Markapur

Markapur Markapuram
city
Markapur Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 15°44′N 79°17′E / 15.73°N 79.28°E / 15.73; 79.28Coordinates: 15°44′N 79°17′E / 15.73°N 79.28°E / 15.73; 79.28
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Prakasam
Elevation	145 m (476 ft)
Population (2007)
• Total	73,583
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	523316
Telephone code	08596

Markapur is a town and a municipality and Revenue Head Quarter in Prakasam district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the Third largest Town in Prakasam district.

Geography

Markapur is located at 15°44′N 79°17′E / 15.73°N 79.28°E / 15.73; 79.28.^[1] It has an average elevation of 145 metres (475 ft).

Demographics

Markapur had a population of 73,583(As per March 2012). Males constitute 48% of the population and females 52%. Markapur has an average literacy rate of 72%: male literacy is 81%, and female literacy is 65%. In Markapur, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age...

Assembly constituency

Markapur is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,64,265 registered voters in Markapur constituency in 1999 elections. There are 1,85,484 registered voters in Markapuram Assembly Constituency after delimitation.

• 1972 - M. Nasar Baig (INC) ^[2]
• 1973 - Janke Rami Reddy(congress)
• 1978 - Poola Subbaiah (CPI)
• 1983 - V.V. Narayana Reddy (T.D.P)
• 1994 - Janke Venkata Reddy (independent)
• 1985, 1989, 1999 and 2004 - Kunduru Pedda Konda Reddy (Congress)
• 2009 - Kandula Narayana Reddy (T.D.P)

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Muncipality

Sri D. Nagoor Meeravali elected as Municipal Chairman(Congress)
Sri Ande Nasaraiah elected as Vice-Chairman(CPI).

Business

Situated on the banks of the Gundlakamma(amma amma) river,this bustling town caters to 80% of the country's demand for slates and slate pencils.

The place has abundant resources of slate mines. The town has lot of slate factories giving employment to many workers. The slates manufactured here are exported to many other states and throughout the world. Designer Slates (which are used for interiors of buildings especially for walls) are also manufactured here and these are directly exported mainly to Australia, Singapore and various other countries in the world.

Educational institutions

Professional colleges

• Dr Sgiet, established in 1997
• Krishna Chaithanya Institute of Engineering and Technology 2008
• Indira Institute of Engineering and Technology 2009
• A1 global Engineering College 2009
• Kamala college Pharmacy and Management 2010
• Dr sgiet,pharmacy college

Intermediate and degree colleges

• Sadhana jr college
• Jagruti College
• Ideal & sri krishna chaitanya memorial degree College
• George College etc.
• SVKP Degree College is the oldest college may be established in 1960s
• Bhavana college
• Gowtam College
• Kamala junior college
• asham school of nursing

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Schools

• Viswasanthi High school
• Aditya Concept School
• Sri Vivekananda Vidya Peetham
• Vikas Vidya Niketan
• Loyola Public School
• Prashanti Public School
• ZPP High School (boys) is the biggest and prestigious institution in prakasam District having government recognition in 1924
• Z.P.P.H Girls School
• Pragathi Public School
• Sri Vijaya Aided U.P. School & Sri Vijaya Girls High School
• Sri Sai Balaji Model School
• Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre
• G M R Concept School
• Abm High School
• Kamala Techno School
• Bhashyam Public School
• Sri Chaitanya Techno Schools
• Sri Sai Chaitanya High School
• Nirmala Grammar School
• Ravindra Bharathi Concept School
• St'anns English Medium School
• Geethanjali Public School
• Narayana Concept School

Transportation

Bus

Markapur is Located on the Thokapalli - Nadayal State Highway. town has APSRTC bus station located opposite ABM High School. There are frequent buses to district head quarters Ongole. People who wants to visit Srisailam (Famous Shiva Temple-One of the Dwaadasa Jyothirlingams) from long distance can get down at Markapur railway station and reach Srisailam by bus from this town. The bus frequency to Hyderabad is also great.100 buses above in our markapur city

• Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation

Rail

Railway station ( Markapur Road ) is situated 4 km away from town. It is a part of the Guntur division of South Central Railway division. City bus shuttles to and fro between town and railway station as per the train timings. The railway line from Vijayawada to Guntakal passes through this station.

• Puri-Bangalore GaribRath Superfast express
• Howrah-SatyasaiPrasanthiNilayam(SSPN) SF express
• Howrah-VascoDaGama Amaravathi Express
• Vijayawada-Hubli Amaravathi Express
• Prasanthi Express
• Machelipatnam Express
• Guntur-Guntakal Passenger
• Yesvantpur-Vijayawada-YPR Passenger
• Vijayawada-Hubli-Vija Passenger
• Markapur-Guntur passenger
• Tenali-Markapur passenger

Access the below link to get schedule of the above trains and Reservations.

