Sirsilla
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Sirsilla or Sircilla is a town as well as a municipality
, which is located on the banks of Manair (also spelled as Maneru) river in Karimnagar district of the Indian state
of Andhra Pradesh
. The name Sircilla is derived from sirishala (meaning centre of wealth). It is known for its textile industries, power loom business.
, Sircilla had a population of 1,07,778. Sircilla is second grade municipality where males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Twelve percent of the population is under 6 years of age.
rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 51%.
In the last ten years, a number of English medium school
s have been started in Sircilla.
ing workers. Thread material made up of Polyester
and cotton
are the raw products used in the weaving.
In early 2000's, Sircilla's powerloom business faced major crisis, leading to suicides by many weavers.
The local market in Sircilla sells a variety of vegetable
s, fruit
s and other items from the many surrounding villages.
The planned Upper Manair Dam Project would see the construction of a tank (24 tmc capacity), made by the Nizam king on the Manair. Upon completion, it will be a masonry
dam
using rock quarried
from outside with spillway. However, due to scanty rainfall in recent years, government planners have lately focused on a lift irrigation
project, proposedly located at mid-Manair.
(STATE LEADERS): Anabheri Prabhakar Rao
, Singireddy Bhoopathi Reddy, Amruth Lal Shukla, social worker Bhoomaiah lawyer ...so on.
There is a textile park in Baddenapalli, about 5 km from the heart of the Sircilla, which charts the history of looming. There one finds various models of loom
s, from ancient handlooms to modern power looms.
Historically, lands were sold to weavers at modest prices in order that they may more easily setup privately-owned textile-making and -selling establishments. The legacy of this special arrangement survives today, as the economy of Sircilla continues to employ many in the textile trades.
Sircilla has close economic and historical ties with Siddipet
, Kamareddy
, and Karimnagar
.
After Dasara the very 5th day, on Ratha Sapthami, there will be a Jathara. Around 1 lakh pilgrims will come to this temple on this day.
. Atop the hill, a likeness of lord Sri Krishna on the top of the Kalindi snake attracts pilgrim
s. Others come to this place, mostly on Sundays and Tuesdays, for picnic
s. From this vantage point, one can see Vemulawada and near villages, and greenery and passing rivers on either side.
. Its founding dates back to the 8th century AD, during the late Chalukya dynasty
.
Popularly known as Dakshana Kashi (Benaras of South India), the temple attracts hundreds of thousands of devotees from all over the country. The Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple is dedicated to a mix of Vysnavism, Slivism, coupled with Durgah. For this reason, Hindu
s and Muslim
s visit with great enthusiasm.
The temple contributes about 800,000 Rupee
s per year to the gram panchayat
for developmental activities in the pilgrim town from its revenues. Special arrangements are made for the pilgrims during festivals. Several cultural and social activities are also organised by local authorities.
On Sivarathri day, this sacred temple teems with many thousands of pilgrims. Special poojas and darshans are held to mark the festivity. Mahalingarchana is performed by about hundred archakas.
The town is reputedly protected by the god Nagaradhisah, which is reflected by the minor temples which gird the main temple; they are Shiva Bhimaiswara Allayam - Mahalakshmi temple, Laxmi Narasimha Swamy temple, goddess Baddi Pochava temple, Anjayanaya temple, Ayyapa Swamy temple.
Sircilla to Vemulavada-12 km,
Sircilla to Hyderabad -142 km,
Nearest Railway station KAMAREDDY (kamareddy-siricilla 52 km ),
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
, which is located on the banks of Manair (also spelled as Maneru) river in Karimnagar district of the Indian state
States and territories of India
India is a federal union of states comprising twenty-eight states and seven union territories. The states and territories are further subdivided into districts and so on.-List of states and territories:...
of Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
. The name Sircilla is derived from sirishala (meaning centre of wealth). It is known for its textile industries, power loom business.
Geography
Sircilla is located at 18.38°N 78.83°E. It has an average elevation of 322 metres (1056 feet).Demographics
As of 2001, India censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
, Sircilla had a population of 1,07,778. Sircilla is second grade municipality where males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Twelve percent of the population is under 6 years of age.
Education
Sircilla has an average literacyLiteracy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
rate of 61%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 51%.
In the last ten years, a number of English medium school
English Medium School
The English Language School, formerly known as English Medium School, is a school located in the Karama area of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The school offers a British education system such as GCE A Level and O Level . It has approximately 100 teachers with British and Pakistani qualifications...
s have been started in Sircilla.
