. Recently Central government gave clearance to IFFCO fertilizer factory at Regadi Chelikanear Nellore. Central government is also planning to setup a \'PetroChemical Terminal\' at Krishnapatnam. Air Deccan is going to setup anairport near Nellore city. Construction work of two textile parks atMenakur near Venmkatgiri/Nayudupet will start soon.

Geography

Geography
The district lies between between 13 30’ and 15 6’ of Northernlatitude and 70 5’ and 80 15’ of Eastern latitude. Nellore\'s total landarea is 13,076 square kilometers (8,761) sq. miles). It is bordered bythe Bay of Bengal to the east, the state of Tamil Nadu to the South, the district of Cuddapah, and the district of Prakasam to the north. The eastern side consists of area of low lying land extending from the base of the Eastern Ghatsto the sea. The west side of the district is separated from Cuddapahdistrict by Veligonda hills. The district is split by the River Pennar and is located on both south and north banks of it.
Nellore's total land area is 13,076 square kilometers (8,761) sq. miles). It has an average elevation of 19 metres (62 feet).
About the half of the total area is cultivated and the rest is wasteland [6] because of it is rocky land, sandy coastline or covered with scrub jungles. Pennar,Swarnamukhi and Gundlakamma are the main rivers that flow through themost of the district. They are not navigable, and are mainly used forirrigation purposes. Tributaries to Penna like Kandaleru and Boggeruserve the remaining area.
This area is rich in particular kind of flint called quartzite, out of which prehistoric man made his weapons and implements.

Nellore History

History
Nellore District had an important role in telugu history during the emergence of the language and also during the formation of the state.

Mauryas, Early Cholas and Pallavas
With the rise of the Mauryan Empire, many parts of the Andhra Pardesh including Nellore came under its influence and was part of the Ashokan empire in the third century B.C. The caves near Nellore have inscriptions in the brahmi script used by Ashoka. The Cholas were an important dynasty in the south peninsula. The early Cholas ruled between the 1st and the 4Th centuries A.D. The district was part of thefirst and the most famous Chola, Karikalan. He is well known for his great engineering marvel.
Chola power declined with frequent attacks by the Pallavas,Cheras and Pandyas, until they rose to power again around the 9th century. Chola rule was broken when the Cholas were overthrown by SimhaVishnu Pallava and the region came under the Pallava rule between thefourth and sixth centuries A.D. With the dawn of the seventh century,the political centre of Gravity of the Pallavas shifted to the southand weakened their power towards the north. Several ancient Pallava andChola temple are in Udayagiri village. Several ancient Pallava andChola temple are in Udayagiri village. Several inscriptions aboutPallava rule were found in the Guntur-Nellore tract of the AndhraPradesh. The big four storeyed cave at Vundavalli and 8 cave temple atBhairavkonda resembles the Pallava architecture during Mahendravarma\'speriod.

Eastern Chalukyas, Rastrakutas and Medieval Cholas
The Eastern Chalukyas were a branch of the Chalukyas of Badami.Pulakesin II, the renowned ruler of Badami Chalukyas conquered Vengi(near Eluru) in 624 AD and installed his brother Kubja Vishnuvardhana(624-641 CE) as its ruler. His dynasty known as the Eastern Chalukyasof Vengi, ruled for nearly four centuries in all. Vishnuvardhana extended his dominions up to Srikakulam in the north and Nellore in the south. Later the Vengi kingdom again came under the Rashtrakuta rule.Since the time of Gunaga Vijayaditya (848AD), inscriptions started showing Telugu stanzas. [1]
The king Vijayalaya defeated the Pallavas and captured Thanjavur. These cholas seized back most parts of the south India. [2].Based on his royal inscriptions, Parantaka I (907–953) took then or thern boundary up to Nellore, where his advance was stopped by adefeat at the hands of the Rastrakuta king Krishna III. [3].

