- Gajulamandyam
Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Gajulamandyam (Puttareddygari SasidharReddy's Village)
type = Village
latd = 13.60 | longd = 79.52
locator_position = right
state_name = Andhra Pradesh
district = Chittoor
Narrator =Narrator
narrator =SasidharReddy
altitude = 107
population_as_of = 2001
population_total = 4,631
population_density =
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area_total =
area_telephone code = 0877
postal_code = 517520
vehicle_code_range =AP-03
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The village of Gajulamandyam( _te. గాజులమండ్యం) is the one of the biggest historical villages in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on the banks of riverSwarnamukhi (సువర్ణముఖి) . It is just 15km away from holy placeTirupathi town and 5km fromRenigunta Railway jn.Overview
It is a Place where goddess Gangamma born whose Jatara(Fest) has been celebrating in
south India grand manner. This is a place where the great sageMandavya done his Thapasu. The population of the village is above 4000. Most of the people are literated. This is major Grampanchayat in Chittoor district covered with K.L.M.Hospital, Jeevagram,Neelisani peta, IDA Gajulamandyam. Some of surrounding Villages are Attur, Allikesam,Boduthum, Thandlam,Tukivakam, Elamandyam,Pillapalem, Thataih Kalva, Nallapalem,Kallur.It is the centre of politics in our surrounding villagesand in our constitutionGovernment
Gajulamandyam is a major Grampanchayat in Chittoor district. It is part of
Tirupathi Constituency ofAndhra Pradesh state legislature and Parliament ofIndia in Indian politicsEconomy
The village mainly depends on agriculture. The main crops are rice, sugar cane and ground nuts. and grampanchyat have income in the form of tax from industries around the village.
Culture
The people of Gajulamandyam speak mostly Telugu though Tamil,English are understood. The residents and migrated people from various states can be seen in both traditional attire like
Dhoti ,Lungi andSaree and modern attire. Practices ofTonsure and usingTilak are commonly seen. Songs and prayers of Lord Venkateswara likeAnnamacharya kirtanas, Lord Sri Rama, Lord Shiva, Lord Subramanyeswara Swami, Saibaba bajan kirtanas can be heard all over the Village.Temples and Festivals
This village is famous about his temples like Shivalayam ( which is constructed by Chola Rajas along with Kalahasti, Gudimallam, Mukkoti, Jogula Mallaram temples), Perumala Swamy Temple (as per villagers that temple had damaged before 500 years ago, history of this temple not available), some other temples are Sri Ramaalayam,Sai baba Temple, Subramanyeswara Swami Temple, Ankalamma temple , Gurrappa swamy Temple Yellamma Temple,poleramma Temple. In this village
Ganesh chaturthi ,krishnastami ,Deepavali ,Sankranti ,Sri Ramanavami ,Ugadi ,Kruthika ,Guru Purnima ,Shiva rathri ,Yellamma jatara ,Ganga Jatara , celebrates with processions in grand manner.Climate
In summer temperatures may go up to 36 to 45 degrees Celsius, and in winter the minimum temperatures will be between 18 and 28 degrees Celsius. Usually summer lasts from March to October. With the advent of rainy season in November, followed by winter which lasts till the end of February.
