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Madanapalle
Population : 108 605 people
Latitude : 13,5500 (13°33'0.000"N)
Longitude : 78,5000 (78°30'0.000"E)
Altitude : 692 m
GMT time : +5,5 hours

Bangalore to Madanapalle (118 Km)

Bangalore - K.R.Puram to Hosekote- Chintamani (bye-ass) to Madanapalle

Chennai to Madanapalle (240 Km)

Chennai- Poonamallee-Ranipet-Chittoor- Palaminer -Madanapalle

Hyderabad to Madanapalle (500 Km)

Hyderabad- Kurnool-Anantapur-Kadiri- Madanapalle

Hyderabad- Kurnool-Kadapa Rayachoti- Madanapalle

Tirupathi to Madanapalle (110 Km)

Tirupathi- Piler- Madanapalle

Nearest Railway Station

Madanapalle Road station -9 KM

Nearest Railway Junction

Chittoor Jn - 90 KM
Tirupathi Jn--110 KM
Bangalore City Jn - 118 KM
K.R.Puram Jn --100 KM
Kadapa Jn--110 KM

Nearest Airport

Bangalore - 100 KM
Tirupathi -120 KM

MADANAPALLE CITY INFORMATION

Madanapalle, located in Chittoor district. Madanapalle is a place of historical significance and is situated at a distance of 15 km from Horsley Hills also known as "Ooty of Andhra Pradesh", the official summer head quarters of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh. It was the hub of the nationalist movement before our country attained independence.

Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore visited this place as the Pro-Chancellor of the Besant National University and translated his immoral song "Janaganamana" into English as the "Morning Song of India". Gurudev and Mrs. Margaret Cousins (wife of Dr. James H. Cousins, the Principal of Besant Theosophical College) a great musicologist of western music tuned it jointly and sung for the first time in Madanapalle, long before it became our National Anthem.

Sri Jiddu Krishna Murthy (Krishnaji) was born and brought up here until he was adopted and proclaimed as the world Teacher by Dr. Annie Besant. Besant Theosophical College in this town is the oldest institution of higher education in Rayalaseema. Sri Trilokekar, the former Principal of Besant Theosophical College brought Hockey from the North in 1915 and for the frist time in the South, taught it to his students in Madanapalle. It also has a fine soccer tradition which continues to this day.

Religious

Madanapalle is a cosmopolitical centre. Here Hindu, Muslims and Christian live together with harmony as the communities are educated and cosmopolice. The important religious places are Sri Lord Venkateswara temple,Shiridi Saibaba temple(One of the oldest temples of saibaba in India), Swamy Ayyappa Temple,Yoga Bogeswara (madikayalu)Temple, Sivalayam, Rajarajeswari Temple, Saptha Kanyakalu Temple, Basinikonda Temple, Sri Anjaneya Temple,Chowdeswari Temple, Gangamma Temple(Court),CSI Church, Arogyamatha Church, Jama Masjid, Indiranagar Masjid and Chamberlian Church.

Culture

Madanapalle is a centre of vernacular culture. The literary languages are Telugu and Urdu. Many organisations are serving the literary fields of both Telugu and Urdu. Telugu Rachayitala Sangham (Telugu Poets' Association), Telugu Nataka Kala Parishad and Anjuman Taraqui Urdu are important....

Products

Madanapalle is famous for agricultural products such as tomato, mango, groundnut, tamarind etc., Famous for Silk and silk products like sarees and other casuals. The quality of silk product is recognisable. Madanapalle surroundings have enormous reserves of Granite.

Statistics

Distances by road from Madanapalle to Major destinations Tirupati 115km, Bangalore 125Km, Puttaparthi 120Km, Kadapa 142Km, Chennai 250Km, Hyderabad 533Km