INTRODUCTION

Srikalahasti is holy town and municipality in of Andrapradesh. It is located besides the river . It is present 38 kms distance from which had world famous Sri venkateswara swamy temple. It is covered under the Tirupati Urban Develoment Authority(TUDA).

It is also called as Dakshina kailasam and Dakhshina kaasi. The total population of town is nearly 80056 as per 2011. It became municipality from 1958 and constitution from since 1978. It occupaid around 24 square kilometers.

In Srikalahasti the lord shiva present as a Sri kalahastheeswara swamy and devi parvathi as Sri Gnanaprasunambika devi.This temple was famous for Rahu-kethu pooja. Several devotes comes from all around the world and done this pooja.

This town was called as srikalahasti because the presence of Sri kalahasthiswara swamy. There is a story present behind this name. The three animals SRI(spider), KALA(snake),HASTI(elephant) praise the lord shiva and got the mukthi. This town is named as srikalahasti.

It is one of the vayulingam from astalingas.God shiva presented here vayulingam. It means the air which is one of the panchaboothas. Srikalahasti is very famous for handcrafts like kalamkari. The kalamkari works only present two places of andrapradesh.those are Srikalahasti,and machilipatnam. Most of the people said that the birth place for kalamkari art. It is very near to top cities ,Bengalore,and hyderebad.

Climate Srikalahasti is elevated 68 mtr from the sea level.It was 45 kms distance from thesea Bay of Bengal. The average temparature is 28 oC.The lowest temparature is 24 oC and heighest is 34 oC. It is near to the Equitorial plane so the rain fall is minimum.The average rainfall is 60mm.4mm,227mm are the lowest and heighest rainfall respectively. Usually rain is falldown Octomber and November months.Some times also in the summer.

Swarnamukhi river Swarna means Gold and mukhi means face-the golden face.It flows through the Srikalahasti town. It is called as the Uttharavahini.Beacause it flows south to north direction.It joins at sea Bay of Bengal. The total lenght of Swarnamukhi river is approximately 138kms(85 miles). It starts from kotala near thondavada, and flows through Sri kalahasti and then joins to sea Bay of bengal at Pattapupalem near vakadu.

Histrory Back in Swarnamukhi: The sage Agasthya maharshi wants a river at srikalahasti.He prays the lord shiva. The lord shiva arrieved and said him do dhyanam.Then the Agasthya maharshi prays the lord vigneswara and asked him where can i perform dhyanam.

Then ganapati said mount vindhya is the best place and you need to pray the lord Bramha.Agasthya maharshi performs dhyanam.The lord Bramha arrieved and asks agasthya what do you want. He said to Bramha, i want a Holy river at srikalahasti.The bramha allowed his request and creates the river swarnamukhi,the holy river.

Transport Srikalahasti is well connected with near towns & cities.We can reach srikalahasti by the following ways By bus:The APSRTC runs buses to near towns and villages.It is just 38 km distance from tirupati. 100 Kms from chennai , 296 km from banglore , 100 kms from by road. Most of the services runs between tirupati to srikalahasti.There was a bus for every 5 min.

By rail:There is a railway station at srikalahasti.It is on the -Gudur section of Gunthakal division of South central railway(SRC).The renigunta junction is about 25 kms from srikalahasti. From different places we can reach srikalahasti easily by train.

By plane:The closest airport is .It is 25 kms away from srikalahasti. there are daily flights from ,Delhi,and Banglore.

On Going Developmental Activities:

Swachh Barath Programme :

Under Swachh Barath programme, Total housesholds were surveyed by the municipality staff out of which 1461 house holds found with out toilets. and nearly 151 no’s are completed till now.

NTR Sujala Sravanthi pathakam :

Distribution of purified drinking water at 2rs for 20liters with the donation of different donors in Municipal Towns under NTR Sujala Sravanthi Programme.

Non plan grant works :

Under non plan grant works total no of 36 works in 35 wards have been sanctioned out of which 24 works in 22 wards has been completed.