Nellore Chola kings
This was the period when the political power of Nellore was at its peak and also reached its ebb. Tikkana Somayajulu, a minister and famous telugu poet who translated Mahabharatham into telugu, gave the account of the history of this family in his other book called Nirvachanottara Ramayanamu. A branch of Telugu Cholas,feudatory of the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani appointed them as rulersof Pakanadu for helping in the war between Cholas and Chalukyas. Theyruled over the region consisting of the Nellore, Kadapa, Chittur and Chengalput districts with Vikramasimhapuri (modern Nellore) as theirhead capital.
Tikka (1223 - 1248 ) defeated both the Hoyasala and the Pandyas andgot the Tondaimandalam region and assumed the titleCholasthapanacharya. During the reign of Tikka's son and successor Manumasiddhi II (1248 - 1263), Nellore faced lot of attacks from other Cholas and Pandyas. Tikkana visited Ganapatideva of Kakatiyas andgained military support for his king. About the year 1260, a dangerousfeud broke out between Manumasiddhi and Katamaraju, the chief of Erragaddapadu in Kanigiri region. The feud was on the issue of therights of the two princes to use certain wide meadows as grazinggrounds for their flocks of cattle. It led to the bloody battle foughtat Panchalingala near Muttukuru on the coast of Paleru river.Manumasiddhi\'s forces led by Khadga Tikkana, the cousin of poet Tikkanawon the battle, but the leader perished. This feud and the consequentbattle formed the theme of the popular ballad entitled "KatamarajuKatha". Shortly after or during this battle, Manumasiddhi died andNellore last its significance. [4]
Kakatiyas, Pandyas, Vijanagaras etc.
The kakatiyas, the feudatories of the Western Chalukyas of Kalyani,under influence of Prola declared his independence. Ganapati Deva, the first great king of Kakatiyas brought most of the telugu area under hisrule. Nellore was part of kakatiya kingdom in the 13th century. Itchanged hands between them and Pandyas few times until Prataprudra IIdefeated Pandyas. After the fall of Kakatiya Empire, the region wasunder Tuglaq and then was later under Kondavidi Reddis.
The most parts of the district were annexed by the Sangama dynasty of the Vijayanagara empire in 14th century. The remaining portions of the district like Udayagiri were conquered by Krishnadeva Rayalu, the greatest king of the kingdom. The ruins of fortress built by the Vijayanagar kings in the 14th century are at Udayagiri.

Nawabs and British Period
After the fall of the Vijayanagara Empire, the area was ruled bythe Nawabs until the East India Company has taken control in 1792, andappointed Mr. Dyton as the 1st Collector. Nellore was declared the revenue unit for the district. [5]
During the British period, the district was at peace, the only event of any political importance being the sequestration in 1838, of the Jagir of Udayagiri,owing to its title holder's participation in a conspiracy, engineered by the Nawab of Kurnool, against the ruling power. After the district came under the British administration, the jurisdiction of the district did not undergo any major changes, but for the transfer of Ongole taluk in 1904 to Guntur district when it was newly constituted.

Post Indian Independence
It was part of the composite Madras State until 1 October 1953. On 1 November 1956, when the states were re organised on a linguistic basis, this district came under Andhra Pradesh. Nellore played a major role in the formation of Andhra Pradesh state. Potti Sriramulu,a Telugu patriot and activist, fasted to death for the formation ofAndhra Pradhesh state. His sacrifice resulted in the creation oflinguistic based states in Indian Union.

Nellore its name from "nelli"

Nellore District is a district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. Nellore is famous for high paddy yield, and so it got its name from "nelli", an equivalent word for paddy in Tamil. The population of the district was 2,668,564 of which 22.45% were urban as of 2001.
Nellore city is its administrative headquarters. Three major cities in the district are Nellore, Kavali and Gudur. It is located in the southern most east corner of Andhra Pradesh. It is bordered by the Bay of Bengal to the east, the state of Tamil Nadu to the South, the district of Cuddapah to the west, and the district of Prakasam to the north.

Nellore Pincode 524001

Nellore pin code is almost all use as 524001