Diguva-magham is a village in Thavanampalle

Thavanampalle

Thavanampalle is a village and a Mandal in Chittoor district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. Villages in Thavampalli:Diguvamagham, Sarakallu, Mallakunta, Madhavaram, Katta kinda palle, Gandu palle, Govinda reddy palle, Garuka vaari palle, Cherlo palle, Echaneri, Aragonda, Paimagham,...

 Mandal of Chittoor district

Chittoor district

Chittoor District , also known as Chittur, is a district of India's Andhra Pradesh state. The district headquarters is Chittoor City. The district has a population of 4,170,468 according to 2011 census of India. Chittoor district is famous for the Tirupati, Kanipakam and Sri Kalahasti temples...

, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...

, India

India

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. It is one of the biggest villages and major panchayats in mandal. It is located 18 km from Chittoor town. Amarapuri, Sivagiri Aasramam, VeerlagudiPalle, Diguvamagham Harijanawada, Diguvamagham Colony, VeerlagudiPalle Harijanawada, VeerlagudiPalle Maadigawada villages are the part of the Diguvamagham Panchayat. (Telugu Wikipedia page: http://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/దిగువమాఘం)

Population

Total population of the village is 764 of which 358 are male and 406 are female. All villages of Panchayat have a total population of 1734.

Facilities

Transport, Library, School, Society, Bank, Post office, Garden, Children's play ground are the major facilities of the village and Health, Education and Entertainment facilities are the additional facilities available near the village premises. Village got double lane road in 1975.

Tourism

People come here to see Sivagiri

Sivagiri

Jawaharlal Nehru"I am happy and privileged to come here and pay my tribute to a great man whose message is as vital and essential today as it was when he gave it"...

, part of the village panchayat. Also Maharabata Yajnam, a vocal retelling of the story of Mahabharata

Mahabharata

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India and Nepal, the other being the Ramayana. The epic is part of itihasa....

, which spans over three weeks will be held once in three years, attracts crowds

Other information

Pincode: 517129.

This is the native village of Shri Paturi Rajagopala Naidu

Paturi Rajagopala Naidu

Paturi Rajagopala Naidu , better known as Rajanna , was an Indian freedom fighter, parliamentarian, and kisan leader...

, a former MP and considered to be the political guru of Nara Chandrababu Naidu. Amararaja industries was started by his son in law Shri Galla Ramachandra Naidu (combining the words Amaravati and Rajagopal Naidu). Galla Aruna Kumari, currently a minister in the Andhra Pradesh state cabinet, is the daughter of Shri Rajagopal Naidu.