Proddatur - Trivia

Trivia

• It is well known for its gold business and is also known as second Mumbai for this reason.
• That's why this place is known as "CITY OF GOLD"
• This is the second largest town in Kadapa District.
• Legend states that Lord Rama installed Lord Shiva's Linga form of deity from the sand in the bank of Penna River. A temple was built over it and that area was named Rameswaram. Even today, the hand prints on the Shiva Linga is believed to be of Lord Rama.
• Dasara (Vijayadashami) is a special festival here with over a lakh of people visiting the town to witness the celebrations. It comes as the second city in South India to celebrate Dasara so grandly while Mysore comes first.
• It has the biggest Kanyaka Parameswari Temple in India.
• It is also known for faction groups and grenades.
• It is known for Shukur Biryani, Irani Tea, Tanged Palley sweets (made using a special ghee)http://tangedupallisweets.yolasite.com/, variety of dosas and cold drink called sharbath (made from the roots of a tree).
• The veternary college here happens to be the second one in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
• This is an industrial town with chemical and cement industries (Zuari, Dalmia, ICL).
• A major thermal power station, Rayalaseema Thermal Power Project (RTPP), is located close by.
• Both Proddatur town and metropolitan area have a near-perfect sex ratio of 1001 and 999 respectively.
• Origin of the town's name: The origins of the town’s name is not definitely known, but there are 4 possible origins:

1. Sanskrit origin – The belief is that Sankara sent down a small flow of water from his rounded plaits (Jatas) where he stored the Holy Ganges, to this town of “Bhradhnapuri” which later was named Proddatur meaning almost the same in Telugu. Bradhna is Sanskrit for proddu in Telugu, which means Surya.
2. Lord Rama’s stopping place – According to one legend, the origin of this town’s name is related to the great Indian epic Ramayana. The legend states that Lord Rama was on his way back to his homeland Ayodhya from Lanka after killing the demon Ravana. At the onset of dusk, Lord Rama decides to halt on the river bed of the river Penna. At sunset (which translates to poddu in Telugu, the local language) he asked his wife Sita to find a place for them to rest for the night. It is believed that this placed was henceforth called Podduturu or Proddatur.
3. ”Bush Town” – Another possible origin of the town’s name is from the large bushes which used to cover the land. In Telugu, these are known as podalu. It was, hence, named 'podalu ooru' (podalu town), which became ‘Podalakuru’, and later ‘Proddaturu’.
4. Sunflowers facing the sun – Yet another possible origin relates to the sunflowers which used to be quite common in the area. Sunflowers turn to face the sun during the day and poddu thirugudu in means tuning the face around in day time. This morphed into "Proddatur".

• The famous dosa place near Amma varasala Temple. It costs start from 30 to 300INR.
• Our Town had a VIDYARTH ORPHAN CHILDREN HOME at Jmd Road, Opp RCM church. to protect the orphan children who are on roads.
• Our Town had a CHEYUTHA EDUCATIONAL & WELFARE SOCIETY, Potti Sreeramulu Centre to distribute scholarships to the merit students
• APSRTC Enquiry phone no :+919701450229, 08564-244199, +91 9848532089
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