Namburu

Namburu lies on the eastern side of Guntur towards National Highway 5 (highlighted in the map), between the cities of Guntur and Vijaywada

Namburu is a suburban village in the Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a panchayat in the Pedakakani mandal of the Guntur District.^[1].

The Namuburu railway station is part of Guntur division of South Central Railway. It is the closest railway station for Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Geography

Namburu is located on the eastern side of the Guntur city towards National Highway 5. It is situated between Vijayawada (18 km) and Guntur (12 km).

geographically nambur is divided in to 4 parts

• namburu village
• nagarjuna nagar
• kali gardens
• nambur railway-station area

Nambur village

this is the central village where 32000 people(including minors) live.It is blessed with good natural resources and fertile lands.Primarily Nambur is agriculture dependent village.this area is well built with schools,colleges,markets,shops, temples, etc the village governance is done from here.village panchayat, veterinary hospital,government hospitals,government schools are located here this area is best for lively hood .this area has a very good water supply.

Transplanting rice seedlings in nambur,indianambur

Nagarjuna nagar

this area is located north west accommodating acharya nagarjuna university,junior,degree,pg colleges,rain tree park town ship, christian monasteries.

Kali gardens

kaligardens is located on the west and its a spiritual center accommodating spiritual university,school,super spechality hospital, ayurvedic massage centers,babu viganan mandir,temples.this area is with considerable number of people.

Nambur railwaystation area

nambur railway station is in this area this area contains a considerable number of people. rail transport and road ways are well built in this area.

So many stories regarding the village are popularised. Archaeologists found remains of rock era in namburu village. From the second century ad namburu had its own status in history of Andhra Pradesh .namburu became a Buddhist monastery in second century in the ruling of satavahanas(dynasty).later the village destroyed and it is believed from 13th century the village is again constructed and later reddy dynasty kings ruled namburu for about 200 years later namburu became a part of vijayanagara dynasty. After ruled by rajavasireddy venkatadri naidu (jamindar of achampet)during the rule of britishers . Regarding the buddish monastery remains of maha stupa and many buddist statues are found by the archaeology department of Andhra Pradesh and kept at Acharya Nagarjuna university museum.and some information about the nambur village is also on the inscripitions of sri panakala lakshmi narasimha swami temple,mangalagiri.

As of 2011^[update], the population of Namburu is approximately 45000, 25000 of which are eligible voters.^{[citation needed]}

The population is predominantly Hindu, with the Reddys forming the major group. There are a considerable number of Muslims and Christians.

The people of very traditional and had their own style of culture when compared to other towns .Normally women appear wearing a saree,gents in lungies and pancha along with a head in the present days fashion . cuisine: people of nambur are very particular in their cusine with speacial items like pulihora,payasam,etc which will be in their every special occation along with the spicy foods. Some of the chief varieties of spices produced here include cardamom, pepper, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg. The food is mainly rice, which the south Indian people love to have with a combination of Sambhar or curry.A generous but at the same time a balanced use of spices is done here in most of the vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes of this region. Similarly in most of the dishes that are prepared here the final tempering remains almost same, witch includes a perfect mixture of oil, mustard seeds, curry leaves and red chilies etc. 

the night of the diwali,nambur

festivals:

coming to the point of festivals all the festivals like mahashivaratri,divali,ganeshchaturdhi,karthika pournami....are a lot celebrated in namburu.

The major industrial establishments in Namburu include:

• Cosmos India
• Deccan Tobacco Enterprises
• Pollisetti Tobacco Exports

Namburu has a railway station. The village city buses as well as private transport are available pass through the National Highway 5.

The main educational institutes present in the Namburu village include:

• Acharya Nagarjuna University
• Spirtual university(kali gardens)
• Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology(VVIT) engineering college
• ys rajashekara reddy institute of engineering and technology(ANU collage of engineering)
• PVZPH school
• Siraj Uloom Arabic School and College
• Srimati Sanagala Prameela (SSP Junior College (under the management of Namburu Foundation)
• Sri Sanagala Venkata Reddy degree college (under the management of Namburu Foundation)
• Prabala Junior College (near Kaza)
• B V Reddy School
• Girls Govt School
• J.M.J English Medium School
• Kenbride International School
• Kesava Reddy school
• SKVPBR School (Kali Gardens)

• Hrinkara thirth (Jain Temple dedicated to Mahavira)

• Sri Kali gardens (a spirirtual center which accomodates temples such as Babuji temple and Kalika temple)
• Little Sisters of the Poor and other Christian monasterial centers
• Nagarapamma temple
• Sivalayam
  

  Shiva bearing the descent of the Ganga River as Parvati and Bhagiratha and the bull Nandi look
• Venugopala swami temple
• Eswaramaa temple
• Vinayaka temples
• Radha govinda mandir
• Sai nadhalay
• Kanyakaparameswari temple
• Gujjula vari devara temple
• Hanuman temples
• Sun God temple (near the nambur railway station)

• Andhra Bank, Nagarjuna Nagar
• State Bank of India, opp. BVR school
• ING Vysya Bank (Boddurai Center and Kali Gardens)
• IOB Bank, Opp. Arabic College

• Government Medical Hospital
• Government Veterinary Hospital
• Kali Gardens Superspeciality Hospital

• Stambala Garuvu and Garuvu Subbamma Daba are the major sports ground in Namburu.
• PVZPH School ground

The major townships in Namburu are IJM Rain Tree Park, Aditya Township and Srinivasa Estates Diamond City.

• Srinivasa Mahal
• Jayasankar Theatre

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References

1. ^ ePanchayat - Project Monitoring System