Narasapuram

This article is about a town in West Godavari district. For other uses, see Narsapur.

Narasapuram Narsapuram
Town

Narsapur (Telugu: నరసాపురం) is a town, Mandal and a municipality in West Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Its geographical coordinates are 16° 27' 0" north, 81° 40' 0" east. Some say there are other narasapurams in Krishna and Medak districts.

Its original name was "Narasapuram". It was also known as "Nrusimhapuri" and "AbhinavaBhootapuri". Transport:Recently scr has given a special train from Narsapur to Nagorsol(via:hyderabad,shirdi).(tue,fri).

Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Narsapur had a population of 58,508. Males constitute 49% of the population and females 51%. Narsapur has an average literacy rate of 75%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 78%, and female literacy is 71%. In Narsapur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

The Narsapur was famous for Luthern Church

Culture

Sunrise at Valandhar revu

The town is a blend of rustic charm and modern amenities. Narsapur has a unique culture which has been influenced by the many communities that have made it their home. Narsapur is quite a cosmopolitan town with people of various ethnic groups and faiths living in it. Predominantly Hindu, the town also has a large Christian population. The town has been a major centre for the Lutheran missionary activity in the 18th century. It is famous for its lace handicraft industry. Many families from this town have greatly benefitted from the lace industry.

• Godavari pushkaras for every 12 years in Narasapur.Many people from the town and near by villages and the people all the way from abroad and also foreigners they take the holy dip in the Vasista river in Godavari pushkaras.and also call it as Vasista Godavari.its a memorable event.

Tourist attractions

Cool climate allows you to visit Narsapur at any time during the year. Antarvedi nearby Narsapuram (7 km) is an important vishnava temple(narasimha temple), a must see. During February, there is a Rathasaptami celebrated here in the temple which is famous in the nearby villages as well. Thousands of people visit the temple during this festival for a holy dip in the Sea. Velankani Maatha temple situated 12 km from Narsapur at Perupalem Beach, is the second tallest church in South India after Velankani Maatha temple at Nagappatinam, Tamil Nadu. Perupalem Beach is worth visiting. During Karthika Maasa (that is from November to December) lot of Hindu Piligrims visit this place and make vanabhojanalu and take a holy dip in the Sea. The congruence place of mingling mighty River Godavari in the Bangla Sea is situated 8 km from Narsapur. In the Town itself, there are two old and glorious churches built during the British Period. Sri Adikesava Embermannar Kovela temple built by Sri Puppala Ramanappa Naidu garu is a big vishnava temple.

Lace industry

Narsapur is famous for the crochet lace products. The cluster has around 50 exporters who export to major world markets in USA, Europe and Japan. The cluster has around 2 lakh women artisans doing the lace work. The cluster is located in and around Narsapur, Andhra Pradesh, India, in various villages like Sitarampuram, Palakol, Venkatrayapalem, Antarvedi, Royapet, Mogaltur, etc. The cluster specialises in lace work and products like dollies, furnishings, garments, tablemats, etc.

Interesting facts

• Great Revolutionist Alluri Sita Rama Raju, Madhva raj studied in Taylor High School, Narsapur.

• Cine stars Krishnam Raju and Dasari Narayana Rao and Chiranjeevi, ) also studied in YNM College founded by the father of Dr. Gopala Krishna Murthy, Sri Yerramilli Narayana Murthy.

• Lace is an art of stitching lace threads to form door mats, decorative articles, bags, table cloths etc. This forms the primary livelihood for poor rural folk. Many lace businessmen with business deals with Australia, UK & US have origins in Narsapur.

• There are few rice mills, ice factories situated in this town. Aqua culture and fisheries are other industries.

• Narsapur is the centre of education for all the surrounding villages and smaller towns. There are six engineering colleges within a radius of 25 km. There are many Arts & Science colleges (government and private) in the town.

• Dhaveji, a community who got migrated from Gujarat are believed to got migrated to this region about 300 years back

• Yerramilli Narayana Murthy is also the first municipal chairman of Narsapur.

• The town has trains connecting it to the major cities in the state. The Narsapur Express connecting the town to the capital Hyderabad is a part of the town's daily life. It is also connected to Vizag and Tirupati.

• Famous Telugu movie directors Jandhyala Subramanya Sastry, known as Jandhyala & Satti Raju lakshmi narayana(Bapu)were born here.Bapu's mother is daughter of Nidumolu family

• Freedom Fighter Chilakamarthi Lakshmi Narasimham Studied in Mission High School, Narsapur.

• Sri Sripada Lakshmi Narasimham - the great intellectual, scholar, philosopher, respected lawyer, trade union leader, and a humanist, who fought for introduction of the bonus payments for P & T class III, IV employees and Banks' employees - lived and died in Narsapuram.

