Pulivendula
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Pulivendula, also known as Pulivendla, is a major town and Municipal Corporation in Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh.
It is a fast developing town in the district with a population of more than 1,00,000. This is the most popular town in Kadapa district and state as well for its political background.
Dr. Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy, Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh has been elected as MLA for four times in succession. The town has well developed roads and streets and water facilities unlike any other town or city in the state.
The climate is temperate and the land is fertile. Commercial crops like sunflower, banana, sweet lemon are grown in surrounding villages. Bananas and sweet lemons are exported to other states like Assam, maharastra,T.N.and Karnataka.
The town‘s main drinking water resource is Chitravati dam,Parnapalli.
Ranganatha temple, bhavani gudi, ammavrisala are the main temples.
The great film icons like padma Nabham(Simhadripuram), B.Nagi Reddy(Eddulayyagari Kottapalli) are from this town. Nagi Reddy also set up Vijaya Studios in Chennai. He also established the children's magazine Chandamama
