District Guntur Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Population 30,000 (2015) | Mandal Karempudi PIN 522614 Local time Friday 4:31 PM | |
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Weather 37°C, Wind SE at 11 km/h, 27% Humidity | ||
Karempudi is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Map of Karempudi, Andhra Pradesh 522614
Etymology
Karempudi is derived from the "karyam"pudi. karyam have lot of meanings it also means "Yuddam" (war), here Palnati yuddam held so this place called Karyamapudi after that with time it changed to karempudi.
History
The battle of Palnadu (Palnati Yudham) was immortalized in Telugu literature by the poet Srinatha in his 'Palnati Vira Charita'. The only other scholarly book on the subject was written by Gene Roghair titled "Epic of Palnadu: Study and Translation of Palnati Virula Katha, a Telugu Oral Tradition from Andhra Pradesh". It was a battle between two factions of the Kalachuris (Haihaya).
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