Ponduru
| Ponduru పొందూరు | |
|---|---|
| town | |
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Weaving at Ponduru | |
| Country |
 India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Srikakulam |
| Talukas | Ponduru |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Telugu |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 532 168 |
| Telephone code | 08941 |
| Vehicle registration | AP 30 |
- For a village in Srikakulam district, see Ponduru, Srikakulam district.
Ponduru is a village and Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam district[1] of Andhra Pradesh, India. There is a sub post office at Ponduru and it is computerized, the pin code is 532168[2]
It is known as the land where the finest khadi is woven. Khadi from Ponduru is famous among Khadi lovers of the entire country. Mahatma Gandhi is also said to have been surprised at the finesse of the Khadi produced here and he always preferred khadi from this village. Khadi from this region is exported to various countries like America, Denmark, Japan and Sweden. Ponduru is about 20 kilometers from Srikakulam Town.
Ponduru Khadi
"Andhra Fine Khadi", popularly known as "Ponduru Khadi" is a prominent name in Andhra Pradesh as well as all over India. This is because this variety of khadi is produced from Ponduru, a village in Srikakulam District in north coastal Andhra Pradesh. It is produced from a special variety of cotton namely Punasa cotton, Hill/ white cotton and Red cotton, of very short staple produced in Srikakulam area. The cotton is combed and purified with the help of fish jaws. Hence the superfine finish.
Three institutions viz.,
(1) Grama Swarajya Sangam
(2) AFKK Sangham and
(3) SJNK Sangham originated in 1940s are famous for producing this variety of khadi.
Recently, The production of Khadi at Ponduru went down due to lack of facilities and shifting of occupation by weavers[3] due to various reasons.
Features
- Ponduru is famed for its complete hand spinning processes. Normally most cotton in India is machine carded, that means the fibers are combed and mechanically separated from the seeds and rendered into fluffy bats for the hand spinners. In Ponduru every step is still done by hand
- Ponduru is world renowned for Fine Khadi, a symbol of India's independence. The entire process of manufacture — from the separation of the cotton to the spinning is done by hand. The villagers take pride in their knowledge that no advanced mechanised technology can replicate.
- Ponduru is connected with railways. Ponduru railway station located on Howrah-Chennai mainline in East Coast Railway, Indian Railways.
- There is a Professional Courier Branch.
- Ponduru is the home of many intellectuals, who have excelled in diverse areas such as engineering, technology, medicine etc. Many people hailing from Ponduru are working as top-level managers, doctors and engineers worldwide.
- Most of the Residents of Ponduru are working in all the State and Central Govt Departments too.
- Ponduru Students Got State Ranks in Tenth Class.
- Ponduru has several popular Banks such as State Bank Of India (IFSC Code : SBIN0002785) Central Bank Of India (IFSC Code : CBIN0284689) Andhrapradesh Grameena vikas bank (IFSC Code : SBIN0RRAPGB).
- Sri YECHINA GOPALA RAO is a well known national awardee teacher who got National,State and district teacher awards at a time in 2007. He got a National teachers' award from the Honble.President of India smt.PRATIBHA PATIL in 2007.He is a famous social worker in pondur.
- Sri P.KURMA RAO is a well known teacher in ponduru who got National teacher award from honble.vice president of India sri.Sankardayal sarma in 1988.