Peddamudium

Peddamudium is a village and a mandal in Kadapa district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The historic name of this village is Peddamudimela and it was an Agraharam. It is on the banks of the Kundu River which is a tributary to the Penner River.^[1]

Geography

Peddamudium is one of the mandal headquarters in Kadapa District and the list of villages in Peddamudium Mandal includes Balapana Gudur, Bheemagundam, Bhuthamapuram, Bodithippanapadu, Chinnamudium, Chinnapasupula, Diguva Kalvalla, Gundlakunta, J. Kothapalli, J. Kottalapalli, Jangalapalli, Kondasunkesula, Medidinne, N. Koltalapalli, Nemalladinne, Palur, Nagarajupalli, Papayapalli, Peddamudium, Peddapasupula, Suddapalli, Ulavapalli and Uppalur. It is located on the road connecting Jammalamadugu and Allgadda and approximately 20 km from each town. It was also identified as Phirka during British Raj and has had a police station since then. The village has four ancient temples which are supposed to have been constructed during Sri Krishna Deyarayulu rule. The village is located on the banks of the Kundu River, a tributary to the Penner River.this mandal is famous for Bengal gram producers and also famous for Bengal gram marketing..

Near By Cities

Jammalamadugu 22 KM near Proddatur 34 KM near Banganapalle 46 KM near Yerraguntla 47 KM near allagadda 18 km near

History

The history of Peddamudium dates back to 100 AD. The Chalukya family according to a tradition recorded in the 11th century was founded by Vijayaditya, an adventurer from Ayodhya who lost his life in a fight to Trilocana Pallava (100 AD). His queen who was pregnant at that time took refuge in a village Mudivemu, now Peddamudiam in Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh, with a Brahmana named Vishnubhatta Somayaji and gave birth to a son named Vishnuvardhana. When he grew up Vishnuvardhana conquered Kadambas, Gangas, others and established his rule. He married a Pallava princess and was succeeded by his son Vijayaditya.

Panchayats

The following is the list of village panchayats in Peddamudium mandal.

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