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Tenali (తెనాలి), also known as the Paris of Andhra, is a town and a mandal in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It has a population of 149,839 (2001 census). It is located 16 miles east of Guntur City. Three canals of the Krishna River flow through Tenali making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. One of the canals is navigable up to Nizampatnam port. Tenali is a major railway junction connecting Guntur, Vijayawada, Repalle and Chennai.

Overview

Tenali is known for its rich cultural and literary legacy. Because of its contribution to literature, theater, films and education, it is popularly called the Paris of Andhra. It has produced many famous poets, theater artists, scholars, actors and academicians. The great Tenali Ramalinga (also known as Tenali Rama and Tenali Ramakrishna), who was a court-poet of Krishnadeva Raya of the Vijayanagara empire and well known for his wit and impressive Telugu poetry was born in Tumuluru near Tenali in the 16th century.

Tenali has contributed a major share of artists to Telugu stage drama. There are quite a few extraordinary artists who later moved on to film industry such as Savithri, Kanchanamala, Kongara Jaggayya, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Jamuna, Sarada, Prabha, Divvya Vani, Rajyalakshmi, Sivaparvathi, Mudigonda Lingamurty, Dr Govindarajula Subba Rao, Vangara Venkata Subbaiah, Nalanikanth, Tenali Sakunthala, Meesala Bhaskar, Ghattamaneni Krishna, the comedian A V Satyarayana Rao (AVS) and writer Chinni Krishna. The famous painter and philosopher, late Sri Sanjeevadev hails from Tummapudi, a village near Tenali.

The present Member of the Legislative Assembly from Tenali Constituency is Nadendla Manohar, who was elected in 2004.

Geography

Tenali is located at 16°15′N 80°35′E / 16.25°N 80.58°E / 16.25; 80.58. It has an average elevation of 11 metres (36 feet). Tenali is 25 km from Guntur City and 35 km from Vijayawada City. All the three are in a triangular loop like structure at almost same distance and well connected by road and rail transport.

Transportation

Tenali Town is just 25 km away from Guntur City and 35 km away from Vijayawada City. It is well connected to these two cities through road and rail transport. It hardly takes 30 min by road and 20 min by train to Guntur City. It takes 45 min by road and 30 min by train to Vijayawada City. Tenali is also well connected to State Capital (Hyderabad) and National Capital (New Delhi) through Railway.

Climate

Tenali is located 30 km from the sea coast. It is generally hot and humid during summer with temperatures ranging between 32-45 C. Winters are milder with temperatures between 15 and 23 C. Heavy rains are experienced between July and November during monsoon time.

Population

At the 2001 Indian census, Tenali had a population of 149,839. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Tenali has an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 61%. In Tenali, 10% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Economy

The town thrives on trade and agriculture. The region around the town has fertile soil irrigated by the Krishna river water and its canals. Major crops include lemons, Sugar Cane, Rice, Orange, Sapota (Chickoo), Turmeric and Mango. The main market conducts business in agricultural produce and traditional wares. Tenali is famous for pure gold, jewellery, wood and steel utensils.

With its pivotal location between the commercial cities of Guntur and Vijayawada, many residents in and around Tenali mainly depend on them for livelihood. The town holds a huge middle class, making up more than 90% of the total population. Major source of income is Agriculture with two to three crops around the year.

Assembly Constituency

Tenali is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

List of Elected Members:

• 1957,1962 Alapati Venkatramaiah
• 1967,1972 and 1978 - Doddapaneni Indira
• 1983 and 1985 - Annabathuni Satyanarayana
• 1989 - Nadendla Bhaskara Rao
• 1994 - Ravi Ravindranadh
• 1999 - Gogineni Uma
• 2004 - Nadendla Manohar
• 2009 - Nadendla Manohar

Villages

CHEBROLE ; Dakshina kasi.101 temples and 101 wells in chebrole long time ago.Now nearly 15 temples are there.Very very Old temples (700 A D) are there. Two brahma temples in India,one is at kasi,and the other one is at chebrole. A large number of freedom fighters came from that town.Everybody must see that temples.20 km from tenali

• koru thadiparu, is the one of the village in tenali division
• Bhattiprolu, located twenty-eight kilometers from Tenali, is well known for its Buddhist stupa built in the third century BC. The most ancient known kingdom, ruled by King Kuberaka, in South India had Pratipalapura (Bhattiprolu) as its capital. A variant of Ashokan Brahmi found on the urn containing Buddha's ashes gave rise to the Telugu script and many other South-East Asian language scripts.
• Tumuluru, 18 kilometers from Tenali, is one of the few Internet villages in India where all village transactions are conducted online.
• Chintalapudi: A project is undertaken by a voluntary organization called Ashanet that has contributed to the welfare of the village..
• Sangam Jagarlamudi (located between Tenali and Guntur): The Lord Sangameswara Swamy(Siva) Temple here is very popular.
• Katevaram located at 2 km from Tenali: Five temples built during the Vijayanagara period still exist.
• Gudivada village located at 7 km from tenali: Lord Siva temple which was built during Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu time

it still exist and with 6 other temples. canal passing through the village which was named baking ham canal(kommumuri kalava.

