Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Happy Independence Day To all Indians
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Arogyavaram :Sanatorium Hopsitals for tuberculosis
A sanatorium (also sanitorium, sanitarium) is a medical facility for long-term illness, typically tuberculosis. A distinction was sometimes made between a "sanitarium" (a kind of health resort, as in the Battle Creek Sanitarium and "sanatorium" (a hospital).
According to the Saskatchewan Lung Association, when the National Anti-Tuberculosis Association was founded in 1904, it was felt that a distinction should be made between the health resorts with which people were familiar and the new tuberculosis treatment hospitals: "So they decided to use a new word which instead of being derived from the Latin noun sanitas, meaning health, would emphasize the need for scientific healing or treatment. Accordingly, they took the Latin verb root sano, meaning to heal, and adopted the new word sanatorium"
The rationale for sanitoriums was that before antibiotic treatments existed, a regime of rest and good nutrition offered the best chance that the sufferer's immune system would 'wall off' pockets of pulmonary tuberculosis infection.
In the early twentieth century, tuberculosis sanatoriums (or sanatoria) were common in the United States. The first tuberculosis sanatorium for blacks was Burkeville, Virginia's Piedmont Sanatorium. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, a Louisville, Kentucky tuberculosis sanatorium, was founded in 1911. It has become a mecca for curiosity-seekers who believe it is haunted . A.G. Holley Hospital in Lantana, Florida is the last remaining freestanding tuberculosis sanatorium in the United States .
This is the only kind of hospital in India for curing of tuberculosis.Arogyavaram is famous TB centre and its a common belief that TB will be cured here not only because of the hospical but also due to the fine weather and climatic conditions of madanapalle.It has been serving the nation over a 100 years.This is another major asset to madanapalle`s pride.
RISHI VALLEY SCHOOl:Founded by J Krishnamurti
The school accepts students from standards (grades) 4-12 (UK years 5-13) in about 21 boarding houses. It is known for focusing on a more holistic approach to education which includes developing an appreciation for nature, art and music. The schools goal is to help its pupils to become sensitive citizens. The school also runs the Rishi Valley Institute for Educational Resources (RIVER) program and a rural school and health center.
With a large campus spread over 350 acres in the Rayalseema area of southern Andhra Pradesh, Rishi Valley was chosen by Krishnamurti for its atmosphere of peace and serenity, centred around a large banyan tree, one of the oldest in India. Unfortunately, the magnificent tree is now in decadence, and has already lost several of its main branches. The school is nestled in an ancient valley under the Rishikonda hill where, as folklore has it, a well-known sage ('rishi') used to meditate. The Rishi River, a rain-fed stream, that flowed down the hill has long since dried up, but Krishnamurti retained the name for his first school. Rayalseema Andhra is an arid region located in a rain-sheltered area of the Deccan Plateau. Rishi Valley is surrounded on all sides by ancient granite hills with striking formations. In recent years, the school launched a reforestation and conservation drive that transformed the school campus into a veritable forest area and the once-barren hillside bordering the campus is now covered with a green cover of young trees. Conservation and enhancement of the natural environment remains one of the school's core values. In July 1991 Rishi Valley was officially declared a Private bird-preserve, and was cited by the International Council for Bird Preservation (now BirdLife International) as one of the sites where the endemic Yellow-throated Bulbul is found. The campus hosts over 200 bird species. The Institute of Bird Studies and Natural History in Rishi Valley is offering a six-month "Home Study Course in Ornithology - Intermediate Level" at a highly subsidised rate and even offers Kalpana Chawla Memorial Scholarships for deserving students. Over 950 students have enrolled for this course since 1997.
Founder's Philosophy
Education was always one of Krishnamurti's chief concerns. He felt that if only the young and the old could be awakened to their conditioning of nationality, religion, prejudices, fears, and desires, which inevitably leads to conflict, they might bring to their lives a totally different quality.
In his own words, " A school is a place where one learns about the totality, the wholeness of life. Academic excellence is absolutely necessary, but a school includes much more than that. It is a place where both the teacher and the student explore, not only the outer world, the world of knowledge, but also their own thinking, their own behavior. "
His concern found expression in the establishment of schools in India and abroad. In addition to the schools managed by Krishnamurti Foundation, many other schools like Vikasa vidya vanam in India were inspired by his philosophy.
While his philosophy is an integral part of the school's culture, students are not exposed to it until their senior years. This mainly happens during assemblies or in-class discussions.
Rishi Valley Education Centre
Nestling among ancient hills (altitude: 2500 feet) that form the south-eastern fringe of the Deccan plateau, the Rishi Valley Education Centre (RVEC) derives its name from Rishi Konda, a hill which marks the west face of the valley. The area enjoys salubrious climate. The campus (about 250 acres) with its gardens, orchards, fields and woods, has an extensive green canopy of trees planted since the Centre's inception. The Rishi Valley Land Care Project involves the staff, students, and interested visitors in afforestation, water conservation and soil regeneration programmes, besides protection and documentation of the plant, bird, and animal life of the valley.
The RVEC comprises the Rishi Valley School (RVS) and the Rural Education Centre (REC).
The Rishi Valley School is a residential, co-educational, English medium school affiliated to the ICSE/ISC Board, New Delhi. The school has about 350 students from standard IV to XII, and a teacher-student ratio of 1:9. It has a well-developed fine arts section, and a sports department which offers a range of activities and regular coaching.
The dormitories, which are for about 20 students each (vertical age grouping), are managed by resident house parents/teachers who oversee the children's physical and emotional needs.
A guest house accommodates visiting parents and guests of the school.
School sessions: Mid-June to mid-October; late November to late March.
