Kondapalli

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Kondapalli
Town
Kondapalli fort
Kondapalli
Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°37′N 080°32′E / 16.617°N 80.533°E / 16.617; 80.533Coordinates: 16°37′N 080°32′E / 16.617°N 80.533°E / 16.617; 80.533
Country  India
State Andhra Pradesh
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Kondapalli toys at a house in Vijayawada
Forecourt of the fort

Kondapalli is a town in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India, an industrial suburb of Vijayawada city,[1] with a population of nearly 38,000. It is 16 km by road from Vijayawada on National Highway 221 and on the Vijayawada-Hyderabad railway line. Twin towns kondapalli and ibrahimpatnam should be made into single municipality with a population of 60,000, these towns are also census towns with less population depended on agriculture. State government had approved nearly 58 new municipalities after 2011, some of them smaller than these towns and depending more on agriculture.

Kondapally Toys

Main article: Kondapally Toys

It is very famous for Kondapally Toys known as Kondapalli bommalu. The toys are chiseled from locally available special light softwoods (Tella Poniki) and painted with vegetable dyes, and vibrant enamel colours. They are world famous artistic wonders. They are made by artisans said to have migrated from Rajasthan several generations ago. The most popular toys include Dasavatarams (ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu) elephants with Ambari, palanquin-bearers carrying the bride and bridegroom, toddy tapper, set of village craftsmen, as well as various animals. The papier mache swinging doll is a favourite with many.[2]

Fort

Main article: Kondapalli Fort

Circar Mustafanagar (Kondapalli Fort) is a major tourist attraction. The historic fort, in the foothills of the Eastern Ghats, on the west of the town was built by Prolaya Vema Reddy of Kodaveedu during the 14th Century. It was under occupation of the Gajapati rulers of Orissa for some time, then Krishna Devaraya of Vijayanagar and it later fell into the hands of the Muslim rulers of the Qutubshahi dynasty in the 16th century. One can see the remains of the main fort and the prisons of that time. The fort is connected by road from Ibrahimpatnam and Kondapalli. Tourism development is now remodeling the fort, the prison, Ranimahal and Gajasala (i.e. the elephant stable).

Flora and Fauna

Kondapalli is home to the Kondapalli Reserve Forest one of the last remaining pristine forests in the Krishna district, spread over an area of 30,000 acres (120 km2). It is home to several leopards, wild dogs, jackals, wild boar, and wolves with a varied topography.[3]

Industries

Kondapalli is an industrial suburb of Vijayawada. It has one of the largest industrial estates (industrial parks) in Andhra Pradesh, spread over 450 acres (1.8 km2) and supporting over 800 industrial enterprises.[4] Second largest wagon workshop of Indian railways is present in Rayanapadu (Guntupalli) about 3 km from Kondapalli.[5] In addition to a 1760 MW Vijayawada Thermal power project (VTPS) (The VTPS name has since been replaced by NTTPs.) and 368.144 MW gas based Lanco power plant which is under expansion to 768.144 MW are located here.[6] Andhra Pradesh Heavy Machinery & Engineering Limited (APHMEL) factory is present in kondapalli. Kondapalli is hub for storage, bottling and transportation of petroleum products of all major companies. Major companies having a presence in Kondapalli include BPCL, GAIL, HPCL, IOC, RELIANCE, and LANCO.

The population of Kondapalli along with its twin town of Ibrahimpatnam is 62736.

Transport

The Kondapalli Railway Station is at 16°37′27″N 80°32′48″E / 16.62417°N 80.54667°E / 16.62417; 80.54667.

References

  1. ↑ '32FA8822E09F3774E0440003BA962ED3'&Diacritics=DC Kondapalle (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
  2. ↑ Somya, J. N. and Des, M. "Design Resources on Traditional Toys of Kondapalli The Craft of Wooden Toys". Visual Communication Industrial Design Centre (IDC), IIT Bombay. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. 
  3. ↑ Rao, G. V. Ramana (25 May 2006). "Presence of leopards, wild dogs detected in Krishna forests". The Hindu (Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu). Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. 
  4. ↑ "unknown". The Hindu (Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu). 
  5. ↑ "Wagon Workshop, Guntupalli". South Central Railway. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. 
  6. ↑ "‘It is always better to spread your wings’". The Financial Express. 31 March 2008. 

External links

Forts in Andhra Pradesh
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