About Bhimavaram

Bhimavaram is a city and mandal in the West Godavari District in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 395 kilometres (245 mi) east of state capital, Hyderabad.
Bhimavaram is also called the "Second Bardoli", Mahatma Gandhi coined the name when he visited the town during the freedom movement in India. And is also called the second mumbai of India, and also as las vegas of India. It is one of the Pancharamas(Somaramam) in AP state, as it has Someswara Swami temple.Statewide popular "Mavullamma temple" is located in the middle of the town. It is considered one of the prominent educational as well as financial hubs of Coastal Andhra region . Owing to the good water resources it has grown to be the Aqua culture capital of the coastal area. Bhimavaram Town is a shopping hub in the district for products like Jewelry, Clothing, Seafood, etc. It is famous during the festive season of Sankranthi because of culturally rich and traditional activities which include cock fighting. Cosmopolitan club is famous for organizing national level tennis championship.



History

Along with much of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Bhimavaram was controlled by the Chola Empire. Under Kulothunga Chola I, Bhimavaram was ruled by his sons who served as viceroys. Various stone inscriptions have been found in the city dating from his reign (c. 1096 C.E.).[citation needed] Bhimavaram was the site of several protests during the Salt Satyagraha Movement. It played a major role in the freedom movement, during the rule of British empire in India. The taluka office in the bhimavaram is a witness of freedom movement since 1887. The famous freedom fighter Alluri Sita Rama Raju belongs to Mogallu, a nearby village. Potti Sriramulu started the movement to separate the Andhra State from the Madras Presidency.


Mythology


Rakshas Tarakasura is a Siva Baktha worshipped with great devotion and presented by Amrita Linga from Lord Siva. As long as the Amritha Linga is around his neck Tarakasura is safe and immortal. The Rakshas makes troublesome to the devathas with that boon. So, Kumara Swamy (MURUGA), declared war on Tarakasura with the requests of Devathas and struggled to win. He realized that the Amrita Linga with Tarakasura is the protective power. Kumara Swamy targeted and separated the Amrita Linga with his powers. 5 different pieces of Amritha Linga scattered at 5 different regions after breaking from Tarakasuras neck and known as Pancha Ramas.
Someswara Temple
A fine day Gandharvas (famous for their beauty in Gandharvaloka) took away and made him as their prisoner at Gandharvaloka, jealous on Moon because of his beautiful looking and praises of gods. Every one worried about vanishing of moon, approached Lord Brahma for sake of Moon. Goddess Saraswathi was sent to Gandharvaloka as emissary with all others followed to find and bring back the Chandra from Gandharvas. Goddess Saraswathi succeeded in getting Moon out from the prison of Gandharvaloka in exchange of herself to stay there. All deities took Moon back leaving Maa Saraswathi alone.
One day Maa Saraswathi requested king of Gandharvaloka to let her free and finally reached Sathyaloka and stayed there along Brahma. Then Gandharvas continued to harass Chandra (Moon) and tried to Kidnap Moon once again. Chandra approached for the help of Lord Brahma for an advice to overcome the problem with Gandharvas. As per Lord Brahma advice worshipped Lord Shiva with great Devotion along with all deities at this place. Lord Shiva appeared and stated that Moon will be free and no obstacles occur again and vanished.
In the name of Moon god, who first worshipped after forming Lord Shiva kshetra, named this place as Somaramam[1] and Lord Shiva as Someswara swamy.



Geography

Bhimavaram is located 384 km from Hyderabad by road and 430 km by train, 270 km from Visakhapatnam and 103 km from Vijayawada. National Highway NH 214 (Kathipudi to Pamarru) passes through this town.State Highway towards Juvvalapalem is from this town.


Government and politics


Bhimavaram's urban population is 1,43,000(urban + sub-urban 2,00,000 total), as per the 2011 census, and is divided into 39 wards. It is a selection grade municipality.



Economy

Bhimavaram,a notable place for many wealthy individuals and serves as a centre of trade for 300 surrounding villages and is one of the important commercial towns in the West Godavari District. Theatres and other commercial centers are the major entertainment and shopping locations for the people who live in the nearby villages. A Multiplex is located close to the town Railway station. Also many branded companies like Alok H&A Reliance, More, Spencer, M&M,Vilan corporates have established their outlets here. Major sources of income are through Farm fields, Real estate, Business and Education, etc.


