Palakollu

Palakollu
Town

Ksheerarama Temple view at Palakollu
Palakollu

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 16°32′00″N 81°44′00″E / 16.5333°N 81.7333°E / 16.5333; 81.7333Coordinates: 16°32′00″N 81°44′00″E / 16.5333°N 81.7333°E / 16.5333; 81.7333
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District West Godavari
Government
 • MLA (Palakol Assembly) Nimmala Rama Naidu (2014 - present)
 • MP (Narasapur Lok Sabha) Gokaraju Ganga Raju (2014 - present)
Area[1]
 • Total 4.80 km2 (1.85 sq mi)
Elevation 1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Population (2011)
 • Total 57,317
 • Density 12,000/km2 (31,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 534260
Telephone code 08814
Vehicle registration AP37

Palakollu is a town in West Godavari district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.[2] The town is the headquarters of Palakollu mandal.[3]

History

Palakol or Palakollu was originally known as Kshiraramam or Kshirapuram or Palakolanu or Upamanyapuram. [4]

In 1613, the Dutch built their first Indian factory at Palakollu, which was temporarily abandoned in 1730. Part of Dutch Coromandel, it was a trading post for textiles, lamp oil, wood, roof tiles, and bricks.

Under the 1783 Treaty of Paris, the town was ceded to the British, but the Dutch continued to rent it from them until 1804. In 1818 it was formerly restored to the Dutch only to be ceded again to the British in 1824.[5]

Palakollu is also known as Trilinga Desam, the region bounded by three lingas (Srisailam, Draksharamam and Kaleswaram)

The most famous Ksheerarama is one, of the five, Pancharama Kshetras and is located in Palakollu, state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Lord Shiva is known locally as Ksheera Ramalingeswara Swamy. The Sivalinga was established by Lord Vishnu. It is believed that staying one day in Ksheerarama is equivalent to staying one year in Varanasi.

The famous Sri Lakshmi Ganapathi Navagraha Subrahmanya Aalayam, temple located at Brodipeta 2nd Lane in Palakollu. The presiding deity is Lord Ganapathi in the divine form of Lakshmi Ganapathi, along with the Navagrahalu & Subrahmanya Swamy deities. [6]

Transport

APSRTC operates buses from Palakollu to major cities like Hyderabad, Vizag, Vijayawada, Tirupati etc. Three express trains service the town, which is on the Narsapur – Vijayawada railway route.[7] A bridge was built on Vasista Godavari near Chinchinada 8 km away from Palakollu connecting East Godavari & West Godavari Districts of Andhra Pradesh, which makes it a part of National Highway 214. Palakollu railway station is classified as a B–category station in the Vijayawada railway division of South Central Railway zone.[8]

Culture

The town notable for many artists like Chiranjeevi, Allu Ramalingiah, Allu Aravind, Allu Arjun, Kodi Ramakrishna, Dasari Narayana Rao, Chalam, Mandolin Srinivas, Chintapalli Ramana, Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana, Ghazal Srinivas (recipient of Guinness World Record for most languages sung), Beri Thimappa (Founder of Madras) and Relangi Narasimha Rao (director)

Governance

Civic administration palakollu Municipality was established in the year 1928. It was A grade Municipality. palakollu assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. Sri Chodisetty Surya Rao was longest serving municipal chairman from 1956 to 1986 and many colleges ASNM, Dasari Womens degree college, Coco Junior govt college, 34 acres of drinking water tank developed with 20 year vision, govt hospital, lorry stand, etc are all developed under his regime. As a gratitude people of Palakol erected a bronze statue in center of town.

Transport

The town has a total road length of 78.80 km (48.96 mi).[9]

Education

The primary and secondary school education is imparted by government, aided and private schools, under the School Education Department of the state.[10][11] The medium of instruction followed by different schools are English, Telugu.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Municipalities, Municipal Corporations & UDAs" (PDF). Directorate of Town and Country Planning. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 29 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mandal wise villages" (PDF). Revenue Department - AP Land. National Informatics Center. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Guntur District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. p. 461. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Pañchārāmas in medieval Āndhradēśa (Google eBook)
  5. ↑ Bowrey, Thomas (1895). Temple, Richard Carnac, ed. A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679. p. 105.
  6. ↑ Readings in Indian History. Selected And Edited by Sir William Wilson Hunter 1899 (Google eBook)
  7. ↑ http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/maps/st-cent-rly.htm
  8. ↑ "Divisional info" (PDF). Indian Railways. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "Details of Roads in each ULB of Andhra Pradesh". Commissioner and Directorate of Municipal Administration. Municipal Administration and Urban Developmemt Department - Government of Andhra Pradesh. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
  10. ↑ "School Eduvation Department" (PDF). School Education Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "The Department of School Education - Official AP State Government Portal | AP State Portal". www.ap.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
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