Mangalam-padu is a village in Sullurpeta

Sullurpeta

Sullurupeta is a town in Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh state, India. It is the mandal headquarters for sullurupeta mandal. It is the gateway of SHAR, Shriharikota Rocket Launching Station and often called as Rocket Town. Other names used Sullurupet....

 mandal of Nellore district

Nellore district

Sri Amarajeevi Potti Sri Ramulu Nellore District is one of the 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh. Nellore is famous for high paddy field, and so it got its name from "Nelli". The population of the district was 2,966,082 of which 22.45% were urban as of 2011....

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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...

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India

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Famous playwright and lyrics writer Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu, better known as Aathreya

Aathreya

Aacharya Aathreya born Kilambi Venkata Narasimhacharyulu was a versatile playwright, lyric writer and story writer in Telugu cinema.-Life:...

 was born in this village.

Demographics

According to Indian census, 2001, the demographic details of this village is as follows:

• Total Population: 2,139 in 554 Households.
• Male Population: 1,050 and Female Population: 1,089
• Children Under 6-years: 299 (Boys - 128 and Girls - 171)
• Total Literates: 1,034

History

Mangalampadu Agraharam has a history of 400 years. It was given as an endowment by Venkatapathi Raja I of Chandragiri

Chandragiri

Chandragiri , is a suburb of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh, India. Recently it is included under Municipal Corporation limits of Tirupati...

 empire in 1602 AD to Sri Rangaraja Iyengar for his scholarly knowledge in Vedanta

Vedanta

Vedānta was originally a word used in Hindu philosophy as a synonym for that part of the Veda texts known also as the Upanishads. The name is a morphophonological form of Veda-anta = "Veda-end" = "the appendix to the Vedic hymns." It is also speculated that "Vedānta" means "the purpose or goal...

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