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For the Srikakulam village in Krishna district, see Ghantasala (town)
For other uses, see Chicacole. Ghantasala, is a town and Mandal headquarters in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Chicacole, was the former name for the city of Srikakulam that was applied by British colonial rulers
  ?Srikakulam
Andhra Pradesh • India
Coordinates: 18°18′N 83°54′E / 18.3, 83.9
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
• Elevation
• 10 m (33 ft)
District(s) Srikakulam
Population 109,666 (2001)
Codes
• Pincode
• 532 001

Coordinates: 18°18′N 83°54′E / 18.3, 83.9 Srikakulam (Telugu - శ్రీకాకుళం) is a town, municipality and headquarters of Srikakulam district in the north-eastern Andhra Pradesh, India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530. UTC+530 is the Timezone for Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka Time The geography of India is diverse with landscape ranging from snow-capped mountain ranges to deserts plains rainforests hills and plateaus The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Srikakulam, formerly known as Chicacole is the northern most district of Andhra Pradesh, India In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or Post code system used by India Post the Indian Postal A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A municipality is an administrative entity composed of a clearly defined territory and its population and commonly denotes a City, Town, or Village, or WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Srikakulam, formerly known as Chicacole is the northern most district of Andhra Pradesh, India India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country With the same name there is a "Srikakulam Assembly constituency" and a "Srikakulam Parliament Constituency'". Srikakulam-municipality

There are two places with the same name in the state. A district and town by the same name on the north east corner of the state as well as a small village on the bank of river Krishna in Ghantasala (Mandal) of Krishna district. The village Srikakulam houses the Andhra MahaVishnu temple. Legend says that this temple was constructed by the great Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara Kingdom.

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History

This region of Andhra Pradesh was part of Kalinga region at fist and later a part of Gajapati kingdom of Orissa up to mediaeval period. Kalinga is a landlocked province of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region in Luzon. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Gajapati (Odia ଗଜପତି is a district of Orissa, India. Orissa (ଓଡ଼ିଶା is a state located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It was in the 'Kutubshahi' ruling in 1687 'chikakol' was a village and formed as fauzdhari-center for their money transactions for the areas of Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Vishakhapatnam, and some parts of Orissa. It was developed as town in the Muslim ruling,even today you can find more than 10,000 muslims living in this town following their culture,tradition and values. Srikakulam has also been head quarter for revenue collection under Nizam state of Hyderabad since 1707. Nizam ( Urdu: نظام‌) a shortened version of Nizam-ul-Mulk ( Urdu: نظام‌الملک) meaning Administrator of the Realm, was Nizams of Hyderabad assigned Srikakulam Rajahmundry, Eluru and Mustafanagar districts to French India in 1953. Nizam ( Urdu: نظام‌) a shortened version of Nizam-ul-Mulk ( Urdu: نظام‌الملک) meaning Administrator of the Realm, was Hyderābād and Berar (హైదరాబాదు حیدر آباد under the Nizams was the largest Princely state in the erstwhile Indian Empire WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Rajahmundry (రాజమండ్రి is a city and a Municipal corporation in WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Eluru is a munucipal corporation in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Kondapalli is a village on the outskirts of Vijayawada city It is 16 km by road from Vijayawada on national highway 221 and on Hyderabad –Vijayawada railway line French India is a general name for the former French possessions in India. French imperialists were driven out from these districts by British imperialists in 1756 during Anglo-French wars. The British Empire was the largest empire in history and for over a century was the foremost global power. The French and Indian Wars is a name used in the United States for a series of conflicts in North America that represented the actions there that accompanied

