Gudur
Gudur is located in
Nellore district in
Andhra Pradesh,
India.
The roots of the town started during Chola Dynasty.
It is believed that Cholas constructed Alaganatha Swamy temple. Later the town developed around this temple.
Satavahanas,
Cholas,
Pallavas, Telugu Chodas,
Kakatiyas,
Vijayanagara kings,
Golkonda Nawabs ruled this area.
The railroad divides the city into two parts: East town and West town. Main businesses are concentrated in East town. West town is mainly residential area and is relatively new.
There two small seasonal rivers Pambaleru and ChallaKaluva in the town.
Mica belt around Gudur is considered the 2nd biggest in the country. The mica deposits are located in 1000Sq.km. area covering Gudur, Rapur and Atmakur mandals of the Nellore district. Muscovite, Quartz, Feldspar and Vermiculite type of mica are found around this area.
The eastern part of town is flooded often in rainy season and people are facing hardships, thanks to visionless authorities and uncontrolled swamping of fields by people. Flies and mosquitoes are present around the year especially at Poolathota and East Street.
Gudur is surrounded by
lemon trees. So, lemon business has become one of the most successful business in Gudur. Lemons are exported to almost all parts of the Country.
Gudur is very hot in summer. The town is quite frequently affected by cyclones and has almost non existent winter. Gudur's heat is just amazing! The weather is hot and sultry most of the year. Best Season: October to March. The eastern part of town is flooded often in rainy season with people facing hardships, thanks to visionless authorities and uncontrolled swamping of fields by people. Flies and mosquitoes are present around the year especially at Poolathota and East Street.
Gudur is famous for Mica, Lemon, Acqua culture.
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Mica*
Lemon*
Aquaculture*
Agriculture*Lemon Market
*Vegetable Market
*Meat and Fish market
*Live Stock market
Gudur is accessible by road and rail road.
Gudur is located on National Highway 5. It is being upgraded to a four-lane highway. This reduced the travel time to
Chennai and
Nellore. With in the town the roads are very narrow and maintained poorly. Most of the town is accessible by walk. Bicycles and motor cycles are the preferred mode of personal transportation vehicles. Manual Rikshaws are available for hire round the clock.
Autorickshaws are picking up recently but they are mainly serving to the people traveling to villages around the town.
Few private buses provide transportation to the nearby cities/Villages. The public transportation is provided by State Government. State government operated vehicles covers even very remote areas.
Gudur is a railway junction, located between
Chennai and
Vijayawada, Connects
Tirupathi.
Chennai airport is the nearest major domestic/International Airport. There is another small domestic airport located in Renigunta.
Telugu is the language of the land.
Tamil,
Hindi and
Urdu can be understood at the railway station as it is a big railway junction and people of all languages travel through this station. Relatively Small chunk of the population can understand or/and speak
English.
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Dasara*Vinayaka Chavithi
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Convents
Elementary schools
Upper Primary Schools
High schools
*Zilla Parishad Boys High School
*Zilla Parishad Girls High School
*Chillakuru Seshamma High School
*CAM High School
*GVS Sankaraiah Memorial School
*Little Angles Public School
*Prospero English Medium School
Technical Training Institues
*Government Polytechnic College
*Government Institute of Ceramic Technology
Degree Colleges
Engineering Colleges
*Narayana Engineering College
*Audishankara Engineering college
Major Hindu Temples in the town
* Alaganatha Swamy Temple:* Prasanna Venkateswara temple:* Srikrishna Dhramaraja Swamy Temple:* Kodandarama Temple:* Chennakesava Temple:* Moola Staneswara Temple (Siva Temple):* Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple:* Shirdi Saibaba Temple:* Puttaparti Saibaba Temple:* Jain Temple
* Sri Krishna Temple
Perantallu:* Nalajalamma Temple:* Narayanamma Temple
Graama Shakti:* Thalamma
Missionary Branches:* A center of Ramachandraji Mission:* A center of Prajapita Brahma Kumari Eswariya Viswa Vidhyalayam
Mathams:* Brahmam gari matham:* Krishnadas Matham
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*Enuga Narahari Reddy Park
*CVC Park
*Potti Sriramulu Park
[
1] NelcastPalm Oil Industry
[
2] Micafab India Pvt. Ltd
[
3] SRAVAN INDUSTRIES
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Sriharikota*
Thirumala*
Kalahasti*
Chennai*Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary
*Tupilipalem
Gudur is served by two TV Channels
*Sivabhi Channel
*UCN Channel.
Most people in town has Cable TV connections.
Telugu , English, Hindi, Tamil news papers are available.
Town has couple of its own local news papers. They are bit irregular.
Most people spend their time either watching TV, going to Movies or attending to temples.
*Cricket and hockey are played at Alluru Audi Seshareddy Stadium
*PR Club Conducts Chess competitions every year
*PR Club has Tennis Court.
The town is governed by the
municipality, led by a chairperson, and composed of 15 elected councilors. The town is divided into wards from which councilors are elected.
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Rotary Club*
Lions Club*PR Cub
*Inner Wheel Club
*Andhra Mahila Mandali
*Late Sunkara Ramachandra rao(people's doctor& first and last Alderman-Gudur Municipality) *Late Maniramachandra rao sunkara(Poetess)
* Late Pasupuleti Siddhaiah naidu(First MunicipalChairman)
* Late Enugu Narasa reddy( Freedom Fighter),
*Dr. Narasimhulu, ophthalmologist
*Dr. C R Reddy
*Mr. Patra Prakasarao, Current MLA
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