Chagallu, East Godavari district

Chagallu, East Godavari district Chagallu
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Chagallu is a village and a mandal in West Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

Geography

Chagallu is a nice mini town in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, which gave some prominent personalities to the world. This town has two big industries: one is VVS Sugars Ltd (The Jeypore Sugars Ltd), and another one is the Distillery Division of the Jeypore Sugars Ltd. M/s. Krishna Industrial Corporation Ltd started construction of a CO2 Plant here.

Movie director V.V.Vinayak is pride of Chagallu. He is a prominent director in Tollywood. Route : from Rajahmundry it is about 20 km. Rajahmundry to Pangidi (a highway town). From Pangidi to Chagallu 3 km (towards Nidadavole).

Chagallu special

Chagallu town is famous for "Vinayakachaturdhi vutsavam". Here "Vinayaka Chaviti Navaratrulu" celebrated for 9 days from starting day of vinayaka chavithi. There are two temples of Lord Ganesha here. The devoties of Lord Ganesha will conduct navaratrulu here. Navaratrulu programs of two temples are separate but with mutual understanding. They also conduct cultural programs and give merit scholarships to those who performed well in their studies. One of the famous Telugu festival "Sri Subramanya Swami Kalyanam(Shasti)" also celebrated here in a grand way, during Dec or Jan. It's a historical temple and one of "Sri Saraswathi temples"(very few in our state) is here.

How to reach

• By Train: Nearest railway station: Nidadavole 8 km (5 miles).
• By Air:- Nearest Airport:Burugupudi, Rajahmundry Airport 40 KM.

Educational Institutions: Sri Velagapudi Ramakrishna Public School,ZPH School, Raja Rajeswari Convent and Junior College

Prominent people

There are many talented people who hailed from this village and who rose to very high levels in their area of specialization. The list includes but not limited to ...

• VV Vinayak - Top director, Tollywood.

Famous for: Thegalu (Nov-Dec) Haridaasu (Dec-Jan) Vinayaka Chavithi (Aug-Sep) Subrahmanya Shashti (Nov - Dec) Sugar cane (Nov - March)

Panchayats

The following is the list of village panchayats in Chagallu mandal:

• Brahmanagudem
• Nelaturu is a small village.The famous temple vinayaka is in nelaturu.This temple has a history of 1000 years and people throng near the temple and pray for the rains whenever drought occurs.People there believes that when ever abishekam is done to the lord for rains,it comes for sure. This temple is developed by KODAVATI VENKATA RAYUDU

Education

• Zilla Parishad High School
• S V R K School
• S V R K Junior College

Movie Theater

There are two movie theaters in town where mostly telugu movies are screened. Occasionally some Hindi movies are screened.

• Venkatrama Movie Theater
• Venkatkrishna