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Kanipakam

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Country
  
India

District
  
Chittoor

Vehicle registration
  
AP

State
  
Andhra Pradesh

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Local time
  
Friday 4:11 AM

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Weather
  
27°C, Wind S at 10 km/h, 89% Humidity

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Kanipakam is a village in Irala mandal, located in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Contents

Map of Kanipakam, Andhra Pradesh 517131

Etymology

"Kani" means wetland and "Pakam" means flow of water in Tamil.

Temple

Kanipakam is home to a popular Hindu temple of Lord Ganesha called as Kanipakam Vinayaka Temple. It was constructed in the early 11th century CE by the pandian King Maravarman sundara pandian and a siva temple by Kulothunga Chola I and was expanded further in 1336 by the Emperors of Vijayanagara dynasty.

References

Kanipakam Wikipedia