• Gandham Adinarayana murthy famous cine&drama artist is also from Narsapur.

• Publicity Designer Lanka Bhaskar and Director Dhavala Satyam were also from Narsapuram

• The Sole Ghazal singer in Telugu & Guinness record holder Ghazal Srinivas is from this town (www.ghazalsrinivas.com)

• High Court Judge Sri Justice D.S.R. Varma was born at Narsapur

• Famous writer garimella viswanadh worked and lived in Narsapur

• Well known Kolaganti family hails from Tanjore belongs to "Aarama Dravida" sect.
• Around 5 km to Narsapur there was a famous Lord shiva temple in village called lakshmaneswaram.great piligrimage center while February month "SHIVA RAATRI".
• mouth of the river:All the way from nasik to narsapur the godavari river it ends and finally merges to sea called Anthervedi (bangal kaatham)In the Narsapur the regional language word is called (AANA-CHELLI GATTU).

its very interesting view.

Members of Parliament

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Second	1957–1962	Uddaraju Ramam	Communist Party of India
Third	1962–1967	D. Balaramaraju	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967–1971	D. B. Raju	Indian National Congress
Fifth	1971–1977	M. T. Raju	Indian National Congress
Sixth	1977–1980	Subhash Chandra Bose Alluri	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980–1984	Subhash Chandra Bose Alluri	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984–1989	Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju	Telugu Desam Party
Ninth	1989–1991	Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju	Telugu Desam Party
Tenth	1991–1996	Bhupathiraju Vijayakumar Raju	Telugu Desam Party
Eleventh	1996–1998	KOTHAPALLI SUBBARAYUDU	Telugu Desam Party
Twelfth	1998–1999	Kanumuri Bapiraju	Indian National Congress
Thirteenth	1999–2004	Venkata Krishnam Raju Uppalapati	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth	2004-09	Chegondi Venkata Harirama Jogaiah	Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-Incumbent	Bapiraju Kanumuru	Indian National Congress

Educational institutions

• Sri Pichupalem Municipal High School
• Sri Rama Krishna Degree College
• Jogaiah Institute of Technology and Sciences (JITS) / College of Engineering, College of Pharmacy
• Swarnandhra College of Engineering and Technology (SCET)
• Swarnandhra Institute of Engineering & Technology(SIET)
• Narsapur Institute of Technology(NIT)
• Vijetha Institute of Technology & Sciences(VITS)
• Swarnandhra International School
• Sri Surya Junior College
• Viveka Bala Bharathi
• Sri Ramakrishna educational academy
• Sri Akshara talent school
• Mission High School
• Sri Yerramilli Narayanamurthy College (YN College)]
• Flaiz Memorial Seventhday Adventist High School & College
• Taylor High School
• BGBS Women's College
• Gautami Junior College
• Sunshine School
• Sri Nukala Somasundaram Municipal High School
• J.Sikile School
• J.Sikile Academy
• St. Theresa Vocational Junior College
• Beracha Vocational Collage
• Visison Vocational Collage
• Vasista School
• Peechupalem High School
• KVJ English medium high school
• Mission English medium school
• Rustumbada municipal high school
• Vidya Public School
• Gayatri Public School
• Gowthami Public School
• Ruth Junior College
• Chaitanya Techno School, near valendar revu, narsapur
• Ruth Junior College
• Gowthami Foundation School
• Dattatreya Educational Academy
• Swarna Bharathi Vocational Jr.College
• Sri Surya Degree college
• kasturibha gandhi highschool(gottumukkala school)
• srinivasa convent,old bazar,narsapur

Surrounding Hamlets

• Mogaltur
• Chittavaram

'* CHAMAKURI PALEM' [Gannabathula Venkata Naresh (G.V) Area]

• LIKHITHAPUDI
• Pasaladeevi
• Gondi
• Perupalem
• Seetharampuram
• Agarthipalem
• Vemuladeevi
• Dharbarevu
• Laxmaneswaram
• Bynapalem
• L.B.Charla= LINGABOYINA CHARLA IS VERY FAMOUS PLACE
• Enuguvanilanka
• Navarasapuram
• Saripalli
• Rajullanka
• Chinna Mamidipalli
• Yerramsetti varipalem
• Peetani meraka
• Digamarru
• Rustumbada
• Mallavaram
• Mallavaram pedha lanka
• Kopparru
• Mutyalapalli
• Jettipalem
• Ramannapalem
• Seetharampuram
• Mamidipalli
• Sarava
• PEDA SARAVA, MADHYA SARAVA, CHINA SARAVA
• Ramannapalem
• Matyapuri
• Madavayyapalem
• Sriharipeta
• Ponnapalli
• K.P.Palem [Andey Leela Prasad & Sunkara Narasimha rao(andeyvari meraka) area]

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