Ravipadu
Encyclopedia
'RAVIPADU' http://wikimapia.org/1682369/ is a major panchayat situated 4 km West of Narasaraopet
along the Hyderabad highway. There are over 12 thousand people with various socio-religious backgrounds. Majority of the people depend on cultivation as the main source of income. Christianity and Hinduism are two major religions prevalent in the village.
The village is divided in to many colonies as Main Village, Karcheri, Kotturu, Jaripet, Jamminagar, and separate Colonies for Backward castes along the Narasaraopet highway. Over 4000 acres (16 km²) of land is under irrigation which include wet and dry land. Paddy, chillies, Cotton and other commercial crops are produced annually. Tobacco once produced here was well acclaimed all over Andhra and India.
It is believed that a group of Brahmana community habituated this place starting from the middle of 17 th century. They called this place as "Ravipadu" and named after a 200 year old tree "Ravi Chettu" on the back of the village lake. Later It got de-routed in 1998 cyclone.
Roman Catholic Church (Immaculate Conception Church) built during the British Colonial time (1890) is one of the oldest Churches in Andhra Pradesh. There are ten schools in Ravipadu run by different organizations. Also, the village hosts an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) where different job oriented vocational trainings are offered. Catholic missionaries play a major role in education, there are 3 Roman Catholic Schools in the church compound. It is estimated that Christianity entered the village back in the early decades of 18 century through a group of immigrated people called "Gandikota Kammas" originating from Rayalaseema (Present Kadapa & Ananthapur districts in Andhra Pradesh) and Eastern Tamil Nadu regions
There are many Hindu temples for Lord Rama, Shiva and other Gods. It is said that many people from this village had fought for Nagarjuna sagar Irrigation project. There are over 300 people living in US, UK, Italy and other countries for better fortunes and careers. Politically active members can be seen in TDP,Congress and Communist parties. Currently Gadela Bharath Rao serving the Panchayat, he got elected as president in the year October 2006. There has been political differences between the people of two major political parties which usually trigger at the time of local body elections.
'Christianity': Per the findings collected over a period of two decades by various sources in Private and Governamaent Archives, the religion spread into the village through a group of converted Christians originating from South Eastern regions of India; now known to be "Gandikota". It is believed that a large group of other groups (Reddy and Kapu) also converted to the religion during the downfall of Sri Krishna Devarya dynasty which was in Invasion by then Muslim Sulthanates. Having close associations with the Christianity and Colonial British rulers, these converted groups were well educated and hence had been considered for high positions in the British Colonial Rule.
Narasaraopet
Narasaraopet or Narasaraopeta is a town in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It had a population of 95,002 at the time of the 2001 Census. The name comes from Narasa Rao, a wealthy landlord who owned much of the surrounding areas...
along the Hyderabad highway. There are over 12 thousand people with various socio-religious backgrounds. Majority of the people depend on cultivation as the main source of income. Christianity and Hinduism are two major religions prevalent in the village.
The village is divided in to many colonies as Main Village, Karcheri, Kotturu, Jaripet, Jamminagar, and separate Colonies for Backward castes along the Narasaraopet highway. Over 4000 acres (16 km²) of land is under irrigation which include wet and dry land. Paddy, chillies, Cotton and other commercial crops are produced annually. Tobacco once produced here was well acclaimed all over Andhra and India.
It is believed that a group of Brahmana community habituated this place starting from the middle of 17 th century. They called this place as "Ravipadu" and named after a 200 year old tree "Ravi Chettu" on the back of the village lake. Later It got de-routed in 1998 cyclone.
Roman Catholic Church (Immaculate Conception Church) built during the British Colonial time (1890) is one of the oldest Churches in Andhra Pradesh. There are ten schools in Ravipadu run by different organizations. Also, the village hosts an Industrial Training Institute (ITI) where different job oriented vocational trainings are offered. Catholic missionaries play a major role in education, there are 3 Roman Catholic Schools in the church compound. It is estimated that Christianity entered the village back in the early decades of 18 century through a group of immigrated people called "Gandikota Kammas" originating from Rayalaseema (Present Kadapa & Ananthapur districts in Andhra Pradesh) and Eastern Tamil Nadu regions
There are many Hindu temples for Lord Rama, Shiva and other Gods. It is said that many people from this village had fought for Nagarjuna sagar Irrigation project. There are over 300 people living in US, UK, Italy and other countries for better fortunes and careers. Politically active members can be seen in TDP,Congress and Communist parties. Currently Gadela Bharath Rao serving the Panchayat, he got elected as president in the year October 2006. There has been political differences between the people of two major political parties which usually trigger at the time of local body elections.
'Christianity': Per the findings collected over a period of two decades by various sources in Private and Governamaent Archives, the religion spread into the village through a group of converted Christians originating from South Eastern regions of India; now known to be "Gandikota". It is believed that a large group of other groups (Reddy and Kapu) also converted to the religion during the downfall of Sri Krishna Devarya dynasty which was in Invasion by then Muslim Sulthanates. Having close associations with the Christianity and Colonial British rulers, these converted groups were well educated and hence had been considered for high positions in the British Colonial Rule.
External links
- http://royal-chowdarys.blogspot.com/2007/10/kamma-caste-source-wikipedia.html
- http://www.kammavelugu.org/ancienthistory.htm
- http://www.archive.org/stream/castestribesofso02thuruoft/castestribesofso02thuruoft_djvu.txt
- http://www.telugupedia.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nagarjuna_Sagar_Dam