Narasaraopet Town

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Narasaraopet Town, 1908

This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Head-quarters of the subdivision and taluk of the same name in (Guntur District, Madras, situated in 16° 15' N. and 80° 4' E., on the Southern Mahratta Railway. Population (1901), 7,108. It has been constituted a Union. It took its name from Narasa Rao, father of the Malrazu Venkata Gunda Rao who enlarged the fine tank in the town. There are ancient temples in the place, and inscriptions are to be seen on a slab in front of the shrine to Pattabhi Ramaswami and in the roof of that to Bhimeswara. Not far off is the famous shrine at Kotappakonda, where at the new moon festival in February as many as 40,000 Hindus gather.