Bhimavaram municipality


The Bhimavaram Municipality(Bhimavaram Municipality website) was established in the year 1948.
Since the formation of the Bhimavaram Municipality, it has had various municipal chairpersons:
Sri Bhupathiraju Bangaraju
Sri Nachu Venkata Ramayya
Sri Kuriseti Naga Bhusanam
Sri Gadiraju Jagannadha Raju
Sri G. Venkataswami Naidu
Sri Tatavarthi Narasimha Rao
Sri Kotikalapudi Govinda Rao
Sri Bommidi Narayana Rao
Sri Grandhi Venkateswara Rao
Smt Meragani Narayanamma
Smt Thota Sita Rama Lakshmi



Assembly constituency
Bhimavaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh. There were 1,77,470 registered voters in the Bhimavaram constituency in the 1999 elections. The Bhimavaram legislative assembly constituency has been the centre of politics in the West Godavari District since its formation in 1952. Mr. Pulaparthy Ramanjaneyulu is the newly elected MLA for Bhimavaram.
Year Name Party                                                                                        
1952 Bhupathiraju Subba Tata Raju Praja party                                          
1962 Natchu Venkataramayya Congress                                                    
1967 Bhupathiraju Vijaya Kumar Raju Independent                                    
1972 Bhupathiraju Vijaya Kumar Raju Congress                                        
1978 Kalidindi Vijay Narasimha Raju Congress                                          
1983 PV Narasimha Raju TDP                                                                  
1985 Subba Raju CHV TDP                                                                      
1989 Alluri Subhash Chandra Bose Congress                                              
1994 PV Narasimha Raju TDP                                                                  
1999 PV Narasimha Raju TDP                                                                  
2004 Grandhi Srinivas Congress                                                                
2009 Pulaparthy Ramanjaneyulu Congress                                                  




Panchayats


There are 25 village panchayats in the Bhimavaram mandal.[2]
Anakoderu (village and panchayat)
Annavaram (village and panchayat)
Bethapudi (village and panchayat)
Chinaamiram [1](village and panchayat)
Deyyalatippa (village and panchayat)
Dirusumarru (village and panchayat)
Dongapindi (village and panchayat)
Gollavanitippa (village and panchayat)
Gutlapadu (village and panchayat)
Jonnalagaruvu (village and panchayat)
Komarada (village and panchayat)
Komatitippa (village and panchayat)
Kothapusalamarru (village and panchayat)
Losari (village and panchayat)
L.V.N.Puram (village and panchayat)
Nagidipalem (village and panchayat)
Narasimhapuram (village and panchayat)
Pedagaruvu (village and panchayat)
Pennada (village and panchayat)
Rayalam (village and panchayat)
Sriramapuram (Gunduvari Pet) (village and panchayat)
Srungavruksham [2] (village and major panchayat)
Taderu (village and panchayat)
Thokatippa (village and panchayat)
Tundurru (village and panchayat)
Vempa
Yenamadurru (village and panchayat)



Transport

Bhimavaram is an important commercial centre in the West Godavari District. It is connected to all the nearby rural villages with a convenient road transportation. It is located 384 km from Hyderabad by road,430 km from Hyderabad by train route via Guntur, 270 km from Visakhapatnam and 103 km from Vijayawada. National Highway NH 214 (Kathipudi to Pamarru) passes through this town. Buses to this town are operated by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation and private operators. Most frequent long distant bus services are usually ran in-between Bhimavaram and Hyderabad, Chennai, Vizag, Bangalore, Eluru & Vijayawada. Bhimavaram is well connected to major cities like Puri, Bangalore, Mumbai, Howrah, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad, Nagarsol, Aurangabad[disambiguation needed ], Shirdi, Tirupathi, Bilaspur & Bhubaneswar by direct trains.
The Narsapur-Nidadavole and Narsapur-Vijayawada are few notable rail lines that passes through Bhimavaram. The town is well connected to different places around it with a convenient bus service to two bus stands (Old Bus Stand in Two Town area and New Bus Stand in One Town area) and train routes to two railway stations(Town Railway Station in Two Town area and Junction Railway Station in One Town area). Buses, autos, taxis and rickshaws are the means of transport to travel within the town. Nearest domestic airport to Bhimavaram is in Vijayawada/Rajahmundry. Whereas, nearest International airports to Bhimavaram are Hyderabad and Chennai. The nearest domestic airports to Bhimavaram are Rajahmundry and Vijayawada
Notable people 1.Sunil(actor) 2.Trivikram srinivas(Director/screen writer)

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