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Nellore district formed part of the composite Madras State until 1 October 1953. On 1 November 1956, when the states were reorganised on a linguistic basis, this district came under Andhra Pradesh. The city of Nellore attained the status of a Municipal Corporation in 2004. Nellore was also known as Vikramasimhapuri. Historically, the place is very important. Culturally, Nellore city stands unique among the other towns of Andhra Pradesh as it is supposed to be the place where the greatest of the Telugu poets, Tikkana Somayaji, who tran ...

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Main article: Telugu literature The famous Indian literary epic, the Mahabharatha, was translated into telugu over a period of a few centuries by Nannaya, Tikkana and Yerrapragada. Nannaya is also credited to have participated in formalizing Telugu grammar. Pothana wrote the Bhagavatam that focuses on devotion to MahaVishnu and his avatars (incarnations). Vemana wrote moral and so ...

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Nellore district is divided into the following Mandals Allur Ananthasagaram Anumasamudrampeta Atmakur Balayapalle Bogo Buchireddipalem Chejerla Chillakur Chittamur Dagadarthi Dakkili Doravarisatram Duttalur Indukurpet Jaladanki Kaligiri Kaluvoya Kavali Kodavalur Kondapuram Kota Kovur Manubolu Marripadu Muthu ...

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Kavitrayam is a Telugu expression for trinity of poets. Kavitrayam popularly refers to the poets who translated the great epic Mahabharata into Telugu. The trinity consists of: Nannayya, popularly hailed as Adi Kavi or the first poet, belonged to Rajamundry, an ancient city on the banks of river Godavari. He is said to have belonged to 1000 - 1100. Nannayya initiated the gigantic task of translation of the great epic into Telugu. Before translation, he had to revise Telugu by building new gramm ...

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Nellore is most famous for its paddy cultivation. It is also famous for aquaculture along the Bay of Bengal. It is called the cradle of aquaculture in india Nellore is also famous for its temples, most magnificent among them being the Ranganatha Swami Temple.shiva temple in mulapet venugopala swamy temple dharma raja temple and chengalamma temple at sulurpet The famous rocket launching station, Satish Dhawan Space Research Station, SHAR (Sri Harikota Aeronautic Range), is located in Sriharikota of this district. Four major cities in the distr ...

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Nellore has been famous in the state for its coaching institutions, important among them being Narayana and Ratnam. Narayana also runs a Medical College, Dental College and an Engineering College along with its coaching isntitutes pirticularly famous for the regional Engineeting and Medical entrance test EAMCT and for the national level entrance test IIT-JEE. Nellore - Educational Institutions. Narayana Engineering College,Nellore Narayana Engineering College, Gudur Na ...

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Its original name is Raja Mahendri or Raja Mahendravaram. It was the first capital of any known Telugu Kingdom. The Chalukya ruler Rajaraja Narendra ruled this city around 1022. The city has traces of 11th century fine palaces, and fort walls. However, new archeological evidence suggests that the city may have existed far before the Chalukyas. In the Middle Ages, it was called Raja Mahendra Varam. Later the name underwent various changes to Rajahmahendravaram, Rajahmahendramu, Rajamandramu and Rajahmundhri. It later ...

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Telugu language - Vowels. అ ఆ ఇ ఈ ఉ ఊ ఋ ౠ ఌ ౡ ఎ ఏ ఐ ఒ ఓ ఔ అ౦ అః Telugu language - Consonants. క ఖ గ ఘ ఙ చ ఛ జ ఝ ఞ ట ఠ డ ఢ ణ త థ ద ధ న ప ఫ బ భ మ య ర ల వ శ ష స హ ళ ఱ Telugu language - Phonology. Telugu l ...

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Like all Dravidian languages, Telugu has a base (or lexicon) of words which are essentially Dravidian in origin. Words that describe objects or actions associated with common or everyday life -- like 'tala' (head), 'puli' (tiger), 'uru' (town/city) have cognates in other Dravidian languages and are indigenous to the Dravidian language family. However, Telugu is also largely Sanskritized, that is, it has a wide variety of words of Sanskrit/Prakrit origin. This large Sanskrit influence can be attributed to many factors. One major influe ...

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