Mummidivaram
| Mummidivaram | |
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| — Nagar Panchayat ( Small municipality) — | |
 Mummidivaram
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| Coordinates: 16°39′00″N 82°07′00″E / 16.6500°N 82.1167°ECoordinates: 16°39′00″N 82°07′00″E / 16.6500°N 82.1167°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | East Godavari |
| Talukas | Mummidivaram |
| Elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 533216 |
| Telephone code | 08856 |
Mummidi-varam is a Nagar Panchayat and mandal head quarter, near Amalapuram, in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Mummidivaram sub-taluq was formed out of Amalapuram taluk in July 1969. It is the second largest town in Konaseema. The Name Mummidivaram is derived from Munivaram (In early days the saints used to perform tapassu here and it was the holy place of Munis/Saints).
Geography
Mummidivaram is one of the Nagar Panchayat in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh.The temple town of Balayogi. The famous Gagjendra Moksha described in Sri Maha Bhagavatham took place here. This regeon is rich in alluvial soil and famous for paddy, coconut, turmeric, banana and sugarcane fields. This is also enriched with mineral oil and natural gas ( Refineries of Reliance and Gujarat State Petroleum are located in this area). Mummidivaram is an important business and education place after Amalapuram in Konaseema area, Three Engineering colleges were located here. Mummidivaram is the second largest urban populated(Approximately 30,000) area in Konaseema. It is place of beautiful green field locations and various parts of river Godavari is passing through. The area is looks like Alleppy in Kerala. Some of the area is covered with back waters and Madh forests across the Bay of Bengal. Mummidivaram is located at 16°39′00″N 82°07′00″E / 16.6500°N 82.1167°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 0 meters (3 feet).
Mummidiavaram is located on NH 214 and is about 44 km from District HQ, Kakinada and 70 km from Rajahmundry. The nearest airport is at Rajahmundry (70 km) and nearest railway station is at Kakinada (44 km). The tiny town is well connected with state transport buses. Anybody can get bus for every 15 minutes to Kakinada and Amalapuram. It is well connected with state HQ, Hyderabad,daily private luxury buses (6-10 services per day)are available. It is found as best residential area for Government and private employees as there were several Private companies(Reliance & Gujarat state pertoleum) around Mummidivaram. Also best education facilities available in this town ( There were 3 Engg.colleges within 6 km radius and 1 medical college within 10 km). Best infrastructure facilities like Roads, water, transport available for public.
Balayogi Temple and other famous temples
The Balayogi Temple is famous in East Godavari district.[2] Balayogi, is an ascetic, who appears in public once a year on next day of Maha Shivaratri day. He attracts a large number of people who congregate here to have his Darshan. Until 1984 about five lakhs devotees from all over the world have visited this temple for the Balayogi’s Darshan.
Lord shiva temple was one of the oldest and ancient temple. As per the sources the temple was built by Surya Bhagwan.
Ainavilli Ganesh temple ( 10 km from Mummidivaram) is also one of the famous temple in East godavari district.
Also other religions found in this area ( Muslims and Christians). All the people are living very peacefully with giving respect to other religions. The best example is famous Valibaba shrine (Muslim) in Kothalanka a near by village in Mummidivaram. Most of the devotees are Hindus. This village is having R.T.C. bus stand, mandal Revenue Office, Mandal Development office, High school, government Junior college,three private degree colleges, two I.T.I. colleges, Juniour civil and Judicial 1st class Magistrate court, etc
Assembly constituency and Political history
Mummidivaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There are 1,89,229 registered voters as on 10.01.2012 in Mummidivaram constituency (2nd largest in East Godavari district).
List of Elected Members:[3]
- 1978 - Moka Sri Vishnu Prasada Rao
- 1983 - Valtati Rajasakkubai
- 1985 - Pandu Krishna Murthy
- 1989 and 1994 - Battina Subba Rao
- 1999 - GMC Balayogi and Chelli Vivekananda
- 2004 - Pinipe Viswarupu
- 2009 - Ponnada Satish
Late GMC Balayogi was also served as Member of Parliament for Amalapuram and Loksabha speaker. During his tenure the area was developed like any thing. He was the keyrole for construction of various bridges across Godavari in Konaseema area. The people of Konaseema are treating him as their Hero of development and his statues were worshipped across the Konaseema area.
Panchayats
There are 19 panchayats in Mummidivaram mandal.[4]
- Ainapuram (village and panchayat)
- Ananthavaram (village and panchayat)
- Annampalle (village and panchayat)
- Ch.Gunnepalli (village and panchayat)
- Chinakothalanka (village and panchayat)
- Gadilanka (village and panchayat)
- Gedellanka (village and panchayat)
- Kamini (village and panchayat)
- Karrivanirevu (village and panchayat)
- Komanapalle (village and panchayat)
- Kothalanka (village and panchayat)
- Krapa Chintalapudi (village and panchayat)
- Krapa Chintalapudipalem (village and panchayat)
- Lanka of Thanelanka (village and panchayat)
- Marlapalem (village and panchayat)
- Mummidivaram (Nagar Panchayat and mandal headquarters)
- Pallavari Palem (village and panchayat)
- Somidevara Palem (village and panchayat)
- Tanelanka (village and panchayat)
- Rajupalem ( Village)
- Pallipalem (Village)
- Nadimilanka (Village)
- Mattadipalem (Village)
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