• Garuvupalem (or Gandhi Nagar) is a small village located at 6 km from Tenali. The famous Bakimham Canal is going through this village. You can find beautiful places around this village.
• Vadlamudi, is one of the major panchayath in Guntur District. The biggest farmers Co-operative dairy in Andhra Pradesh, Sangam Dairy, is situated here. One of the prestigious educational institute in Andhra Pradesh, Vignan institutions, were started here in early 80's. Now, it has recently upgraded to Vignan University (deemed). Vadlamudi is well known for its Shivaratri festival celebrations.

Miscellanea

• There are a good number of famous temples, such as Kanyaka Parameswari temple, Vaikunthapuram (also known as Chinna Tirupathi), Patha Shivalayam, Donga Ramudu Gudi (Near Market), Ramalingeswara Aalayam, Patha Anjaneyaswami gudi, Chitti Anjaneyaswami gudi, Morrispet Shivalayam, Saibaba temple Appalaswami temple, devi gudi in devi chowk, and venugopala swamy temple
• The heart of Tenali is referred as Gadi Bavi, which derives its name from an old well that used to exist there. Gadi Bavi is now a famous marketplace. Legend has it that Donga Ramudi Gudi, next to Gadi Bavi, was built surreptitiously in a single night; hence the name.
• Festivals are celebrated on a grand scale throughout the year in Tenali. The most famous being Sri Rama Navami, where the Pandiri or Pandal stretches over the entire main roads in Tenali, attracting a gathering of about 200,000 people each year. Vinayaka Chavathi, Sri Rama Navami and Deepawali are the main festivals. From Ugadi until Rama Navami, all the main streets are decorated with displays of various gods and goddesses. The celebrations continue for ten days. During the Sankranthi festival, Lord Venkateswara's idol along with those of Lakshmi and Padmavati are taken on a decorated boat in one of the Krishna canals. On the festive day of Sivarathri a huge jathara/festival will be celebrated in nearby Siva kshetras viz., Sangam Jagarlamudi, Tsundur and Gowada. Edla pandelu (Bull race) is conducted.
• A village named Munnangi (20 km from Tenali) has a Shiva temple with three Lingas in the Sanctum Sanctorum, a rarity.
• Famous scientists from Tenali include late Y Nayudamma, Prof. D Basavaiah from University of Hyderabad, Padmasree Dr. A V Rama Rao former director of IICT and Prof. SambasivaRao Kotha from IIT Bombay. Prominent scientists of India are honoured by Dr Nayudamma Award. The awardees include A P J Abdul Kalam, M S Swaminathan, Verghese Kurien and Kota Hari Narayana.
• The village of Jampani (8 km from Tenali) is famous for skilled carpenters, whose wood carvings are sold throughout the state of Andhra Pradesh.
• Burripalem is a village near Tenali and the hometown of famous Tollywood artist Krishna.
• Tenali is well known for its educational institutions.
• Pedaravuru one of the Village 3 km from Tenali. Srirama Navami Celebrations are very popular in that village. Two temples are there. One is Sivalayam and another one is Ramalayam. Both are very famous
• Flying kites used to be a very popular activity among kids and men. Kite challenges were very common. Maanza is applied to the string for strengthening it, that flies the kites. All time great kite fliers of Tenali include Mr. Subhani, Mr. Boosi Reddy, Mr. Poorna etc. Subhani made and sold tens of thousands of kites. He also was very famous for making great Maanza and is known for cutting thousands of other flying kites in his years.
• Tenali is known for great food. If you want to eat delicious upma or karam idli, go to Morrispet, ask for Satyam gari hotel. If you want to eat dosas, pooris, idlis, and other food, try Navayuga or Swatantra Vihar. They have served people for over more than 50 years.
• A veda pathsala is established by sri raghava narayana sastry garu a famous spiritual guru located at near by village Chandolu
• Tenali is famous for Gold Business, you will be getting good and quality gold items and also famous for Timber Business supplying good Teak.
• Tenali is also famous for its delicious *Jalebi*. You can find several of the shops selling them on the way from Train Station to the Main Road, right Opposite Satyanarayana Movie Theater

Institutions

Tenali is well known for its educational institutions.

• Gupta college located near Tenali at a distance of 5 km.

• A.S.N. Degree & PG college.

