Gadwal ...Janani janma bhoomischa swargadapi gareeyasi.

Some historical background:

When Lord Rama defeated Ravana in historical battle of Lanka, Lakshman, Lord Rama's brother asked him to settle in that beautiful city of Lanka which was supposedly made of bricks of Gold. This is the actual quote from Valmeeki Ramayan of Lord Rama's answer to Lakshmana's request.

अपि स्वर्णमयी लंका न मे लक्ष्मण रोचते ।

जननी जन्मभूमिश्च स्वर्गादपि गरीयसी ॥

api swarnamayee lankaa na me Lakshmana rochate

janaanee janmabhoomishcha swargaadapi gareeyasee

It is in Sanskrit. "janma bhoomischa" (should be one word). "Janani" - mother, "janmabhoomi" - Birthland, "swargadapi" - more than Heaven, "gareeyasi" - dearer. Loosely translated - My birthland, my Mother (metaphor, birthland is my mother), is dearer to me than Heaven.

I started wrting about My Home Twon which already famous for Something you let you know by end ..... , I recollected my memories On 1st Jan 2010 like every year , but this year is special since I Physically I left Gadwal after my 10th (April 2000- 1Day before Ugadi) I used to go only for vacation , I lived out side Gadwal  nearly 10 years. I went out for My studies then now I am away from My Mother land (India) which is greater than heaven. 

Gadwal is located at 16°14′N 77°48′E / 16.23°N 77.8°E / 16.23; 77.8. It has an average elevation of 325 metres (1066 feet).

I born(Officially Gadwal ..In fact i born at My Mothers home town Kollapur) and brought up in Gadwal

Gadwal Samsthanam

(This word became poplular after Arundhati Movi In telugu - which has not a true story from gadwal- i will write more in next blogs about Arudhanti- vaddala bommali :) )

Description of Gadwal  Kota in my words:

So many years back Gadwal ruled by kings, In that "Nalla Soma Nadhri" is very famous among them.He is very powerful and strong man.And he looks black color.There are so many interesting stories of him.

Old generation people saying that...He lifted "large and heavy pirangi" with his hands, That much powerful and strong man........Present also the Gadwal fort is still there, But it is almost all damaged.Some portion of fort is occupied by Govt and they are running Jr And Degree College successfully.There are so many famous people are born in Gadwal.

Gadwal Samsthanam was in Raichur district(Now it is in Mahabubnagar district).Was once ruled by a local ruler called Somashekar Ananda Reddy,fondly called somanadri.Gadwal is built around a fort built by the Gadwal ruler somanadri.This Gadwal Samsthanam was protected by Mallichetti vamshiyulu.

Gadwal is famous for Chenna Kesava Swami Temple built by the Rajas of Gadwal in the 17th Century A.D.

While in Gadwal do visit the Chenna Keshava Temple. Legend has that 'Chenna Keshava' a Brahmin was offered as sacrifice by the then ruler to build the fort. In recognition of this the temple was named after the Brahmin as Chenna Keshava Temple.

The Brahmotsavam renowned in honour of this deity for ten days during February-March attracts about 40,000 devotees from all over the region and also from the districts of Hyderabad, Warangal, Kurnool and Raichur.

 

Gadwal is also famous as a tourist spot. Here there is one of the largest project (DAM) Known as Priyadarshini Jurala Project with almost 70 gates and very soon it will be ready for generating power. Gadwal was ruled by a king called Somashekar Ananda Reddy and there is a famous fort worth watchable. Gadwal has Sri Jamulama Devi Temple, a devine place for many people of Gadwal.

Transport

It is well connected with the railway line. There are more than 20 trains that pass through Gadwal every day. It is 188 km from hyderabad. Very soon Gadwal will be known as Railway Junction because of railway connection from Gadwal to Raichur Dist (karnataka). The work is already in progress and may be completed in 2010.

Gadwal is known for its world famous handloom jari sarees. People here are most talented to weave 5.5 the meters sarees in such a way that it can be folded to a size as equivalent as a small match box.



Gadwal Sarees are very popular since 1930's. These are cotton sarees with attached silk border and silk pallow.


Gadwal Sarees are very famous in Andhra Pradesh.Gadwal Sarees having a special recognition among all saress.Most of people used to come to Gadwal to buy sarees.And Gadwal sarees business is now very peak position.Sarees business people are earning very much................

In Hyderabad Vijayawada vi zag.........so many places having special showrooms for Gadwal sarees.

MOst of ladies like Gadwal sarees very much , specially in A.P...

In Gadwal there is separate Area, where Gadwal sarees are making.Most of the sarees people are make sarees in their houses and also they will sell in their houses.....

But, The people who make sarees are still in same position in financially.Because the mediators are getting more profit.....

Gadwal sarees passing to other countries also, even though the creator of Gadwal sarees are still same position.The cost will start from 1200 Rs to ...............

really, Ladies look very beautiful in Gadwal Sarees. That is power of Gadwal Sarees........

Krishna River :
One more good thing about my home town is we have Krishana river 4 KM from the center (Krishna Veni chowk)(and Jurala DAM 15KM) , more than that we have Hanuman temple while going to krishna river. I hope every student visited this place, we were going every saturday(in my last india trip also) to Hanuman temple which 2.5km from Town Center with fresh air and Krishana Canals. I remember my School days ....My friends knows how we prepare for SSC like RamaSena(Vanaras --I am the first one in that Climbing trees and eating fruits etc...)

The Best time to visit gadwal is Krishna Pushkara.However every moment is good.

I Observed many students are comming to gadwal from various parts of State(from Telangana region) ,because we have many colleges like Sri Kottam Tulasi Reddy Memorial College of Engineering and Many BEd College arond the town.

Movies to see Gadwal :

If see two words Movie and Gadwal together ...your mind will stop At Arundhati---Vadalu e Bommali ..... this movie just taken Gadwal Name and Gadwal samastan but did not shot actual gadwal  & The story has nothing to do with our hometown.......Kondaveeti Raja is movie to watch Gadwal

Arundhati is a 2009 Telugu film starring Anushka as the protagonist. It was directed by Kodi Ramakrishna.Now Gadwal is a well known name....how?? cause of the recent Blockbuster movie ARUNDHATI. Yep, our own hometown name GADWAL was used in the movie..I recently saw the movie and was surprised to listen the name Gadwal in the movie. I never had any idea that the movie contains our hometowns name.The name Gadwal was used very often in the movie, I can recall the usage of term Gadwal for atleast 15 to 20 times.

I know the film was not shot in Gadwal but it is just usage of the towm name. One scene that resemble our town in the movie is Gadwal's railway track with the board "Welcome to Gadwal" along side the track written in Telugu "Suswagatam Gadwal". 

The point of attraction in the movie is a palace.The palace is shown above a mountain.....I know there is no such palace in Gadwal but a similar fort in between in the river Krishna at Beechpalli(16 KM from gadwal) at the top of the hill.The Director must have got an idea to use our hometowns name because Gadwal is a historical place with few forts in and around the town.

 

In Fact Our Megastart's Movie compleaty shot in Gadwal : Kondaveeti Raja is a 1986 Tollywood film starring Chiranjeevi, Radha, Vijayashanti, and Rao Gopal Rao. This film was directed by K. Raghavendra Rao. Dubbed into Tamil as Thangamalai Thirudan. Chiru plays an archeologist in disguise of a village youth in this movie. In kondaveedu(Gadwal in real),there is an old fort and every one in that village believes that there is a hidden treasure inside.

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