Kavali is a town in Nellore district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. It is one of the municipalities in Nellore district and is the second largest town in the district. Its position exactly between 2 district headquarters viz. Nellore and Ongole on the National Highway 5 from Chennai to Kolkata and on the arterial Chennai-Vijayawada railway line helped its growth, more than the other towns in the Nellore district.Kavali is one of the educational hub across Andhra Pradesh in 1990's.
Kavali is also known as Kanakapatnam. Kanakapatnam means 'wealth will flow into this place'according to Pothuluri Veerabrahmam garu. Kavali in the local tongue, Telugu means patrol. This name arises from the fact that in 1515 Harihara Rayulu, Udayagiri king stationed his army at this town. Being located between Nellore and Ongole, it showcases local cultures and accents of both the districts.
The town houses Jawahar Bharati College, an institute for higher education, which was a fairly reputed college in the decades before 1990s.Getting admission into this colleage is a dream for few students around this time. Jawahar Bharati College is famous for very good professors in Botany,Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics and they contributed a lot in coaching centers like Narayana, Ratnam,Amiruddin and KORA. These institutes are very popular for coaching EAMCET,AIEEE and IIT and lot of students from India got trained here and succeeded in national level exams. Kavali and it's resources contributed a lot to India by producing lot of engineers and doctors. Kavali is also well known for the wholesale cloth business in the Coastal Andhra Pradesh after Chirala until ready made clothing got boom. One can find a large number of wholesale cloth markets along the most important road in the town, the Grand trunk road which passes right through the city.
Viswodaya High School, St Ann's High School are good schools in 90's and produced good students to Indian Society.
Famous actors Sri Nagabhushanam ('Raktakanneeru' fame) and Rajanala of Telugu movie industry are from this town.
A temple of the local divinity, powerful goddess Kalugola Sambhavi temple has a unique history and draws from British construction techniques of building very strong buildings. It is built with a rock called Bontha Raayi found only in this region, which makes this town a unique town in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The other important temples are Sivalayam (Rudrapada Kshethram), Vishnalayam and an Anjaneya temple which dates back to the 13th century according to the Sasana inscriptions found on the temple walls. Ramalayams, Saibaba Mandirs etc. draw the devotees.don't forget to take the blessings of powerful goddess kalugola sambhavi if you visit this town.
In 90's BPS Ice Cream, Singh Sweets, Pendem Cool Drinks use to serve popular drinks like Sugandha Water,Badam Milk, local made Ice Creams and sweets like Malai Khaza and the taste is so great and people can't find across other parts of Andhra Pradesh.
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