Why visit Mārkāpur
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About Mārkāpur
Markapuram is a town and the headquarters of Markapuram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and is the headquarters of Markapuram Municipality in Markapuram revenue division. Markapuram is notable for the Chennakesava Swamy Temple (2nd largest gopuram in Telugu States with 135 feet height), built by King Sri Krishnadevaraya. During Ratha Yatra (Tirunalla in Telugu) there occurs a popular carnival; the town is also famous for Chenna Kesavaswamy (Saptavahana Seva) on the day of Rathsapthami, which is attended by around 1 lakh+ people coming from different parts of the state.
From the Wikipedia article Markapuram (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Parks, trails and playgrounds1
Churches and places of worship1
Chennakesava Swamy Temple
Place of worship
Chennakesava Swamy Temple Road, Markapur
Schools, colleges and libraries2
a1 global institute of engineering and technology
School · 4.5 km
darimadugu, markapur
Healthcare29
Markapuram Area Government hospital
Hospital · 1.6 km
Sub-District Hospital
Beside Gundlakamma River
17 more on the map.
History
The town's name comes from a story of a milk maid by the name of Marika who was graced with a son by Swamy Chennakesava. The milk maid, in commemoration of this event, constructed a small temple. Soon afterwards a village grew round and about this temple and was known as Marikapuram. By afflux of time this name evolved into Markapuram. The temple, originally constructed by Marika, underwent numerous additions and renovations majorly during Sri Krishnadevaraya's Rule, the later large and prominent temple being dedicated to Sri Chennakesava.
This town was a part of Kurnool District until 1971. Yerragondapalem, Markapuram, and Giddalur mandals were in Kurnool district until 1971, when a carve-out made a new district (along with Kanigiri, Podili, Darsi, Kandukur from Nellore District and Ongole and Chirala from Guntur district).
From the History section of Markapuram on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Getting there and nearby towns
Uyyalawada Narasimha Reddy Airport , Kurnool (KJB) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 118 km away.
- Cumbum 24 km southwest, about 24 min by car
- Podili 40 km east, about 40 min by car
- Darsi 44 km east, about 44 min by car
- Kanigiri U 45 km southeast, about 45 min by car
- Kanigiri 45 km southeast, about 45 min by car
- Giddalūr 54 km southwest, about 54 min by car
- Srīsailain 57 km northwest, about 57 min by car
- Srisailam Project RFC Township 56 km northwest, about 56 min by car
- Vinukonda 62 km northeast, about 1 h by car
- Ongole 87 km east, about 1 h 30 min by car
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