Economy
Nearly 80% of the people are employed as weavers, or textile dyeDye
A dye is a colored substance that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is being applied. The dye is generally applied in an aqueous solution, and requires a mordant to improve the fastness of the dye on the fiber....
ing workers. Thread material made up of Polyester
Polyester
Polyester is a category of polymers which contain the ester functional group in their main chain. Although there are many polyesters, the term "polyester" as a specific material most commonly refers to polyethylene terephthalate...
and cotton
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants of the genus Gossypium. The fiber is almost pure cellulose. The botanical purpose of cotton fiber is to aid in seed dispersal....
are the raw products used in the weaving.
In early 2000's, Sircilla's powerloom business faced major crisis, leading to suicides by many weavers.
The local market in Sircilla sells a variety of vegetable
Vegetable
The noun vegetable usually means an edible plant or part of a plant other than a sweet fruit or seed. This typically means the leaf, stem, or root of a plant....
s, fruit
Fruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
s and other items from the many surrounding villages.
Water supply
Sircilla's water supply is managed by L.M.D. KarimNagar through pipeline which is filtered in 8.50MLD filtration plant at RAGUDUThe planned Upper Manair Dam Project would see the construction of a tank (24 tmc capacity), made by the Nizam king on the Manair. Upon completion, it will be a masonry
Masonry
Masonry is the building of structures from individual units laid in and bound together by mortar; the term masonry can also refer to the units themselves. The common materials of masonry construction are brick, stone, marble, granite, travertine, limestone; concrete block, glass block, stucco, and...
dam
Dam
A dam is a barrier that impounds water or underground streams. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. Hydropower and pumped-storage hydroelectricity are...
using rock quarried
Quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mine from which rock or minerals are extracted. Quarries are generally used for extracting building materials, such as dimension stone, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, and gravel. They are often collocated with concrete and asphalt plants due to the requirement...
from outside with spillway. However, due to scanty rainfall in recent years, government planners have lately focused on a lift irrigation
Lift irrigation scheme
Lift irrigation is a method of irrigation in which water is not transported by natural flow but is lifted with pumps or other means.-Overview:...
project, proposedly located at mid-Manair.
History
4th ANDHRA MAHASABHA @ SIRCILLA in 1935- Andhra MahasabhaAndhra MahasabhaAndhra Mahasabha was a people's organisation in the erstwhile Hyderabad state of India. Started as a subsidiary of the Indian National Congress, it had later moved away from it permanently to join hands with the Communist Party of India.- History :...
4th meeting placed at Sircilla in 1935 on September 6. - Under the presidential Madapati Hanumantha Rao (FIRST MAYER HYDERABAD MUNICIPAL CORPORATION),
- For women cell Madapati Manikyamma (w/o Hanumantha Rao),
- From this meeting onwards they have given lectures In TELUGU language,
- They made some rules and regulations in this meeting only. (regaurding Andhra maha Sabha)
- They made a lot of resolutions in this meeting.
- K.V. Ranga Reddy, Suravaram Pratapareddy, Raavi Narayan Reddy, Baddam Ellareddy, J.V. Narsinga Rao (Ex M.L.A. SIRCILLA , Ex. Minister), Amruth Lal Shukla (Ex M.L.A. Sircilla)
(STATE LEADERS): Anabheri Prabhakar Rao
Anabheri Prabhakar Rao
Anabheri Prabhakar Rao is a telangana armed struggle martyr and is also considered a foremost authority of the Telugu language. He was an Indian freedom fighter, considered to be one of the most influential revolutionaries of the Indian independence movement...
, Singireddy Bhoopathi Reddy, Amruth Lal Shukla, social worker Bhoomaiah lawyer ...so on.
There is a textile park in Baddenapalli, about 5 km from the heart of the Sircilla, which charts the history of looming. There one finds various models of loom
Loom
A loom is a device used to weave cloth. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads...
s, from ancient handlooms to modern power looms.
Historically, lands were sold to weavers at modest prices in order that they may more easily setup privately-owned textile-making and -selling establishments. The legacy of this special arrangement survives today, as the economy of Sircilla continues to employ many in the textile trades.
Sircilla has close economic and historical ties with Siddipet
Siddipet
Siddipet or Siddipeta is a city and a municipality in Medak district, Andhra Pradesh, India, with a population of 145,316. It is the biggest town in the Medak district and is away from Hyderabad and away from Secunderabad.-Geography:...
