Guntur district
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Guntur (disambiguation).
Guntur is a district in
Andhra Pradesh state of southern
India.
Guntur City is the administrative center of Guntur District. One of the largest universities of India,
Acharya Nagarjuna University, is located in the
Guntur.
Guntur district covers an area of 11,391 km²., and has a population of 4,465,144 of which 28.80% is urban as of 2001. [
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Krishna River forms the northeastern and eastern boundary of the district, separating Guntur District from
Krishna District. The district is bounded on the southeast by the
Bay of Bengal, on the south by
Prakasam District, on the west by
Mahbubnagar District, and on the northwest by
Nalgonda District.
Paddy,
tobacco,
cotton and
chillies are the main agricultural products cultivated in the district.
Some places of historical importance in Guntur District are
Amaravathi, Bhattiprolu, the Undavalli caves and the archeological museum in Guntur.
Guntur District is home to the second oldest evidence of humans in India, in the form of
Palaeolithic (old stone age) implements.
The earliest reference to Guntur, a variant of
Guntur, comes from the Idern plates of Ammaraja I (
922-
929), the Vengichalakyan King. Guntur also appears in another two inscriptions dated
1147 and
1158.
Since the beginning of
Buddhist epoch, Guntur stood foremost in matters of education. Buddhists established universities in ancient times at Dhanyakataka (
Amaravathi) .
Acharya Nagarjuna, an influential
Buddhist philosopher, is thought to have been from the district, and is said to have discovered
Mica in this area around
200 BCE.
The Kingdom of Prati Palaputra (5th century BCE), identified with Bhattiprolu, appears to be the earliest known kingdom in Guntur District. Inscriptional evidence shows that king Kubera was ruling over Bhattiprolu around
230 BCE, followed by the Sala Kings. Guntur was successively ruled by famous dynasties such as the
Satavahanas,
Ikshvakus,
Pallavas,
Ananda Gotrikas,
Vishnukundina,
Kota Vamsa Chalukyas,
Cholas,
Kakatiyas,
Reddies,
Vijayanagara and
Qutb Shahis during ancient and medieval times. Later, several subordinate kingdoms ruled the region. These subordinate dynasties also indulged in mutual wars, one of which culminated in the famous battle of
Palnadu which is enshrined in legend and literature as "Andhra Kurukshetra" in
1180.
Guntur became part of the
Mughal empire in
1687 when the emperor
Aurangzeb conquered the
Qutb Shahi sultanate of
Golconda, of which Guntur was then part. In
1724,
Asaf Jah, viceroy of the empire's southern provinces, declared his independence as the
Nizam of
Hyderabad. The coastal districts of Hyderabad, known as the
Northern Circars, were occupied by the
French in
1750. Guntur was brought under control of the
British East India Company by
1788, and became a district of
Madras Presidency.
The Guntur region played a significant role in the struggle for independence and the formation of Andhra Pradesh. India's independence came in
1947, and Madras Presidency became
Madras State. The northern,
Telugu-speaking districts of Madras state, including Guntur, advocated for a separate state, and the new state of
Andhra Pradesh was created in
1953 from the eleven northern districts of Madras.
Kulothunga Chola's inscription date 1172 A.D. reveals the history of this temple. After that Raja Mallaraju renovated it in 1763. Wherever we see the temple we can see three places at a time. They are called Brahma, Vishnu and Rudra peaks. That's why this temple is called as ‘Trikotadrai'. Sivaratri festival is celebrated on a grand scale here. Gods on the three peaks are known by different names Brahma Sikaramu (Trikoteswarudu) Rudra Sikaramu(Papa Koteswarudu) Vishnu Sikaramu (PapaVishnu Saneswarudu). Bhavanarayanaswamy temples at Bapatla and Ponnuru are famous among devotees from in around the state. For more information you can find in [
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Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen (1824-1907) discovered the existence of
Helium in Guntur, in
1868, while watching a complete solar eclipse. The unusual length of the eclipse, about ten minutes, had attracted many scientists to view it.
* The only Indian family on the
Titanic from India was from Guntur.
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Guntur City*
List of Buddhist topics*
Guntur Website*
Guntur Website by Pramodh chukkapalli of Kancherla Paleam,Tenali*
Kotappakonda Website*
Website*
Guntur Corporation