These are the works which are completed till now

Sl. Ward Name of the Work No No

Providing CC Drain from 12-507 to 13-188 at Bhaskerpeta in 2nd Ward, 1 2 Srikalahasti Municipality Drilling of Bore Well & fixing of Motor & Providing Interconnections at 2 3 Bhaskerpeta in 3rd Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Drain & CC Patches Opp 12-178 to 12-88, 12-88 to 12-80, 9-372 to Chembedu Kaluva, CC Patches at 12-29 to 024320000, Well, 3 4 Rama Mandiram, 9-339 to 9-353, Culvert at 12-23 NH Wada and Mutarasi Palem in 4th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Drain from 10-342/1 to 10-342/3, Infront of Vinayaka Temple, 02520B040100 to Hand Bore, Infront of BSNL Office, CC Road 4 6 from 02520B040100 to 10-342/7 & Culvert at Infornt of Vinayaka Temple and Hand Bore in 6th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing of CC Road & Drain from 9-125 to 10-75 at Uppu St (7th 5 7 Ward), Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Drain & CC Patches at Transformer to D. No. 9-485 at 6 8 Tadikala Bazar in 8th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing of CC Road 8-516/41/2 to P. No. 021260000 at Dakshina 7 9 Kailasa Nagar (9th Ward), Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Drain from D. No. 8-317 to 8-333, 8-135 to Opp 8-201, 8 10 Drain at Mpl Well at Kaikala St and Drain Side Wall 8-70 to Transformer in 1oth Ward Providing C.C.Side Drain and C.C. Road 5-299 to 5-419/3 at 9 11 Karumariyamma Temple Rd in 11th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Road from P. No. 031270000 to 1-2049, 7-505 to 7-506/1, Hand Bore to 7-877, 7-902 to 7-894, CC Drain from 7-914 to 7-898, 10 16 Hand Bore to 7-902, 7-902 to 7-894, Hand Bore to 7-877, Culvert at Opp 1-2049 in 16th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing C.C.Side Drain and C.C. Road opp.P.No: 1-2089 to 1-2083/3,1- 11 19 2083/5 to pole no.003107A030302, back side of old R&B office at 19th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing of CC Road from Chennai Roa to 1-326 and Other Roads in 12 19 19th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing of CC Road & Drain 1-1026 to 1-1021, 1-1018/2 to 1-1015/A, 13 20 1-1022/1 to 1-1036 at Kailasagiri Colony in 20th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Drain & Culvert from 1-389 to 1-393, 1-389 to P. No. 03103A140000, CC Road & Drain 1-394, CC Culverts at 1-400, 1-397, CC 14 21 Road 1-397 to 1-397/1 at Sathanu Palem in 21st Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Patches at Near Milk Depot, 1-1585 to 0314A060200, 1- 15 22 1585 to 1-1575, CCD rain at 1-1576 to 1-1575 & RCC Culvert at 1-1575, 1-1585 at NTR Nagar in 22nd Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Road & Patches at 2-612 to 2-580 and Opp 2-724 to 2-710, 2-781/1 to 2-779, 2-785 to 3-33, 2-371 to 2-372, 2-427 to 2-640 & CC 16 23 Drain 2-371 to 2-372 at Kondamitta in 23rd Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Drain from Vinayaka Temple to 3-178, 2-455 to 033670000, 2-813 to Gangamma Temple, 3-95 to 3-94, 3-53/1 to 3-134 17 24 & CC Patches from 3-30 to Mpl Latrine, 2-455 to 2-457, 2-484 to 2-489, 3-153 to 3-164 at Kondamitta in 24th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality Providing of 17-283 to 17-288 & 17-292 to 17-408 at Housing Board 18 28 Colony (28th Ward), Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Drain from Rly Station to Nakkala Kaluva in 29th Ward, 19 29 Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Drain from 16-734 to 16-621 at SRN Colony in 31st Ward, 20 31 Srikalahasti Municipality Providing CC Road from 16-638 to 16-630 at SRN Colony in 31st Ward, 21 31 Srikalahasti Municipality Providing of CC Road Opp 15-471 to P. N. 01212A070500 at Revenue 22 32 Colony (32nd Ward), Srikalahasti Municipality Improvement of Karmakriya Mandapam with Water Supply 23 33 arrangement, Flooring, Bathrooms and Electrification etc Complete Providing CC Drain from Opp Sivam Kalyana Sadan to 15-614/1 at BP 24 35 Agraharam in 35th Ward, Srikalahasti Municipality

Srikalahasti in AMRUT Cites:

Srikalahasti in have been nominated for Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) cities.