khammam

KHAMMAM::

The present name of Khammam is said to have been derived from the name of the temple 'Narsimhadri', later 'Stamba Sikhari' and then it was termed as 'Stambadhri' which has an ancient temple of Narasimha Swamy on its top.This temple is believed to have been existing since Treta Yuga. The vertical rock under the temple is known as 'KAMBA' which literally means piller. The name of the town Khammam has been derived from 'KAMBAM METTU' to 'KHAMMAM METTU' to the present KHAMMAM. The district is named as Khammam.

The town is located on the banks of a river called Munneru which is a tributary of the Krishna River. Khammam district has a lot of historical importance in Andhra Pradesh.

There is a festival held in Khammam remembering the old name "Stambhadri".It is held in Taruni hut showing the culture of Khammam people.

Khammam town which was the seat of Taluk Administration was part of the larger Warangal District, till 1 October 1953. Five taluks of the Warangal district viz., Khammam, Madhira, Yellandu, Burgampadu and Paloncha (Now Kothagudem) were carved out and a new district KHAMMAM with Khammam as District Headquarters. In 1959 Bhadrachalam Revenue Division consisting Bhadrachalam and Nuguru Venkatapuram Taluks of East Godawari district, which were on the other side of the river Godawari were merged into Khammam on grounds of geographical contiguity and administrative viabilitY

In 1973 a new taluk with Sathupalli as headquarters was formed carving out from Madhira and Kothagudem taluks. In the year 1976 four new taluks were formed viz., Tirumalayapalem, Sudimalla, Aswaraopeta

Geography::

Khammam is located at 17°15′N 80°09′E / 17.25°N 80.15°E / 17.25; 80.15.[6] It has an average elevation of 107 metres (351 feet).

The district is bounded by Chhattisgarh state to the north, Orissa state to the northeast,

East and West Godavari districts to the east, Krishna District to the south, Nalgonda District to the southwest,

 and Warangal District to the west. It has an area of 16,029 km². Well known power city, Kothagudem,

is located in this district.Also Sattupalli a new power city started.

Freedom Movement::

History of khammam shows that it has produced a number of leaders who were part of the Freedom struggle; Khammam district was initially a part of larger Warangal District.

    * 1857 - First Independence Movement – Bhadrachalam area

    * 1879 - Rompa Revolution by-Pulitanti Sambaiah, Kuru Thimma Dora, Ambul Reddy, Bandala Chandraiah

    * 1920 - Alluri Seetharama Raju Manyam Revolution by Darikonda Venkatappaiah, Chinthalachervu Venkatadri, Kurichati Venkata Subba Rao

    * 1931 - First Independence movement in Khammam proper

    * 1934 - Andhra Maha Sabha motivated Khammam people

    * 1934 - Library Movement.Viraatrayandhra grandhalayam at Nelakonda pally was Reorganised for movement by Pendyala satyanarayana rao. The Library was established in 1912.

    * 1935 - First Library established in Khammam town

    * 1935 - Satyagraha Movement by pendyala satyanarayana rao, peravelli venkataramanaiah, Nedumuri Jagannatha Rao, Pabbaraju Ranga Rao, Sarvadevabhatla Ramadham, Jamalapuram Nizam Movement, Jamalapuram Keshava Rao, Madapati Ramachandar Rao, Pandit Rudra Dev, Miriyala Narayana Reddy, Chandra Lakshminarayana, Bachu Simhadri

    * 1938 -Established Palair rytu project under the leadership of pendyala satyanarayana rao

    * 1941 - Freedom movement writers (Darasathi Brothers)

    * 1941 - Andhra Maha Sabha meeting at V Venkatayapalem and Quit India Movement by M.S. Rajalingam, Kaloji Narayana Rao, Komaragiri Narayan Rao, K L Narasimha Rao,Kilaru Varadaiah

    * 1941 -Established Palair patti Andhra mahasabha by Pendyala satyanarayana rao. Raavi narayana reddy,Jamalapuram kesava rao,T.Hayagreeva chary,Kalozy,Komaragiri and sarvadevabhatla Ramanatham participated in first meeting at Nelakonda pally village.

    * 1942 -Established Political schools in many parts of Warangal district by Pendyala satyanarayana rao to activate the anti Rytu activities in Jamabandi which was conducted by patel,patwari and other officials of Nizam.

    * 1943 -2nd palair patti Andhra Mahasabha held at Chennaram village,Pendyala satyanarayana rao,peravelli venkataramanaiah,Ramanatham,Vattikota Alwar swamy attended.Polkampally venkatram rao Advocate presided the meeting.

    * 1944 - State Congress National Conference at Jujjularaopeta

    * 1944 - Bandipattala Movement (Farmers Movement)by pendyala satyanarayana rao,Gangavarapu Sreenivasa Rao, K L Narasimha Rao

    * 1945 -12th STATE ANDHRA MAHASABHA meeting at Khammam organised by pendyala satyanarayana rao as general secretary, Aahvana sangham. Elected Baddam Ellareddy as president and pendyala satyanarayana rao as vicepresident to 13 th STATE Andhra mahasabha in that meeting.The meeting was held on march 26,27 and 28th. Puchala pally Sundaraiah participated in the meeting as guest.

    * 1946 - Mahathma Gandhi's visit to Khammam mett (Khammam town) on 5 August 1946

    * 1946 -Pendyala satyanarayana rao General secretary, Warangal district Andhramaha sabha and communist party attended the All India samshtaan peoples conference on June 8 and 9 at NEW DELHI as a member of standing committee from the Nizam state.Then the movement takes turn into complete freedom.