IRCTC Online Passenger Reservation System

These are the main trains that pass through Markapur station.

Entertainment

The city has seven cinemas:

• Sreenivasa
• RadhaKrishna
• Vishweswara
• Vijaya
• Jagadeeswari (formerly CNT Hall, turned to Satyanarayana )
• Sai Balaji

Temples

Exterior

Sri Lakshmi Chenna Kesava Swamy Temple

This temple is the main attraction for tourists visiting this town. The temple galigopuram is very tall and can be seen 5 km away from the town.The unique feature of the temple is that every year, from 23 December to 3 January, the sun's rays at dawn enter the sanctum sanctorum, through specially placed windows, and fall at the feet of the deity making them glow for 20 minutes in a day.

The galigopuram was constructed in such a manner that the sunrays would pass through three holes in the Garudalwar mandir between 6.40 a.m. and 7 a.m. every day for 12 days from December 23. The rays falling at the centre of the Garudalwar mandir would reflect on the idols in the sanctum sanctorum making them glow with golden hues. An incredible architectural feat that speaks volumes of the expertise of the artisans of the sri krishna devaraya period. According to the legend, the Lord killed a demon by name Kesi, so he became known as Kesava here. As the Lord was strikingly beautiful and accompanied by his consort Lakshmi,he was worshipped here as Lakshmi Chenna Kesava Swamy.

The temple, constructed in 1425 and known for its legends as well as archaeological marvels, has tremendous potential for development as a pilgrim and tourist centre. Apart from magnificently sculptured gopurams, the temple has a beautiful 40-pillared mandapam with carvings of Krishna, Anjaneya, Garuda, Lakshmi & Vigneshwara with their respective vahanas. In the Kalyana Mandapam there are 6 musical pillars that produce the 7 musical notes when tapped.The half constructed Galigopuram was completed in the stewardship of late Y.Lingaraju then Revenue Sirasthadar.

Every year during the month of March and April, there will be a mela for more than 10 days, at that time it is assumed that at least 100,000 people visit the temple. There is a big teru(Car) where they take the utsav statue of the god during this ceremony. Recently they have demolished the old Car and constructed a new car.

Other temples

Apart from Lakshmi Chenna Kesava Temple, there are some other famous temples in Markapur.

• Ammavarisala (Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple)
• Sri Shirdi Sai Satsang Mandir (Jawaharnagar Colony)
• Ayyappa Swamy Temple
• Shiva Temple
• Saibaba Temple
• Ramulavari temple, Gandhi bazzar
• Venkateswara swamy temple near gundlakamma river (on the way to "Vemulakota")(1 km away from Markapur)
• Sri Nrisimha Swamy temple - on a hill (on the way to "Kondepally")(2–3 km away from Markapur)
• Poleramma Temple (on the way to "Tarlupadu")(3–4 km away from Markapur)
• Sri baktha anjayanya swamy (L.B.S nagar)
• Satyanarayanaswamy temple near market
• Bangaramma Talli Temple (near Chenna Kesava Swamy temple)
• Sri Ramalayam temple (Beside LIC office lane)
• Sri Anjaneya swamy temple ( Cumbum road)
• Sri Ambamaleswara naga veeranjanaya swamy temple(chintakuntla)
• Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy Temple near srinivasa theatre
• Raghavendra Swamy Temple near market
• Dattatreya Swamy Temple, market road
• Hanuman Temple, cumbum road
• ammalaka lakshmi narayana swami (Venkachamma Temple), jawaharnagar colony
• Vinayaka Temple, near Ammavarisala
• Rama Swamy Temple, near Ammavarisala
• Shri Ram Chandra Mission (SRCM)
• Sri Guru Datta Samsthan (Near Mother's India Hospital)

Zerox Centers

• Star Games & Zerox (Nagulavaram road)
• Sreekanth Zerox (Near satyanarayana swami temple)
• cyber9 internet ( opp:girls high school near sai polyclinic line be side srvani studio )

Nearest historical places

Cumbum Tank is the historical irrigation tank formed by damming the Gundlakamma river by earthen bund, which is the highest in the Presidency (80 ft), with 100 yards length. The tank spread over an area of 9 square miles (23 km²), and irrigates 6,944 acres (28.10 km²) with over 3,500 acres (14 km²) is second cropped in a good year. A more successful work is the Cumbum tank, formed under native rule by damming a gorge of the Gundlakamma river. Cumbum tank is accessible both by rail and road 27 km distance from Markapur. The main source of water for Markapur tank flows down from Cumbum Tank.

References

External links

• Markapur Google Map