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Kaigal water falls are near Byreddipalli, between Palamner & Kuppam national highway 219. It's not safe to go alone or only family on normal days as it's in side the forest and ~ 2 kms walk from parking place. Good to plan with few families / friends. Natural water falls & you all enjoy it. Locally the falls is called as Dumukuralla Water Falls. The  Telugu  name  Dumukurallu water falls  came into Prominence because of its sound resembling the fall of stones from above As of now, there is no commercial establishments and you need to plan your food / water etc., From Bangalore, it will be ~120 kms....Kolar - V.Kota - Byreddipalli.  25 Kms. from Mulabagilu, From Palamner or Kuppam, it will be ~35 kms.  15 Kms from V.Kota  and 2 Kms. from Kaigal Village  This waterfalls is located within Koundinya Wildlife Forest (in Andhra Pradesh State)is good during peak rainy season :) Fore more details refer: Kaigal water falls wikipedia or Du...

National Congress on “ Disability, Barrier  – Free Campus and Higher Education  in   India ”   from   25 th to 26 th   March   2013   at    at Seminar Hall / Emeneau House, Dravidian   University,   Kuppam -  517 426,  AP The basic objective of the National Congress is examining critically the major issues involved in access auditing for creation of barrier– free environment in the campuses of universities/ higher education institutions for the persons with Disabilities. The following themes/ sub - themes are identified for extensive and brainstorming discussion at the proposed National Congress: (i) Disability and Universal Design; (ii) Determinants of Accessibility and Disabled- Friendly Environment;  (iii) Barrier Free Campus: Global Norms and Standards; (iv) Principles of Equality and Reasonable Accommodation;  (v) Access to Higher Education: Dynamics and Obstacles; (vi) Growing Digital Divide and ...

Jathara's (means festival gathering) are normally happen near temples or locations specified for events, like drama, mainly MahaBharat play. This is major locations for entertainment, shopping and worship for rural people of Andhra Pradesh. Major attractions, other than God / Worship are: shops of different eatables, gambling games, entertainment activities, folk songs with dancing etc., Few snaps are given below, taken during 'Ganga jathara' at Chowdepalli, in 2011.

Jaggery making (In telugu: Ganuga aadatam) is a long process for the forming community and the duration involves very long hard working days but lot of fun is possible as many folks will be working. Normally, the work involves: Cutting sugar cane, moving them from field to prep place, cleaning canes, crushing them through Crusher machine, moving cane juice to storage tank which is in the process of heating the juice, boiling pawn, making the jaggery to shapes, drying them, transporting them to home and keeping them in storage room. I spent many years working this (Ganuga aadatam) which is normally 30 to 50 days, yearly once, starts in Feb / Mar time frame of the year. Olden days, sugar cane was crushing using crushers powered by Oxes and later crushers were run using Diesel oil or Electricity. Eating stages of Jaggery process: Sugarcane, Juice, Paaku (when it is 70% completion), Lakkili (when it is ~90% completion), Jaggery. Watch Jaggery making video too, if interested :...

Talakona:  One of the beutiful place in Chittoor district of Andhrapradesh, India. Thalakona is popular because of Lord Shiva Temple, Water falls ( > 270 feet) and Forest environment. You can enjoy the water falls bath any time of the year and walk from temple to falls is really memorable. In Summary: With a 270 feet (82 m)-fall,  Talakona  is the highest waterfall in the Andhra pradesh. Talakona  is located in Nerabailu village in Yerravaripalem Mandal of Chittoor District. It is located 49 kilometres (30 mi) from Pileru, 58 kilometres (36 mi) from Tirupathi, 220 kilometres (140 mi) from Chennai, and 105 kilometres (65 mi) from Chittoor and 250 kilometres (160 mi) from Bangalore. Talakona  is a resort with waterfalls, dense forests and wildlife. The area was declared a biosphere reserve in 1989 due to the presence of rich variety of flora and fauna. Etymology:  Talakona  means head hill in Telugu (tala - head and kona - hill) What is t...

One of the most visited place in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh. I think Boyakonda Gangamma temple receive most devotee's aftter Tirumala and Kanipakam. What is there ? Boyakonda is remote place with Gangamma temple on top of small stonny hill. The temple is popular to people in AP, Tamilnadu and Karnataka who believe Gangamma goddess.  When to Visit ? You can plan to visit all days but majority of pooja's and visitors prefer Sunday and Tuesday. Location : Boyakonda is located near Chowdepally (6 kms), on the way to Madanapalli (15 kms) and 12 kms from Punganur. Better to reach the place on your own vahicle because busses from Chowdepally, Madanapalli and Punganur are normally heavy crowded. Speciality : Two major specialities of the temple.....traditionally, people who want to take decisions (by keeping flower on Goddess head, if it falls on right side then their dream comes true, otherwise :) ) and rest are coming here to pray by sacrificing animals / bi...