Transport
Gajulamandyam is well connected with all major towns Tirupati (15km),
Puttur (17 km)Kalahasti (35 km)Tiruchanur (Alamelu Manga puram) (8 km) andRenigunta (5 km) in Chittoor district. The distance toTirumala is about 37 km. The frequency of busses to Tirupati is every 5-10 minutes throughout the day. The bus journey toTirumala is approximately 1Hr.Industries
It is place of well developed Industrial area having more than 50 industries around the village some of them are
*S.V.Co.operative Sugars Ltd ( * [http://coopsugar.org/allindiasugarfactorylist.htm] )Dead link|date=April 2008
*AshwiniBio Pharma Ltd [ [http://www.hotfrog.in/Companies/Malladi-Drugs-Pharmaceutical Malladi Drugs Pharmaceutical Limited] . HotFrog.in. Retrieved on
2008-04-27 .]*Rock-Upco Granite Pvt Ltd [ [http://www.vizagcityonline.com/Vsez/Units1.html Visakhapatnam Special Economic Zone] . Retrived on
2008-04-27 .]*Lord security Mint Factory
*Pioneer Alloy casting Pvt Ltd
*Sterling Transformer pvt Ltd
*Krishna sa Fabs [ [http://www.tirupatitimes.com/industries.asp Krishna Saa Fabs Pvt. Ltd] . tirupatitimes.com. Retrieved on
2008-04-27 .]*Rolling Mills
*O.R.Distalaries Pvt Ltd
*Soya Products Ltd
*Deejay Multipacks (p) Ltd. [ [http://www.niir.org/directory/directory/z,,d5_c80_32/All+India+Plastic+Directory/ Business Directory on All India Plastic Directory] . Retrieved on
2008-04-27 .]*Sree Raghavendra Indl Gas (P) Ltd. [ [http://www.netexpress.co.in/yellowpages/display/Gas/Industrial+and+Medical/Cylinder+and+Bulk/Andhra+Pradesh/Tirupati/1/display.aspx List of companies in Gas/Industrial and Medical/Cylinder and Bulk - Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh] . NetExpress. Retrieved on
2008-04-27 .]Schools&Teachers
1. P.M. high school: established by
Britishers in 1883. It is a school builds carrier for so many great personalities likeSarvepalli Radhakrishnan (The then President and vice president of India), Anantha Sayanam Iyengar ( The then Speaker of Indian Parliament), Nedurumalli Janardhan Reddy (the thenChief Minister of Andhra Pradesh), A. EswarReddy (The then Speaker of Legislative Assembly A.P) andRanganath (Cine Actor, South India) so on.......................................Some of great Teachers from this school are:P.A.D.Prasad (The then H.M), KutumbaRao(Science), Pramod(Mathematics), Kumari(English), Dayamani(Social), Rajamani(English), Hymavathi(Hindi), Sivasankar(Telugu), Devarajulu(Telugu), Bushanam(Hindi), Maniyamma(Typist), PrasadRao(English), Prabhakarro(Mathematics), Martyn Jacob(Mathematics) and so on...........................................................
2. M.P.P.U.P School:
Some of great Teachers from this school are:Devamandiram (The then H.M), Pusala Sujatha Devi (Science, Telugu,Hindi), Srinivasulu(Mathematics), MadhanaMohanReddy(Mathematics), Seethapathi(Mathematics), Nd. Prasad(Mathematics), Venkatamuni(Telugu), Vasundaramma(Telugu), Vijaya Laxmi(science) and so on ................................................
this school had split on 2004 as ZP Highschool & Elementary School in the same premises.
3.Sri Sai Ganesh Vidyalayam.
Media
The main Telugu news papers like
Eenadu ,Vaartha andAndhra Jyothi andsakshi are major sources of daily news. The popular TV Channels are state wide telugu cable channelsETV ,Maa TV Gemini TV andTeja TV and local city cable.ports
Cricket is most watched and played sport.Tennis ,volleyball andbadminton are also played in schools, uncultivated fields.Famous personalities
*Late Vidwan Sri Mallam Vasudeva Reddy( The then Panchayat President)
*Late Vidwan Sri B.Ranga Reddy (Telugu pandit and Famous Pedagogue),
*Late Sri S.Srinivasula Reddy (Famous Harikatha parayunudu in A.P),
*Late Sri K.krishnaReddy (The then Communist Party Leader),
*Late Sri R.Raghunath Reddy (The then Mandal President),
*Late Smt R.Malleswaramma(The then Village Administrative Officer, Gajulamandyam),Images
ee also
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Reddy References
External links
*http://www.maavooru.org/Place.aspx?PID=28894
*http://www.apiicltd.com/estates/inner-estates/gajulamandyam.htm#top
*http://www.apind.gov.in/indusestate.html
*http://www.maplandia.com/india/andhra-pradesh/chittoor/renigunta/users/psr/
*http://projects.cgg.gov.in/dsemis/School.do?&mgtcode=1&schlcode=1012040&count=1
*http://ap.ebharat.in/chittoor
*http://www.gloriousindia.com/places/ap/chittoor/renigunta/gajulamandyam.html
*http://www.tamilmovies.net/modules.php?name=Tamil_Movie_Wikipedia&title=Gajulamandyam
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