gurazala......my home town

Gurazala is a semi town and mandal located in the northwestern parts of Guntur district. It is administrative hub(capitol) of region Palnadu. According to 2001 censes, it has 24,550 population made up of 12,430 male and 12,120 female.

The town represents MLA in the assembly, ACP, Government General Hospital, LIC, Sub Register, NGO and Sub Court (next to the district court) of the region. There are around thirteen villages (Daida, Pulipadu, Gottemukkala, Jangamaheshwarapuram, Gangavaram, Ambapuram, Pallegunta, Anjanapuram, Charlagudipadu, Lakshmi puram, Janardhana puram, Telukutla and Madugula) in this mandal make up to 30,000 inhabitants, mostly farmers. Culturally and economically the town is closely tied up with the surrounding thirteen villages. This town is also known for its friendliness, tranquil, fun, peace and harmony among different social groups.

History:

This town is in the heart of Palnadu, and has a legendary history of over a thousand years. The famous battle Palnati Yudhdham (War of Palnadu) took place between Gurazala and Macherla between 1176 AD - 1182 AD.At Karampudi (yuddabhoomi). In many scripts the war was referred as Andhra Kurukshetra.

Temples

Tens of tempels make this town a spiritual place starting from Ishtakameshwaraswami temple located in the southern town was built by Nagamma in the 12th century.

Amaralingeshwara swami temple is located in the daida village

SriSita Ramulavari Temple near gandhi chook center.

Sri mathvirat pothuluri veera brahmendra swamy vari temple at srirampuram.

Sri Kanyka Parameswari temple.

Sri Patha pateswari Ammavari temple.

Sri veerabhadra swamy temple.

sri Anjaneya swami Temple, Near putta bavi, Gurazala.

sri Mukkanteswara Swami gudi near macharla road. Gurazala.

Sri Shirdi Sai Baba temple was recently built by the local people of the town, in the southern part of the town.

Sri Anjaneya Swamy Temple at near Gandhi chook Center.

Sri Panchamukha Anajaneya Swami Temple near Dhandivagu, was built by Late Sri. Pinnelli Peda Narasa Raju.

Sri venkateswara swami temple near laxmi talkies center near laxmi talkies.

SRI Amara lingeswara swamy Temple in the daida road. This is one of the ancient temple in Gurazala constitution.

SRI Ista kameswara swamy temple, was built during Palanati story. People used to say that, this siva lingam pratistapana was done by Brahmanaidu. One more story in popular about this temple is telugu great poet SRINADHUDU, visited this temple and stayed in this temple.

Sri anjanya swamy temple near sangam dairy.

Tourist attractions

This town has a nearby cave temple popularly known as Daida Amaralingeswaraswami Guha at the shore of sacred river Kirshna. The naturally formed cave has around 800m in length which attracts many tourists from all around the state. the most important villages in this mondal are Pulipadu and Daida.

Famous Personalities:

Bramha Naidu, lived in Gurazala but moved to Marcherla due to the internal disputes.

Nagamma, lead the army against Macherla in the war. Kaneganti Hanumanthu, a prominent freedom fighter, was born in Gurazala Taluka. He rebelled against the British Rule and started the Palnadu Rebellion against tax. He was shot dead by General Rutherford.

Educational institutions

Schools

• Jaya Bharathi Public School(school where i studied from 1st to 10th)
  

• Vikas Residential School

• Prashanthi Public School

• Government High School

• Punnamma Badi

• Gowthami

• Little Flower English Medium School

• Jayanthi Public School

• wisdom Public School

Colleges

• Navodaya Junior College

• Vagdevi D-pharmacy College

• Government Junior College

• Jayabharat junior college

• M.V.R GROUP OF COLLEGS(coming soon)

Industries, Business and Agriculture

Blessed with canals of near by Nagarjunasagar Dam, most of the town depend on agriculture (rice, cotton and chillis), small scale business and industries (Water purifier factory, Milk chilling center... etc.).