About Sriharikota Satish  Dhawan  Space  Centre  (SDSC)  SHAR,  Sriharikota, the  Spaceport of  India,  is responsible for providing  Launch  Base  Infrastructure for the  Indian  Space Programme. This  Centre has the facilities for solid propellant processing,  static testing of solid motors,  launch vehicle integration and launch operations, range operations comprising telemetry, tracking and command network, and mission […]

About It is named after a village Nelapattu, and it is a wetland, is mainly for migratory water birds. The farmers of Nelapattu and their bird visitors have a symbiotic relationship. The bird waste matter acts as a natural fertilizer to the crops and the villagers, in turn, protect the birds. The largest breeding ground […]

About  The kandaleru Reservoir is an important balancing Reservoir. Kandaleru is one of the biggest ground Reservoir in Asia having a total earth dam length of 10.752 kms with a storage capacity of 68.03 TMC with a maximum height of water column of 49.000 Mts. Kandaleru Reservoir receives Krishna and Penna Flood waters from Somasila […]

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 […]