Utukuru
Utukuru is the biggest panchayit after Vinjamur in this mandal. Historically it was very famous in Sri Krishna Deveralu period. As many stone sculptures were lived in this villages it was also called Boyala Utukuru. Most of the statues were exported to Udayagiri from this village. Even today we can find lots and lots of statues all over the village. So far we found 32 Nandi status in this village.
Its famous in and around Nellore dist by the well settled families.
Vinjamur Tirumalai was a prominent Iyengar community of this village. It is said that most of this community fled this village because of hurricanes and typhoons, that troubles even now the Nellore district, when severe depressions occur in the Bay of Bengal . One section of this community went to Tirumala hills and even now are priests at the Tirupati temple. This particular Iyengar community spread to borders of Karnataka/Tamil Nadu near Hosur and settled in towns like Anekal now in Karnataka, Denkanikota and Kunnavakkam (near Kanchipuram)in Tamil Nadu. They were speaking both Tamil and Telugu depending where they settled. All this information is what I have heard from my elders in the family. I thought of sharing this information with fellow Vinjamur's settled all over the world now. Maybe other Vinjamurs could contribute information about the migration of this Iyengar community.Some of them are settled in Mahaboobnagar and Rangareddy districts in Andhra Pradesh.
Madduri dynasty is the most prominent dynasty in this town.Madduri Papi Reddy who was a great warrior of his times was the founder of this town. Basically this family belongs to Palanadu region in Guntur District in Andhra Pradesh. After the great war of Palanadu some people migrated from Palanadu to Vinjamur along with the great warrior Madduri Papi Reddy. He fouded the town here and gave shelter to all the people. Madduri Papi Reddy is well known for his heriotic fights and his kind nature.
People of his time used to call him as Apara Dana Karna.He never gave up giving danas to the poor people until his death. He built the temple of Lord Chennakesava in on the northern boundary of the town by following the vastu principles of his time. Lord Chennakesava was worshipped by Madduri dynasty. People of this town worship Lord Chennakesava with great respect. Every year they celebrate a carnival for Lord Chennakesava which resembles the bramhotsavas in Tirumala.
And coming to the beauty of this town, it is surrounded by green hills and green fileds. You can find geat wild life and heritage in this hills. These hills are well known for their medicinal plants. Precious medicinal palnt by name "Saraswathi Leaf" is available in these hills. And one mountain by name vinjetamma mountain is there and it possess the temple of the village God "Vinjetamma".
Agriculture is the primary occupation of the people over here. Here the soil is Red soil and it is suitable for many crops. And this soil is very fertile soil. Main crops thet people cultivate here are Paddy, Pan Leaf, Corn, Vegetables, Bengal Gram, Black Gram, Sweet Potato, Red Gram, Ground Nut etc.,. "Palavagu" the tributary of River Penna flows through this town. The main source of cultivation for this town is "Soamsila Dam" which is very near to the town and "Bomma Raju Cheruvu" and under ground water resources.
The people here are so friendly and very helpful in nature. Vinjanur is the education hub for the nearby villages. Students from more than 25 villages near by vinjamur come to vinjamur daily. The famous educational institutions here are Saraswathi Vidya Mandir, Ravi Convent, Vivekanandha High School and Junior College, SRI NETAJI VIKAS JR.COLLEGE AND HIGH SCHOOL Y.R.J.C. Junior college, NARAYANA HIGH SCHOOL AND JR.COLLEGE,DE MONT FORT HIGH SCHOOL,ZILLA PARISHAT BOYS HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME PRIVATE EDUCATIONAL INSTUTIONS ARE HERE and the one and only famous degree college whose name is M.S.R. Degree College which is built by the famous politician Magunta SubbaRami Reddy. This college offers almost all main courses in degree. Many students who passed out of this college are holding good jobs and good respect in the society.Apart from these vinjamur is rapidly developing in technical education by Sree Raghavendra Institute of Science&Technology rated as one of the best upcoming college in AP.is built by famous social worker&politician Sree Velugoti Veeraraghavulu Naidu.The students who are passed out from it are technically brilliant and placed up by best IT companies of India. This town was ruled by the great king Sri Krishna Deva Raya.
VINJAMUR IS GOOD TOWN
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