Palakol
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| ?Palakol Andhra Pradesh • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| Area • Elevation |
• 5 m (16 ft) |
| District(s) | West Godavari |
| Population | 57,171 (2001) |
| Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) | Dr. Tsavatapalli Satyanarayana Murthy (Dr. Babji) |
| Codes • Pincode • Telephone |
• 534260 • +08814 |
Coordinates: Palakol (also called as Palakollu or Palacole or upamanya puram ) is a coastal town in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is an important trading town in West Godavari district and is in proximity with other trading towns such as Bhimavaram, Eluru,Tanuku and Narsapur. Palakol's population is about 80,000 and is well recognized for its surrounding fertile lands. Both Telugu and English are spoken here.
[edit] Tourist Attractions
Ksheera Rama Lingeshwara Swami Temple (A 15th century temple built for the Hindu God Shiva. It is one of the five Pancharamas). The temple has a unique white shiva lingam and the temple tower is one of the tallest among the temple towers in Andhra Pradesh. This place was earlier called as "Ksheera Puri" based on this temple. Later called as "Pala Kolanu", which all tries to convey the meaning of milk pond. Hearts of people here are as white as pure milk.
The Area subtended by the Shiva temples at Palakol,Draksharamam & Samrlakota was named as "Trilinga Desam"(means "the region bounded by three lingas") which in following centuries of existence became Telugu desam,the language spoken by the people around these locations was named as Telugu,hence it is belived by some historians that the word "Telugu" was born from this region .
Ashtabhuga Lakshmi Narayana Swami Temple which is known for its traditions and festivities like Bhramostavam draw large number of devotees from all over the town. Dhanurmasam is celebrated in the month of December in the remembrance of love of Andaal for Lord Sri Krishna.
Fertile Paddy Farms, Coconut farms, Fisheries and prawn ponds add to the attractions around the town.
[edit] Interesting facts
Palakol is a small town having populace above 123,000 (as per the latest census http://www.westgodavari.org/Census%20Htm/Pallcole.htm) and well surrounded by rural villages. Palakol is the birth place of Padmasri Allu Ramalingaiah. Other popular Telugu film personalities like Dasari Narayana Rao, Kodi Rama Krishna, Addala Chanti, Chalam, Vakada Appa Rao, Relangi Narasimha Rao, Mutcherla Aruna and Nalla Ramamurthy hail from this place. U. Srinivas, a world renowned exponent of Mandolin, was born here. He was the first person to play carnatic music on this German instrument. Gajal maestro 'Gajal Srinivas', Special Advisor to the Minister of Rural Development, Andhra Pradesh Government, Sarath Chandra Medepally works for Deluxe, Hollywood also hails from Palakol.
Palakol is a commercial town having lot of business activities. Palakol and Narsapur are considered as twin towns. Both are rich by highly cultivated fertile paddy and other crops. The main economy is agriculture in the surrounding areas.
A bridge was built on Vasista Godavari near Chinchinada 7 km away from Palakol connecting East Godavari & West Godavari, which makes it a part of National Highway 214.
The Town is also famous for orange & Pomelo fruit (pumpara panasa kaaya).
Government has to initiate steps to establish Technical & other educational institutions to improve quality in the people.