• V.S.R & N.V.R college is one of the oldest colleges in Andhra Pradesh.

• Tenali Engineering College located near Kolakaluru between Guntur & Tenali

• JMJ (Jesus Mary and Joseph) College is a famous Christian institution for girls

• Sri Rama Rural Gurukula Pathasala, which was started in 1949 in Chilumuru 13 km from Tenali.

• Dr. Kodali Veeraiah Educational Academy.

• Nehru Niketan School is famous for producing talented young generation from the past 30 years.
• Ratna Sri Public School is famous for producing more talented young scholars.

Famous Personalities

• YALAVARTHY NAYUDAMMA.World great scientist
• Dr.CHADALAWADA KRISHNAIAH CHOWDARY also known as the best surgeon for the poor & the most intellectual person for the rich,served his native place conducting 60,000 major surguries in his life time. He always believed & proved that a good person does the right thing & the bad person sells the wrong thing. he always sold the right thing which made him the best person all the way from vellore to vizag in terms of surgery.
• Tenali Ramakrishna, Court Poet of the Vijayanagara dynasty during the reign of Sri Krishnadeva Raya
• Dr. Vadlamudi Nageswara Rao, Famous Doctor in this part of the world.
• Kalluri Chandra Mouli, Ex-Minister, Moparru
• Alapati Venkataramaiah, Ex-Minister, Yadlapalli
• Venegalla Sathyam, Ex-Minister
• Tripurineni RamaswamiChowdari,Ex-Municipal Chairman, Poet and Social Reformer
• Tadiparthi Veeraiah. Freedom fighter
• Dr.Kodali Veeraiah, Ex.MLA.
• Dr. Kodali Raja Veeraiah, MD Radiologist (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center) & Philanthropist
• Dr. Kodali Punnaiah, Communist, social worker.
• Kakumanu Sri Ramulu, Founder of Kakumanu Press (1930), Omkara Ashram in 1932.
• Nannapaneni Venkatrao,Ex-MLA,Ex-MunicipalChairman&Founder of Nannapaneni Sugars & VSR & NVR College
• Alapati Dharmarao, Ex-Home minister. A.P.
• Ghattamaneni Sivarama Krishna Murthy, Film actor, Director, Producer
• Ghattamaneni Mahesh Babu, Film Actor
• Dr. Kotha Ravindra Babu
• Dr. Venigalla Viswa Mohan Rao, M.S.
• Dr. Karumanchi Thukaram Prasad
• Savithri, Famous South Indian Actress from Chiluvuru
• Alapati Rajendraprasad, Ex-minister.A.P.
• Dr. Ravi Ravindernath Choudary, Ex-MLA
• Koganti Rama Rao, Ex-Market Yard Chairman.
• Dr. Gogineni Uma, Ex-MLA
• Dr. Sarada, Ex-MP
• Kongara Jaggayya, Movie Actor
• Dr. Yelavarthy Nayudamma, Famous Scientist
• Dr.V. Krishna, Ex-VC Andhra University
• Lankapalli Bullaiah, Ex-VC Andhra University
• Avula Sambasiva Rao, EX-VC Andhra University
• Ravi Satyanarayana, Freedom fighter and Ex-Chairman of Tenali Municipality
• Aluri Subba Rao Chakrapani, Famous Telugu film producer and Founder-Editor of Chandamama magazine
• Kodali Siva Kumari, Asst Professor
• Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Movie Actor
• Lakkaraju Venkateswara Rao, famously known as Madras
• Konijeti Rosaiah, two-time Finance Minister of Andhra Pradesh
• Umareddy Venkateswalru---TDP politburo leader, two-time MP
• Chinni Krishna --Story writer
• Kaneeganti Nasaraiah, Famous Drama Artist
• Dr. Rambabu Kodali, Professor, Moparru
• Ravi.SwathiKumar(B.Tech).
• Kodavatiganti Kutumba Rao,Famous Telugu writer.
• Koganti Tirupataiah , Freedom fighter.
• Raghava Narayana Sastry garu , spiritual guru of so many people over all INDIA, Chandolu
• Guruji Subrahmanyaananda , spiritual guru , ramalingeswara pet
• Tummala Jaganmohan rao , Grand father of Umesh chandra IPS, Kuchipudi
• Very Old ancient Shivalayam is there in Kuchipudi village which is 8 KM from Tenali,built at the time of Raja vasireddy venkatadri Naidu
• Dinesh.Karumanchi

References

1. Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Tenali
2. Template:GR
3. Project Chintalapudi Village (ANDHRA PRADESH)

Pagadala Ramakoteswara Rao, Famous Astrologer, Yoga & Nadi Researcher

• Cities and towns in Andhra Pradesh