ABOUT TENALI
Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is
a municipality and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division.
The city
is renowned for art, culture, drama and hence, it is often referred with the nickname Andhra
Paris. It is one of the twelve urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh Capital Region and the
twelfth most populous city in the state, with a population of 199,345 as of 2011. Tenali City
is also part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA).
Tenali Ramakrishna, one of the eight poets and jester of Maharaja Krishnadevaraya, hails
from Tenali.
The Andhra–Satavahana dynasty ruled the region around the present city from 225 B.C. to
225 A.D. The relics found in the excavations around Tenali reveal the existence
of Jainism and Buddhism. One such example is the inscriptions in Ramalingeswara temple,
dating back to the 16th century AD.
The city is notable for drama, fine arts, literature and poetry. The iconic Martyr's Memorial at
Ranarang Chowk denotes the impact of the city on the Indian freedom struggle during the
Quit India Movement. The people of Tenali had responded to Mahatma Gandhi's call and
organised a bandh on 12 August 1942
*As of 2011 census, the mandal has thirteen villages with one town.
Habitation of Tenali
Our is famous for silver work and most of the revenue is generates by collecting taxes from this silver shops and our tenali is one of the most famous city in Guntur deistic and tenali is considered as mandal and our tenali is famous for our jelabi which is world famous. Tenali has 3 water canals which is similar to Paris so tenali is also called as Andhra Paris and tenali has lots of farming fields on every corner of boundaries tenali is one of the best city to habitation of a common man and even every one can start their own start-up up business hear because our people are very polite and ready to encourage new talent and hear we have low crime rate than compared to any other cities in Krishna & Guntur distic .
