A six-day Aradhana Gurupooja Mahotsavam of saint-foreteller Srimadvirat Pothuluri Veerabrahmendra Swamy will be performed at the matham at Kandimallayapalli in Brahmamgari Matham in Kadapa district from May 20.

There is the temple of sri Thretheswara swamy in the form of a stone sivalingam. This temple is picturesquely situated on the bank of the river Bahuda (Cheyyeru) on a hillock with a beautiful Kalyana mantapanm (marriage hall) and gali gopuram (tower). The hillock is known as Thretachalam on account of the manifestation of Threteswara swamy.

ఆయనకు ఆ స్థలం బాగా నచ్చింది. ఆ కొండ కోట నిర్మాణానికి ఎంతో అనువుగా ఉందనీ, అక్కడ కోటను నిర్మిస్తే ఆ చుట్టు పక్కల గ్రామం వెలసి సుసంపన్నంగా, ఎంతో వైభవంగా కళకళలాడుతుందనీ జ్యోతిష్కులు శెలవిచ్చారు. దాంతో కాకమహారాజులు అక్కడ కోటను నిర్మించాలని అనుకున్నాడు. వైకుంఠశుద్ధ పంచమి రోజున కోట నిర్మాణానికి శంకుస్థాపన జరిపాడు. అతితక్కువ వ్యవధిలోనే అక్కడ గండికోట ఆవిర్భవించి దుర్భేద్యమైన కోటగా పేరు తెచ్చుకుంది.

Several organisations are coming forward to set up solar power plants at Pulivendula in Kadapa district. They have also applied to the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) to set up solar plants in other areas of the district as it is suitable for solar power generation. Videocon has already submitted an application ...

The importance of the place is on account of the temple of Veeramjaneya swamy on the bank of river Papagni familiarly is known as Gandi anjaneya swamy temple. Gandi is the term used for a narrow passes between two hills and river Papagni flows through this Gandi or pass. Formerly it was called ‘Hiranyaghattam’. There is a dilapidated temple of ...

KADAPA, 10th April : All India Radio Kadapa station is in a deplorable state with the posts of Station Director, two assistant Station Directors and seven programme executives remaining vacant for a long time, Founder-Secretary of C.P. Brown Library Janumaddi Hanumath Sastry said

Yesteryear actor Roja Ramani, her husband Chakrapani, their son and actor Tarun and daughter visited Sri Lakshmi Venkateswara Swamy temple at Devunikadapa and Ameen Peer Dargah known as Pedda Dargah in Kadapa and offered prayers on Friday evening.

A steel processing unit will be set up at Settigunta area in Railway Kodur mandal of Kadapa district at a cost of Rs 1,300 crore. As part of this, beneficiation plant and pelletisation plant will be set up under the aegis of the National Mineral Development Corporation and the State Mineral Development Corporation.

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar offered prayers at the Ameen Peer dargah (Pedda dargah) in Kadapa on Thursday afternoon. Akshay Kumar flew down here in a helicopter from the airport near Tirupati around 4 pm and spent about 45 minutes at the Ameen Peer dargah, locally known as Pedda dargah.