AVATSAARA
NIDRUVA
Kashyap/ Kashyapa/Kashyapasa Gothram has 3 rishis associated with it viz. Kashyapa, Nidruva and Aavatsaara
A beautiful town near Guntur City in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, India. Three canals of the Krishna river flow through Tenali making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh , resembling paris where three rivers pass through the city . Hence, it is affectionately called Andhra Paris. When Kanchana Mala the first female lead in Telugu movies adorned the screen with charm, people hailed the town saying , the city named Andhra paris is in fact giving freedom to girls as in Paris. Tenali has contributed a major share to stage drama industry. There are quite a few extra ordinary artists who later moved on to film industry like Super Star Krishna Kongara Jaggayya, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Kanchana Mala and SaradaPresently the Super star of Tollywood Mahesh Babu hails from Tenali, he is son of Krishna.
There are a good number of famous temples like Vaikunthapuram, Kanyaka Parameswari temple, Patha Shivalayam, Patha Anjaneya swamy gudi, Chitti Anjaneya Swami gudi, Morrispet Shivalayam, Saibaba temple next to over bridge, Appala swamy temple etc.
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Janaki Devi (D/o Lakkaraju Venkata Ratnam)
(w/o M Kanakeshwara Sarma)
Born in Repalle, Guntur district died on Monday, May 06, 2008 (Vysakha Sudha Vidiya - 2.30 pm) at Maruti Nagar, near Dr A.S. Rao Nagar, Hyderabad.