About Somasila Dam Somasila Reservoir is constructed across River Pennar near Somasila, village of Ananthasagaram Mandal in Nellore District of Andhra Pradesh. The Project envisages storage of 78.00TMC of water at F.R.L. +100.58M. The contemplated ayacut under the project is 5, 84,500 acres in SPSR Nellore and Prakasam Districts. The total ayacut contemplated under the […]

About  Sri Penusila Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple is situated at the foot of the hills of Penchalakona Valley. Sthalapurana was a famed place as Thapovan of Kanvamaharshi who performed penance. The river Kandaleru as it is now called originates from the waterfalls of the mountain ranges on the west and the south had another name […]

About Vedagiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy As per history, it is said that there are 7 devotional ponds at this place and is very powerful and there is a mark made by the lord on visible hill and it is also called Vedagiri. According to mythology in the very distant past mountains are blessed with wings and […]

About Rallapad Reservoir This Project was constructed across Manneru River during the year 1951 to 1958 near Rallapadu village, Lingasamudram mandal of Prakasam district. The longitude and latitude of this project are 79° 42’€™30″€ and 15° 02’€™ 30″€. The catchment area of this project is 2202 Sqkm, reservoir capacity is 1105.328 Mcft (31.30 MCum). This […]

About  Kandula Obula Reddy Gundlakamma Reservoir Project is formed across Gundlakamma river near Chinnamallavaram Village of Maddipadu Mandal in Prakasam District. The reservoir consists of earthen dam for a length of 5.699 km, 227 meters long spillway with 15 Nos. Vertical gates of each vent 12.0×8.30 mtrs size and crest level of +16.38 M for […]

About   This temple is one of the most Ancient temples present in the Prakasam district of Andhra Pradesh. During the end of the 16th century, Rama Bhadra Raju and Raghupathy Raju, the long-term ruled kings for the Vijayanagara Kingdom were ruling from Ongole. These Kings were ardent devotees of Lord Venkateshwara. Hence they installed an […]

About  The Battle of Padmanabham occurred in Padmanabham on 10 July 1794. This is a Battle of Padmanabham between Zamindari of Vizianagaram led by Vijayram Raj II and East India Company Madras Presidency Forces led by Colonel Pendergast, on behalf of the British Governor of Madras, Sir Charles Oakley. The British emerged victoriously and the […]

About  The Sri Jagannatha Swamy temple, believed to be constructed in the 13th century, got a facelift the temple considered to be a replica of the famous Jagannath temple of Puri, Odisha, was constructed in accordance with the rules of the Pancha Ratra Agama Sastras. Prayers are offered to Lord Jagannatha Swamy, along with his […]

About  The temple was built by the Kings of Bobbili. The temple was dedicated to Venugopala Swamy, the family deity of the Bobbili Royal family. The present form of the temple was built by the King Chinna Ranga Rao of the Bobbili dynasty. The temple tower at the entrance was built in 1851 AD by […]

About Sirimanu utsavam Sirimanothsavam is a festival organized to propitiate Goddess Pydithalli amma of Vizianagram Town. Siri means “goddess Lakshmi in other words wealth and prosperity ” and manu means “trunk” or “log”. The priest of the Sirimanu utsavam temple while taking procession between the fort and Sirimanu utsavam temple, three times in the evening […]