In 1759 the Fauzdhari ruling was ended and British ruling started, and Srikakulam town has been made part of Ganjam district and Palakonda and Rajam areas were included in Vizag district in the undivided Madras province. Ganjam District is a district in the Indian state of Orissa located on the border of Andhra Pradesh. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Palakonda or Palkonda is a town Revenue Division and a mandal in the Srikakulam district WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Rajam or Razam is a Census town, Municipality and Mandal headquarters Visakhapatnam ( Telugu: విశాఖపట్టణం (also Visakhapattanamu, shortened and anglicized Visakha/Vizag or Vizagapatnam is a coastal port Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St In 1936 the combined Madras-Orissa state was divided to Madras and Orissa and Parlakimidi Taluk was separated from combined Madras state, hence the Srikakulam was remained as Srikaklam taluk, Srikakulam town as Srikakulam municipality since 1857 under British rule. In 1947 after Indian independence, many including Potti Sriramulu fought for separate Andhra State. In 1948 many demanded for Srikakulam district as it was in combined vizag district. First 'chintada' village was proposed as district head-quarter by some central leaders. It was on 17 July 1950, a representation was given by Challa Narasimhu naidu, Pullela Vemkataramanayya (P. V. Ramanayya) to the then Revenue Minister H. Sitaramareddy on his visit to this area, and requested to select Srikakulam as District head-quarters at his camp office in Vizianagaram. Minister H. Sitaramareddy personally saw some places in srikakulam for selection. Then MLA of this area Garemalla Kumaraswami gave a speech on the dias of the meeting arranged on honour of the minister indicating that many important towns and capitals in the world were situated on the banks of rivers like England (Thames River), Srirangam (Kaveri), Agra (Yamuna), Kashi (Ganga), Rajamundry (Godavari), Vijayawada (Krishan) etc. , and for Srikakulam it is Nagavali and convinced the minister Sitaramareddy. Along with Rokkam Ramamurty, Pullela Venkataramanyya (P. V. Ramanayya), Pasagada Suryanarayana, Baratam Venkataramanayya, Mangu Raghavarao followed Garemella Kumaraswami as group to convince and represent the request memorandum. The minister decided and selected Srikakulam as head-quarters after reaching Madras then state capital. Kimidi Kalavenkatarao ex-revenue minister in the combined Madras state had done a lot for formation of this District, who was the grandfather of present Vunukuru MLA Kalavenkatarao. On 15 August 1950, at about 4. 00 p. m. the district was announced with Srikakulam town as headquarters and with three revenue divisions Palakonda, Srikakulam and Tekkali. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Palakonda or Palkonda is a town Revenue Division and a mandal in the Srikakulam district WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Tekkali is a Town Revenue Division and a Mandal in Srikakulam district in the state of At first, Parvatipuram revenue division was part of Srikakulam district and later transferred to Vizianagaram district. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Parvathi-puram or Parvati-puram (Telugu - పార్వతీపురము is a City Municipality Vizia-nagaram (విజయనగరo sometimes spelt as Vijaya-nagaram is the main city of the Vizianagaram District of Mr. Night was the then collector in the combined Vizag Srikakulam and Mr. Janab Shek Ahammadh appointed as first district collector for separated Srikakulam. On 3 January 1951, the first District Board was formed and Rokkam Laxmi Narasimha Dora was elected as president.

Important temples and places of worship

Srikakulam Municipality

Srikakulam municipality Town has a population of 109,666 (agglomeration 117,066) (2006 census). In the study of human settlements an agglomeration is an extended City or Town area comprising the built-up area of a central place ( usually a Municipality

Muncipality of Srikakulam
Muncipality of Srikakulam
Chairpeople of the municipality
Chairpeople of the municipality

River Nagavali flows through Srikakulam town. The River Nagavali is one of the main rivers of Southern Orissa and North Eastern Andhra Pradesh States in India, between Mahanadi and Godavari There is also a historical old bridge on river Nagavaly in the town that was constructed by British colonial rulers in 1854 and still in use but restricted for light vehicles. There are another Two bridges one at Day & Night Junction and other for one-way traffic at Kottaroad junction. Srikakulam town is surrounded by many villages and people daily come for work from different sides by walk or by cycling, and it needs another walking bridge at Collector's Bunglow to facilitate good traffic for the walkers. Srikakulam town is located at (lat: 18o18' N, lon: 83o54' E). Srikakulam was also capital of Muslim kings. Ruined tombs of Muslim kings are still seen in Srikakulam town. This is the biggest municipality of the four municipalities of the district. It has the history of 150 years . At present it has 36 wards

Details of Municipal Chairpersons :
year 1905-1911 1912-1915 1915-1918 1918-1921
chairperson T. V. SivaraoPantulu S. AdinarayanaRao D. SankaraSastrulu M. ReddyPantulu
Year 1921-1926 1926-1929 1929-1931 1931-1938
chairperson ChattiPurnayyaPantulu M. V. Kamayyashetti H. Suryanarayana M. V. Ranganadham
Year 1938-1942 1946-1949 1949-1952 1952-1956
chairperson ChallaNarasimhaNaidu B. V. RamanayyaSetty GynateVenkatarao IppiliLaxminarayana
Year 1956-1961 1962-1963 1963-1964 1967-1970
chairperson PasagadaSuryanarayana MaturiRamarao L. Suryalingam M. A. Ravuf
Year 1970-1972 1981-1992 1995-2000 2000-2005
chairperson IppiliVenkatarao A. V. Narasimham(varam) DudaBhavaniSankar PaidisettiJayanthi
Year 2005-Present
ChairPerson M. V. Padmavathi

Population

Population as per 2001 census
Male Female Total
58,613 58,707 1,17,320

Medical

Judicial

Of 19 courts in the District, only two are present in the town: a District court and a Municipal Bench court. About 75 lawyers and one law college are present in the municipal area.

