Kollapur

Kollapur constituency consists of five mandals, namely Kodair, Kollapur, Pangal, Peddakothapalle, Weepanagandla with a total of 116 villages, with a population of 246,248.

Population: 64,186Villages: 60 No.of House Holds: 13,833Male population: 32,715 Female population: 29,658

Kollapur samasthan is a large area spanning most of the Nallamala forest area on the banks of river Krishna. The famous Somasila and Sangameshwara and Malleshwara temples are located in this samasthan. It is difficult to potray the beauty of the river Krishna which floats between Somasila and Sangameshwaram. There are traces of architectural treasures from the 2nd century B.C. in this samasthan. Still you can see hundreds of ancient temples, which were built before 1500 years ago.

Kollapur Samasthan played a considerable role in Nizam's era. Kollapur has produced great personalities such as Miyyapuram Rama Krishna Rao, a famous telugu brahmin, who worked as mantri ( secretary ) to the Raja of Kollapur. Even today people call his family members as mantri krishna rao sons and grand sons. The planning of the town is so civic. The roads are so broad and one can wonder how neatly it was planned in those olden days. There is no single encroachment in this town. This is also known as Andhra Mysore, due to its beautiful planned roads. The education was also so good. It has produced meritorious students like Venu Gopal Rao Miyyapuram, a double post graduate in Pharmacy and Chemistry settled in Canada. Industrialists like Ramesh Miyyapuram & Kalyan Miyyapuram settled in Hyderabad. Noted film Cinematographer cum professional photographer Venkata Krishna Rao M hailed from this town.

A massive lift irrigation project work worth of 1500 crores is going on near Kollapur. Near to Kollapur, many tourism spots are available. It is worth to watch famous Somasila temple, which is located just 9 km away from Kollapur. Recently, a long awaited bitumen road is also laid from Kollapur to Somasila.

There were people of all castes and the loyal and meritorious were in key posts. Kollapur has a Helipad and Aerodome from back in the early 1900's.

Kotla Venkata Subbaiah was the Deewanbahadur during the pre-independence period. His great grandson, named after him, is a meritorious student who secured AP state 7th rank in 10th class. He is a double post graduate from a U.S. university. He worked in various positions in Fortune 100 companies like Fujitsu, Ericsson and Google. Kotlas were the immigrants from Bengal/Orissa region who had come initially as purohits and settled in Kollapur. There are tremendous educationists in Kollapur. Education is in the Soil. Agriculture was poor due to very few rains in this region.

Kotla Ranganayakamma, who would have been 120 years today, was very prolific in Vedas and Puranas and ladies from all castes used to listen to her in the Purana Kalakshepam in the evenings. Pagidala Manoramma, daughter of Kotla Ranganayakamma, now living in Mahbubnagar, was a great administrator of her time.

Attractions:The Madhava Swamy temple at Kollapur was originally built by the Rajas of Jetprole during the 16th century A.D. on the left bank of the river Krishna, at Manchalakatta. The architecture of the temple is exceedingly beautiful. All around the temple walls are beautifully carved sculptures depicting the 24 aspects of Vishnu and the Dasa-Avatars of Vishnu. Various pillars supporting the Mandapa, the Garudalaya add beauty to the temple complex. Due to the submergence under the Srisailam project reservoir, this temple was shifted and transplanted at Kollapur.

Kollapur mangoes are world famous.

Kollapur was a place of beauty, harmony and culture. The only pity is that no one cared to highlight this province.

Noted Personalities :
V. Ram Gopal Rao, received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award in Engineering Sciences in 2005 for his work on Electron Devices
Jupally Krishna Rao, M.L.A
Katikaneni Madhusudhan Rao, Ex. M.L.A
C.R. Jagadheswar Rao, TDP in charge
Rangineni Purushotham Rao Sarpanch
Gutham Goud Ex.Sarpanch
Beeram Harshavardhan reddy,Highcourt Lawyer(Tdp leader)
Vishnu Vardhan reddy kethepally,Class-I contractor(Congress leader)
D.k.viswanath,Bio-tech educational Institutes owner
Kondagari Ranga Das, Ex-M.L.A
Kotla Venkata Subbaiah
Kotla Subramanyam Naidu, Ex-M.L.C.
Kotla Srinatham, Ex-Surpanch
Kotla Ranganayakamma
Kotla Krishna Das, Freedom Fighter
Kotla Srihari Das
Dr. Kotla Jaya Prasad M.D., Famous Doctor In India and Abroad
Pagidala Narayana
Pagidala Manoramma
Miyapuram Ramakrishna Rao
M Venkata Krishna Rao
Miyapuram Kalyan
Dr.Pandu R Tadoori, Famous Doctor In U.S.A
Ramesh Mogulothu

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