Pamidi

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PAMIDI is a town and Mandal (City) Head Quarters in Anantapur District in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located 32 kilometers from the District Head Quarters Anantapur. Its population exceeds 40,000. The town has one Government Junior College and six High schools.

The town has religious historical importance.

River Penna or Penna Nadi flows through the town, providing water for over one hundred villages in the District for drinking and agricultural purposes. This town is well connected with roads and railways. National Highway No.7 (Kashmir-Kanyakumari N.H.) passes through the city, connecting it with the Bangalore-Hyderabad National Highway. It also has a railway station Pamidi which is 5 kilometers from the city. A nearer railway station is Kalluru which is 3 kilometers away. Kalluru is well known for its coffee and vada, a falafel-like, deep-fried Indian snack. The nearest railway junctions are Gooty (18 km) and Guntakal (35 km).

The town is well known for textiles and garments, with a number of textile shops in town, but agriculture is its main 'industry'.

The name "PAMIDI" is derived from the words "PAMU MUDI" (in the Indian regional language Telugu) which means Snake Knot. The name is derived from the historical temple Bhogeswaraswamy Temple of Lord SHIVA, where once a snake (nagu) was apparently found wound coiled itself to Lord Shiva's lingam in the temple. It was then called Pamu Mudi, but eventually became PAMIDI. One can find a sasan carved in a big rock in the temple, which was written in Pali language (popular during the time of The Buddha, over 2,000 years ago!) at the dedication the temple from a king to the village. The town also had another historical temple found in excavations, the Sri Laxminaraya Swamy Temple. Its deity Laxminarayana in the sanctum sanctorum made of monolithic rock is an architectural and historical wonder.

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By the way, Pamidi is also a family of Greek wines, with a variety of wines labeled Pamitis, Pammiti, Pamit, Pamitsa, Pameta, Plovdiska, Petit Pamit, Pamit Rouge, Dorukata, and Pamidie. We are yet to find a relation between the Indian village and the Greek family of wines!