Police

There are three police stations in the town: 1-Town, 2-Town, and Mahila Police Station. There is one rural police-station at Peddapadu, which serves Arikakulam Mandalam. All the district police officers reside in the town.


Transport

Srikakulam Town RTC complex
Srikakulam Town RTC complex
Srikakulam Road-Jn. Railway Station
Srikakulam Road-Jn. Railway Station

RTC bus complex has two depots that provide service to almost all villages around Srikakulam Town. Every 20 minutes there are non-stop buses to Visakhapatnam from 5. 00 a. m. to 9. 00 p. m. and every 15 minutes there are express buses from 5. 30 a. m. to 10. 15 p. m.

For Vizianagaram there buses for every 30 minutes from 5. 00 a. m. to 8. 30 p. m. For Palakonda there are buses for every 30 minutes from 6. 00 a. m. to 9. 30 p. m. To Narasannapeta there are buses every 10 minutes round the clock up to Icchapuram and to some parts of Orissa.

Srikakulam town is proximate to railway station. Srikakulam Road station located at Amadalavalasa railhead of Srikakulam town. Srikakulam Road (station is one of the major railway stations in Srikakulam district. WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Amadalavalasa or Amudalavalasa is a Municipality and a Mandal headquarters in Srikakulam In 2006 a reservation counter at municipal office was opened. Many trains to the north (Palasa, Howrah, and Bhubaneswar) and south (Vijayawada, Secundearabad, and Chennai) leave from here. Many taxis and autorickshaws are available from Srikakulam to reach the railway station. RTC and private busses are also available for every 5 minutes from Srikakulam Road railway station to Srikakulam RTC Complex and old bus stand. Srikakulam Road (station is one of the major railway stations in Srikakulam district. There is a railway overpass at Amadalavalasa to facilitate the land vehicles movements.

Parks

Parks in Srikakulam Town
Parks in Srikakulam Town

Sports

References

Gallery

Srikakulam Photo Gallery

Andhrapradesha is a State in India with a population of 7 crores.

Srikakulam District mandals

12. Assembly Constituencies in Srikakulam district,includes the 1. Ichchapuram, 2. Sompeta, 3. Tekkali, 4. Harishchandrapuram, 5. Narasannapeta, 6. Amadalavalasa 7. Srikakulam 8. Etcherla,9. Kothuru(Srikakulam),10. Palakonda,11. Pathapatnam,12. Vunukuru.

Arasavalli Sun God idols for Pooja inside Temple

Arasavalli Sun God Photo for Pooja inside Temple

Arasavalli Sun God Temple Lake called Indra puskarini.

Arasavalli Sun God main Temple Sky-view.

Arasavalli Sun God main Temple entrance view.

Kotadurga Temple Origina old gudi at Palakonda

Jagannadha swamy Temple at Palakonda Srikakulam district.

Kotadurga Temple at Palakonda Srikakulam. district.

Danthavarapuri is a village and is situated on the way from Amadalavalasa to Hiramandalam, 10km from Amadalavalasa, 22 km away from Srikakulam Town . Anicent Buddha stupa ara present in this place. It is believed a place of Buddha religion and shiddhardas living place.

Danthavarapuri is a village and is situated on the way from Amadalavalasa to Hiramandalam, 10km from Amadalavalasa, 22 km away from Srikakulam Town . Anicent Buddha stupa ara present in this place. It is believed a place of Buddha religion and shiddhardas living place.

Ravivalsa is a village in Tekkali Mandalam of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh state, India. Ravivalasa is famous for its Sri Endala Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple

See also

External links

WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> Srikakulam, formerly known as Chicacole is the northern most district of Andhra Pradesh, India Srikakulam Assembly Constituency ID is 16 and is important MLS segment in Srikakulam district
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