, Kamareddy
Kamareddy
Kamareddy is one of the large business centers in Nizamabad district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.-Geography:Kamareddy is located at . It covers an area of 14.11 km2. It is 110 km from the state capital of Hyderabad and 55 km from district headquarters, Nizamabad...
, and Karimnagar
Karimnagar
As of 2011 India census Estimation, Karimnagar city had a population of 2,99,660. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49% has an average literacy rate of 86.75%, higher than the national average of 74.04%: male literacy is 92.61%, and female literacy is 80.79%. In Karimnagar, 12% of...
.
Pochamma Temple
located at pochamma veedhi, This temple is renovated recently and Almost all the people living in sircilla will come to this temple in the month June and July..(Ashadamasam) .. it would be too crowded in these two months.Lord Venkateshwara Temple
Founded approximately in 1000 A.D. This is a famous and very old temple in sircilla. majorly in festive season, specially at times of Dasara festival, the many pilgrims near by villages,towns and cities will come to this temple for darshan.After Dasara the very 5th day, on Ratha Sapthami, there will be a Jathara. Around 1 lakh pilgrims will come to this temple on this day.
Markandeya Temple
Located in Bhavanarushi Nagar, where each year the Padmshali community celebrates NoolupournamiAgraharam Temple
Famous for Lord Hanuman temple, and a well known place for poojas. It has very old, towering trees surrounding a large, open area in front of the temple. near had two education college are one polytechnic college of agraharam and one Govt degree college of agraharam. famous of two colleges.Nampalli Temple
Nampalli Temple (Lord Laxmi Narasimha Swamy Temple) is located on the top of Nampalli hill. The shape of the hill resembles a lionLion
The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...
. Atop the hill, a likeness of lord Sri Krishna on the top of the Kalindi snake attracts pilgrim
Pilgrim
A pilgrim is a traveler who is on a journey to a holy place. Typically, this is a physical journeying to some place of special significance to the adherent of a particular religious belief system...
s. Others come to this place, mostly on Sundays and Tuesdays, for picnic
Picnic
In contemporary usage, a picnic can be defined simply as a pleasure excursion at which a meal is eaten outdoors , ideally taking place in a beautiful landscape such as a park, beside a lake or with an interesting view and possibly at a public event such as before an open air theatre performance,...
s. From this vantage point, one can see Vemulawada and near villages, and greenery and passing rivers on either side.
Vemulawada Temple
It is 12 km from Sircilla, and is a temple to lord ShivaShiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
. Its founding dates back to the 8th century AD, during the late Chalukya dynasty
Chalukya dynasty
The Chalukya dynasty was an Indian royal dynasty that ruled large parts of southern and central India between the 6th and the 12th centuries. During this period, they ruled as three related yet individual dynasties. The earliest dynasty, known as the "Badami Chalukyas", ruled from Vatapi from the...
.
Popularly known as Dakshana Kashi (Benaras of South India), the temple attracts hundreds of thousands of devotees from all over the country. The Sri Raja Rajeshwara Swamy Temple is dedicated to a mix of Vysnavism, Slivism, coupled with Durgah. For this reason, Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
s and Muslim
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
s visit with great enthusiasm.
The temple contributes about 800,000 Rupee
Rupee
The rupee is the common name for the monetary unit of account in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldives, and formerly in Burma, and Afghanistan. Historically, the first currency called "rupee" was introduced in the 16th century...
s per year to the gram panchayat
Gram panchayat
Gram panchayats are local self-governments at the village or small town level in India. As of 2002 there were about 265,000 gram panchayats in India. The gram panchayat is the foundation of the Panchayat System. A gram panchayat can be set up in villages with minimum population of 300...
for developmental activities in the pilgrim town from its revenues. Special arrangements are made for the pilgrims during festivals. Several cultural and social activities are also organised by local authorities.
On Sivarathri day, this sacred temple teems with many thousands of pilgrims. Special poojas and darshans are held to mark the festivity. Mahalingarchana is performed by about hundred archakas.
The town is reputedly protected by the god Nagaradhisah, which is reflected by the minor temples which gird the main temple; they are Shiva Bhimaiswara Allayam - Mahalakshmi temple, Laxmi Narasimha Swamy temple, goddess Baddi Pochava temple, Anjayanaya temple, Ayyapa Swamy temple.
Proximity to neighboring communities
Karimnagar to Sircilla-41 km,Sircilla to Vemulavada-12 km,
Sircilla to Hyderabad -142 km,
Nearest Railway station KAMAREDDY (kamareddy-siricilla 52 km ),
- Nearest airport - Hyderabad,
- Railway line from Secunderabad to Sircilla under construction.