Addanki

Addanki is a town in Prakasam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Addanki North is the mandal headquarters of Addanki mandal in Ongole revenue division.[4]

Addanki
Town
Addanki Location in Andhra Pradesh, India Addanki Addanki (India)
Coordinates: 15.8167°N 79.9833°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
Mandal	Addanki
Area [1]
• Total	25.00 km^2 (9.65 sq mi)
Population  (2011)[2][3]
• Total	43,850
• Density	1,800/km^2 (4,500/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	523201
Telephone code	+91–8593
Website	ADDANKI. In

Geography

Addanki located at 15.8167°N 79.9833°E.[5] It has an average elevation of 24 meters (82 ft). It is located between Guntur (70 km) and Ongole (36 km) and Chialakaluripet (44 km) and Narasaraopet (50 km).

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

History

Addanki is an important region in the Reddy kings.[6]

Addanki inscription

The inscription, a replica of the original one which is excavated near Thousand Pillar Temple of Addanki,[7] 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) 5km 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 Nandigam Suresh (Bapatla).

Transport

Road

Addanki is a well connected with all major cities and towns via road due to its geographical position between Guntur (70 km) , Ongole(36 km) and Chilakaluripet (44 km) and Narasaraopet (50 km). It has better connectivity to Hyderabad via NH16 and SH12 thus saves the distance of 102 km 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 km distance and another railway station Narasaraopet Railway Station which is at 51 km distance.

References

1. "Municipality Profile | Addanki Municipality". addanki.cdma.ap.gov.in. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
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. General, India. Office of the Registrar (1964), Census of India, 1961, Manager of Publications, p. 13 (item 11)
7. "The Birth Land of Telugu Poetry – History of Addanki, Prakasam". V6 News Channel Live. 20 December 2013. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.