Kanakamedala

Kanakamedala is one of the well known surnames (inti peru, or family name) of Kamma caste in Andhra Pradesh. "Kanakamedala" means "Golden Towers" in Telugu. The origin of "Kanakamedla" is "Elakurru" village (near Nimmakuru) in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. There are a large number of "Kanakamedala varu" in Penamakuru (near Kankipadu), Jayapuram (Divi tauq), in Krishna district and Krapa village (near Kolluru-Tenali taluq) in Guntur district.

Notable Kanakamedala varu
*Kanakamedala Devi Vara Prasad - Star Producer in Telugu, produced most of the movies with NTR and Chiranjeevi.
*Kanakamedala Ravi - Indian Hockey team physiotherapist.
*Kanakamedala Sastrulu - Famous Trauma and Orthopedics surgeon in the United Kingdom.
*Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar - Telugu Desam party legal cell chairman/convener.
*The late Kanakamedala Ranga Rao - Ex.MLA (Independent)- Vuyyuru - Krishna district.