Kollipara

Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
native_name = Kollipara
type = village
locator_position =
latd =
longd =
population_total =20000
state_name = Andhra Pradesh
district = Guntur
taluk_names = Kollipara
area_telephone =
postal_code = 522304
footnotes =

Kollipara is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. [cite web
url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/
title=List of Sub-Districts
publisher=Census of India
accessdate=2007-04-27 ]

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This is a very famous village in Guntur District and parts of the Krishna District. This is home for very good-natured people.

Kollipara is located near Tenali (known as Andhra Paris).

The village is very famous for having good cultivated land growing crops like rice, turmeric, banana, sugarcane, and maize.

The people in this village are very generous and helpful. Many villages are famous for historic places, but Kollipara is famous for loving people.

Important places in Kollipara

Krishna river, Shiva temple (Peddadevuni gudi), Saibaba temple, Ganganamma temple (village goddess), ZP High School, Avuthu Rami Reddy Junior College, Banana market. TTD kalyana mandapam is going to be built here. There are many schools that are famous in nearby villages like Mother Theresa, Siddartha, Viswashanti, Little Flower, Holy Mary, etc.

Persons belonging to Bhimavarapu clan of Kollipara donated land to Panchayat office (Butchi Reddy), Bus stand (Seshi Reddy), ZPP High School (Basivi Reddy), Government Hospital (Gurava Reddy), etc.

Most of the government offices in Kollipara has own buildings like Police Station, Tehsildar (MRO) office, Sub Registrar office, Telephone exchange, etc.

Political

Kollipara comes under Duggirala assembly constituency and Tenali parliament constituency. Gudibandi Venkata Reddy (GVR) is representing Duggirala in the AP State Assembly as an MLA (Congress) for the past 20 years. He is from Kollipara.

In the coming elections of 2009, Kollipara will be merged in Tenali assembly constituency and Guntur parliament constituency due to the delimitation process.

There are many people from Kollipara who are now living in the United States of America and other parts of the world.

Prominent people who visited Kollipara

Mahatma Gandhi who came to Adda Road during independence struggle and Sonia Gandhi visited Thumuluru. Others are N. Chandrababu Naidu, Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Devi Lal (former Deputy Prime Minister) and many State and Central ministers.

Festivals in Kollipara

Sankranthi in January.Maha Shivaratri in February/March.Ugadi or the Telugu New Year in March/April.Rama Navami celebrated in March/April, 9 days after Ugadi.Vinayaka Chavithi in August.Dasara in September/October.Atla Tadde 3rd day in bright half of Aswiyuja month (falls in September/October in Gregorian calendar)Deepavali in October/November.

How to reach Kollipara

The only facility to Kollipara is by road from Tenali (20km via Nandivelugu), Guntur (35km via Kolakaluru) and Vijayawada (25km on Krishna River Peddakatta).

Arumalla Harsha Vardhan Reddy is the only Certified Chartered Accountant (C.A.) in Kollipara Mandal from Thumuluru Village.

---References edited by Surendra Reddy Bhimavarapu on October 9, 2008