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Kondapalli is a village on the outskirts of Vijayawada city. It is 16 km by road from Vijayawada on national highway 221 and on Hyderabad –vijayawada railway line.. It is very famous for Kondapalli bommalu (Kondapally toys).‘kondapalli toys chisled out of locally available special light softwood (‘Tella Poniki’) and painted with vegetable dyes, and vibrant enamel colours are world famous artistic wonders.They are made by artisans said to have migrated from Rajasthan several generations ago..Most popular toys are ‘Dasavatarams’(Ten incarnations of lord Vishnu) elephant with Ambari, palanquin-bearers carrying bride and bride-groom, toddy tapper, set of village craftsmen,besides animals.The papier machie swinging doll is favourite for many, Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixelsFull resolution (1120 × 744 pixel, file size: 178 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Manne Praveen I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 531 pixelsFull resolution (1120 × 744 pixel, file size: 178 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Manne Praveen I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... , Vijayawada ( ) (విజయవాడ) literally translates to The Place of Victory. It is also known as Bezawada. ...

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[Kondapalli Khilla] (fort) is a major tourist attraction. The historic fort on the hill(Eastern ghats)on west of the village was built by Prolaya Vema Reddy of kodaveedu during 14th Century It was under occupation of Gajapatis for some time , then krishna devaraya of Vijayanagar and It later fell into the hands of muslim rulers of Qutubshahi dynasty in 16 th century. One can see the remains of main fort and the prisons of that time. The fort is connected by road from Ibrahimpatnam and kondapalli. Tourism development is now remodeling the fort, Prison, Ranimahal and Gajasala (i.e. Elepant staying place). Kondapalli is a industrial suburb of vijayawada with a 1800mw Thermal power project and a 368.144 MW gas based lanco power plant .one of the largest industrial estates in andhra pradesh spread over 400 acres and having 800 industries is present in kondapalli. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (1098 × 730 pixel, file size: 130 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Manne Praveen I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 532 pixelsFull resolution (1098 × 730 pixel, file size: 130 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Manne Praveen I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Ibrahimpatnam is a village and Mandal in Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. ...


population of kondapalli along with twin village of ibrahimpatnam is 52307


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Coordinates: 16°37′N, 80°32′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...


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The Hindu : Kondapalli fort gets its due, declared heritage site (382 words)
Kondapalli toys are made with a light and strong wood called `tella puniki' trees of which are found only in the forests on these hills.
In 16th century Srikrishna Devaraya defeated the Gajapathis and annexed Kondapalli along with Vijayawada and Srikakulam (Krishna district) to his kingdom.
Kondapalli fort was given due promotion during the festival.
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