Prakasam ప్రకాశం
Named for Andhra Kesari Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu, this is the home of the Ongole bull — one of the world's great cattle breeds — as well as Markapur slate, Chimakurthy granite, the cave temples of Bhairavakona and the Nallamala foothills.
Places in Prakasam
Famous people
Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu
Andhra Kesari — first Chief Minister of Andhra State · 1872–1957
Bared his chest to police guns in the 1928 Simon Commission protest, earning the title Andhra Kesari, and became the first Chief Minister of Andhra State in 1953; Prakasam district and the Prakasam Barrage bear his name.
Pullela Gopichand
Badminton champion and coach · b. 1973
All England champion in 2001 and the coach behind India's Olympic medallists Saina Nehwal and P. V. Sindhu.
Getting to Prakasam
Ongole station on the Vijayawada–Chennai main line; NH16; Vijayawada airport is about 140 km.