Country India District East Godavari PIN 533437 Local time Saturday 10:18 AM | State Andhra Pradesh Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Elevation 35 m Population 9,054 (2001) | |
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Kattamuru is a major panchayath village in Peddapuram Mandal of East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in South India.
Contents
- Map of Kattamuru Andhra Pradesh 533437
- Geography
- Features
- Etymology History
- Temples
- Demographics
- References
Map of Kattamuru, Andhra Pradesh 533437
Geography
Kattamuru is located at 17.08° N 82.13° E. It has an average elevation of 35 metres (114 feet).
Features
Kattamuru is prominent for its historical and cultural heritage. Kattamuru is about 4 km from Peddapuram Town. It is surrounded by Villages J. Thimmapuram, Sirivada, Kandrakota and Town Peddapuram. Most people in this village depend for their livelihood on agriculture.The major economic crops in this area are rice, sugarcane and Tapioca. The main source of water for irrigation is Eleru Canal. This village has tanks like Rayana Cheruvu, Kitta Cheruvu, Manchineeti Cheruvu, Bapana Cheruvu and Gangi Raavi Cheruvu.
Kattamuru is very famous village and it was mentioned in Rajasekhara Charitamu, The first Telugu novel (Prose) written by the first novelist in Telugu Shri Kandukuri Veeresalingam inspired by Oliver Goldsmith’s The Vicar of Wakefied.
Kattamuru has one ZP High School and Three Elementary Schools. Kattamuru ZP High school is one of the old high schools in this area and well known for its good academic standards and results. Students from surrounding villages also come to this school for their studies which showcases the importance earned by the school over a period of time. Many students of this school like,Bandaru Suryanarayana, Nalamati Srinivas,Peddi Rayudu, Posina Brothers got in good positions. One of the educationalist, Dr. Y. Sri Rama Murthy encouraged their village students to go to Kattamuru High school for their higher studies. Though this village is big enough, there are no hospitals or bus facilities in this village. Kattamuru is full of greenery.
Etymology & History
The original name of Kattamuru is Katnam Ooru. Katnam means Gift and Ooru means Village.
The Maharaja of the Vatsavayi Dynasty of Padmapuram Samsthanam (Now called as Peddapuram) gifted this village to Lord kesava Pattabhi Rama as a dowry.
The temple Jodu Gullu (Jodu means double and Gullu is plural form of Gudi i.e. Temples) of Pattabhi Rama and Keshava Swamy is a famous and wealthy temple in East Godavari Dist. In one shrine abodes Lord Rama with Sita, Laxmana and Hanuman and in another shrine abodes Keshava Swamy with Shreedevi, the goddess of Fortune and Bhoodevi, the earth-goddess.
On the day of Bheesma Ekadasi a Jatara (Carnival) is held annually.
Temples
The village deity of Kattamuru is Poleramma Thalli and a temple of Poleramma Thalli is on the western end of this village.
There are temples of Lord Shiva, Lord Ganapathi, Lord Hanuman, Saint Sri Sai Baba of Shirdi, Saint Sri Pothulooru Veera Brahmendra Swamy (India’s Nostradamus)and deity Kanaka Durga are very famous temples in this village.
Demographics
Population Data of Kattamuru Village as per 2001 Census: [1]