    * 1947 August, 7 – Satyagraham at Madhira and Khammam by Jamalapuram Kesava Rao, Kurapati Venkata Raju, Vattikonda Ramakotaiah, Heeralal Moriya, Kolipaka Kishan Rao, Gella Keshava Rao, Pullabhotla Venkateswarlu (Hyderabad congress present)

Felicitation by the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh:::

Kilaru Varadaiah the noted village leader from V Venkatayapalem was felicitated by the late Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Jalagam Vengala rao. Kilaru Varadaiah was also given the best village leader award by the collector of Khammam prior to that.

Tourist destinations:::

    * Bhadrachalam

    * Khammam Fort

    * Parnasala

    * Nelakondapalli

    * Kinnerasani DAM/Reservoir

    * Papi Hills

    * Neeladri

    * Madhira

    * Stambhadri Narasimha swamy temple (gutta)

    * Lakaram lake, Khammam city

    * Danavayagudem Botanical Gardens

    * Paleru resarwayar

    * wyra reserwayar

Transportation:::

Khammam town has a good road and rail travel facility.

By Road::

Khammam is well connected to major cities and towns in Andhrapradesh.A.P.S.R.T.C service provides many bus facilities to

Bhadrachalam, Hyderabad, Vishakapatnam, Kothagudem, Manuguru, Vijayawada, Nalgonda and many other towns and cities in districts in Andhra Pradesh.

A large fleet of buses are provided from here to Bhadrachalam,the Temple Town and Manuguru and Kothagudem,the Coal town of South India and Sathupalli and Yellandu.

Special luxury buses are newly set for Shirdi,the shrine of Shri Sai Baba and new buses are being set for Mantralayam,the shrine for Shri Raghavendra Swamy.Khammam also has a State Highway Rajamundry-Warangal passing through it,decreasing the journey distance between Vishakapatnam and Warangal.

It has a good road quality in the town.Due to the heavy rush in the present Bus Station, a new Bus Station is being constructed in the Indira nagar which is to be completed in the year of 2012.A new OUTER RING ROAD is also being constructed round the town.

By Rail::

Khammam is the one of the major Railway stations on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada Railway line which connects the town with Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vishakapatnam, Tirupati, Bhadrachalam Rd. and trains going to major cities in India like Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai take halt at this station. The town is 13 km from the Dornakal, which is a railway junction connects it to Bhadrachalam Rd. Station, the Kothagudem's Railway station from which there are bus services to the Temple town, Bhadrachalam. A new railway line is proposed from Khammam to Sathupalli Coal mines.

By Air::

Khammam is 86 km from Gannavaram Airport in Vijayawada .A new Airport proposal at Kothagudem in Khammam District is there from a distance of 80 km

Khammam Roads::

Khammam has a well road system.There are road connections to Bhadrachalam, Kodad, Suryapet, Bonakal, Warangal, Yellandu, Sathupalli the primary towns comes after this major town in all the directions. The road from the Bhadrachalam to Khammam town divides into two, one for Warangal State Highway and another for the Khammam Main Road which connects to the Bus Stand and routes for other towns.

The Main Road connects the major business sector of the town also called as the Wyra Road. It connects the people to the District Collectrate, SBH Bank, SBI Bank and many other major shopping centres with tall buildings and attractive designs. This road is a big road having a divider with plants bringing the beauty to the road. The major junctions like Ambedkar junction where the Vijayawada road starts and the Yellandu Cross Road junction, where starts the route to Yellandu is the one of the busiest roads in the town.This Yellandu cross road connects to Warangal State Highway in a famous junction called the "NTR Marg" where the other statues exist with NTR ,Lal Bhagjeevan and Telangana Mother making it the biggest multiple junction in the town. The town has three Railway bridges and two river bridges. The Bus Stand road gives the way to the Railway Station and is one of the busiest traffic roads in the town also giving route to the Head Post Office. There is a major centre called Gandhi Chowk nearest to the Railways in Khammam. This centre being the shopping and residential colony is named after the Great Mahatma Gandhi who visited and talked with people here.Today, this is a major Jewel centre in Khammam almost serving more than 10 jewel shops in the same area.There is a tall and big "Anjaneya Swamy" Statue in the centre of Gandhi Chowk which is a major junction where you can see many jewel shops around and there is an easy straight route from this statue to the Second Side of the Railway Station.

 The Bus Stand center also comprises with busy traffic road from here to the main entry of the Railway Station and has many textile shops around, called the "Kaman Bazar" major hub of textiles in this town. Mayuri center is the major junction very near to the Bus Stand where the Railway Bridge starts.The other way from here gives the many of the television Headquarters of the town and the internet centers and the famous Hotel Vishnu where the celebrities of the Cinemas and Serials meet the people.This same route gives the way to the District Public Library and the "Pavillion Grounds" where major sports and political events takes place and the only Bus Depo in the town.This road also gives direct connection to the Bypass Road.

Khammam Theatres::

There are about 19 theatres in Khammam town.

Srinivasa Theatre (in front of Head Post Office)

Tirumala Theatre (near Wyra road)

Aditya Theatre (near Bonakal cross road)

Raghava Theatre (P.S.R Road)

Sundarmax Theatre (near Gandhi Chowk)

Nartaki megaplex (near Gandhi Chowk)

Sairam Theatre (Kalvoddu)

vinodha mahal(mayuri centre)

kinnerasani theatre etc.

Khammam Floods::

Khammam was also effected by the floods of Munneru, the tributary of Krishna River.In 2007, the floods stuck by the River drowned the Bokkalagadda with the heavy 3 day rain. Again in 2009, floods stuck and drowned the area again.Proposal was also there for the construction of barricade here.FCI Godowns in Khammam release the food for the victims whenever flood comes