Avanigadda

Avanigadda
—  town  —
Avanigadda
Location of Avanigadda
in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District(s) Krishna
Time zone IST (UTC+05:30)
Area

• Elevation

• 57 metres (187 ft)

Avanigadda is a town and a mandal in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India.The population of the town was around 27000.The town is famous for its Mango crop,especially banginapalli variety only after to Nuzvid.

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Geography

Avanigadda is located at 16°1'11"N and 80°55'12"E.It's situated on the banks of River Krishna.It's basically in the island named as Diviseema which is also a delta.

Temple

Avanigadda has a famous temple of Sri.Lakshmi Narayana Swamy. It is maintained by the "Potharaju" family members and periodic festivities are organized. It has a 7 storied "gali gopuram" and the temple architecture is ancient and magnificent.This is one of the "PANCHA NARAYANA KSHETRAMS" LOCATED in Andhrapadesh. This temple follows the "VAIKHANASA AGAMA" PUJA VIDHNAM.

Local Festival

Avanigadda is house of the local deity known as LANKAMMA.She is considered as powerful grama devatha for the residents of surrounding places. A big festival will be organised every year during the Pournami(Full moon day)of Chaitra month, in the name of goddess.People from local regions visit the temple for her blessings.This festival is one of the biggest people gathering events in the locality.

Villages in Avanigadda Mandal

The following are the list of villages in this Mandal. [1]

  1. Avanigadda
  2. Vekanuru
  3. Gudivakavaripalem
  4. Aswaraopalem
  5. Bandalaicheruvu
  6. Chiruvollanka (Dakshina)
  7. Edlanka
  8. Modumudi
  9. Puligadda
  10. Ramachandrapuram
  11. Ramakotipuram(Kothapeta)
  12. Tungalavaripalem

Educational institutes in Avanigadda

Avanigadda is most popular for T.T.C,B.Ed and D.sc coaching.people from different places throughout the state comes here for coaching

Visit more information about diviseema in www.diviseema.info website.

1977 November 19

The Bad day of the People of Diviseema which claimed around 20,000 lives because of strong winds and sea waves of 6m length.The following is a short clip form a Nov 23rd, 1977 newspaper article in the US (Galveston Daily News) "... tidal wave that followed washed away 21 villages and left 10,000 persons dead along India's battered southeast coast, officials reported Tuesday. Another 100,000 persons were reported left homeless by the weekend storm the worst to hit eastern India in more than a century. ANDHRA Pradesh State Revenue Minister P. Narasa Reddy said 10,000 bodies had been counted and at least 21 villages were completely washed away in the tidal wave that followed the cyclone. Reddy said the storm dumped up to 10 inches of rain in eight hours in some areas...."

Political Avanigadda

Politics in Avanigadda are always interesting. Starting from 1960s, the Congress Party had the upperhand, but soon with the entry of Telugu Desam (1983) the scenario changed and it came under Telugu Desam (TDP). It was in 1999 again the congress won, mainly because of division between TDP local Leaders. In 2004 also it was the same case in TDP and again Congress won easily. There are also large number of supporters for Megastar's Party.Poll statistics for Avanigadda from 1952

2009 [Ambati Brahmanaiah][1] T.D.P 428
2004 M. Buddaprasad Congress 52369
1999 M. Buddaprasad Congress 41919
1994 S. Satyanarayana T.D.P. 45507
1989 S. Satyanarayana T.D.P. 40549
1985 S. Satyanarayana T.D.P. 36165
1983 M. Venkatakrishnarao Congress.I 24852
1978 M. Venkatakrishnarao Congress 30396
1972 M. Venkatakrishnarao Congress Unanimus
1967 Y. Sivaram prasad Congress 24318
1962 Y. Sivaram prasad Congress 29304
1955 M. Rajeswararao Congress 61128
1955 Y. Sivaramprasad Congress 58444
1952 C.H. Ramalingaiah CPI 46864

Present Leaders

[2]

Properties of Candidates contested for 2004 Tenali constituency, submitted to Election committee

Assembly Election 2004 - Affidavits filed by Candidates AC No. & Name: 91 - Avanigadda

References

  1. ^ "Villages in Avanigadda Mandal". http://panchayat.gov.in/adminreps/viewpansumR.asp?selstate=0206034000&ptype=V&button1=Submit. Retrieved 2007-02-15. 
  2. ^ "Avanigadda 2004 State Election Results". http://66.28.216.162:8080/apcc/election/reports/constituencyInfo.jsp?year=2004&id=91. Retrieved 2008-06-03.