The Rural Education Centre is located on fourteen acres of land adjacent to the RVS campus. It has a free day-school for around 100 students from the surrounding countryside, a teacher-training programme for rural youth, and a small rural dispensary. REC also runs satellite schools; each is a one-teacher-one-class school of about thirty students, vertically grouped, situated in small hamlets around the valley and run by teachers trained at the REC.
Environment regeneration schemes have transformed this corner of the drought-prone Chittoor district into a green zone. The REC nurseries distribute saplings to the villagers. Students from the RVS and the REC undertake tree planting every monsoon.
Weather: Rishi Valley enjoys good weather all through the year-- summer (March-June), monsoons (July-Sept./Nov), winter (Dec-Feb).
How to get there: Rishi Valley lies on the Madras-Bombay trunk route, 17 km from Madanapalle towards Anantapur. Madanapalle is well connected to the important towns and cities of the region.
1. By air: Reach Madras and Bangalore.
2. By rail: Reach Bangalore; or Anantapur (on Bombay/Hyderabad-Bangalore line); or Madras; or Katpadi (on Bangalore/Kerala-Madras line); or Cuddapah/Renigunta (on Madras-Bombay line); or Madanapalle Road railway station (on Dharmavaram-Tirupati metre gauge line).
3. By road: Buses regularly ply from Bangalore, Madras, Tirupati, Cuddapah, Katpadi and Anantapur to Madanapalle.
4. From Madanapalle: A two-hourly shuttle (Madanapalle-Thettu-Madanapalle) from the Government bus stand comes on the campus. Autorickshaws are also available. On prior request, the school vehicle can be arranged for pick-up from Madanapalle.
For details, write to
The Director, Rishi Valley Education Centre.
The Principal, Rishi Valley School.
Address:
Rishi Valley P.O.,
Madanapalle, Chittoor District,
Andhra Pradesh-517352. India
Tel: (08571) 280622, 280582, 280044
Fax: (08571) 280261
E-mail: office@rishivalley.org
External links
- Rishi Valley School Website
- Rishi Valley School Alumni Website
- Rishi Valley Rural Education Project Website
- Friends of Rishi Valley Website
http://www.kfionline.org/schools/rv.asp
http://www.ashanet.org/projects/project-view.php?p=151
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rishi_valley_school
JIDDU KRISHNAMURTI
Jiddu Krishnamurti or J. Krishnamurti, (May 12, 1895–February 17, 1986) was a well-known writer and speaker on fundamental philosophical and spiritual subjects, such as the purpose of meditation, human relationships, and how to enact positive change in global society. After publically renouncing, at the age of 34, the fame and messiah status he had gained from being proclaimed the new incarnation of the Maitreya Buddha by the Theosophical Society, he spent the rest of his life publishing regularly and holding public talks, mostly in India, Europe and the United States. At age 90 he addressed the United Nations on the subject of peace and awareness, and was awarded the 1984 UN Peace Medal.
Krishnamurti was born into a Telugu Brahmin family in Madanapalle, India, and in 1909 met C.W. Leadbeater on the private beach at the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras (now Chennai), India. He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, leaders of the Society at the time, who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected "World Teacher". As a young man, he disavowed this idea and dissolved a world-wide organization (the Order of the Star) established to support it. He spent the rest of his life traveling the world as an individual speaker, speaking to large and small groups, as well as with interested individuals. He authored a number of books, among them The First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, and Krishnamurti's Notebook. In addition, a large collection of his talks and discussions have been published. His last public talk was in Madras, India, in January 1986, a month before his death at home in Ojai, California.
His supporters, working through several non-profit foundations, oversee a number of independent schools centered on his views on education – in India, England and the United States – and continue to transcribe and distribute many of his thousands of talks, group and individual discussions, and other writings, publishing them in a variety of formats including print, audio, video and digital formats as well as online, in many languages.
Family background and childhood
Jiddu Krishnamurti came from a family of Telugu-speaking Brahmins. His father, Jiddu Narianiah, was employed as an official of the then colonial British administration. His parents were second cousins, having a total of eleven children, only six of whom survived childhood. They were strict vegetarians, even shunning eggs, and throwing away any food that the "shadow of an Englishman crossed"[1]
He was born on May 12, 1895 (May 11 according to the Brahminical calendar), in the small town of Madanapalle in Chittoor District in Andhra Pradesh about 150 miles (250 km) north of Madras (now Chennai).[2]
In 1903, the family settled in Cudappah where Krishnamurti in a previous stay had contracted malaria, a disease with which he would suffer recurrent bouts over many years. He was a sensitive and sickly child; "vague and dreamy" , he was often taken to be mentally retarded, and was beaten regularly at school by his teachers and at home by his father.[3] In memoirs he wrote when he was eighteen he also describes "psychic" experiences, having "seen" his sister after her death in 1904, as well as his mother who had died in 1905 when he was ten.[4][5]
Krishnamurti's father Narianiah retired at the end of 1907, and, being of limited means, wrote to Annie Besant, then president of the Theosophical Society, seeking employment at the 260-acre Theosophical headquarters estate at Adyar. (Even though an observant orthodox Brahmin, Narianiah had been a member of the Theosophical Society since 1882[6]). He was eventually hired by the Society in a clerical position, and his family moved there in January, 1909.[7]
The "discovery" and its consequences
It was a few months after the last move that Krishnamurti was encountered by prominent occultist and high-ranking theosophist C.W. Leadbeater, who claimed clairvoyance. During his forays to the Theosophical estate's beach at the adjuting Adyar river, Leadbeater had noticed Krishnamurti (who also frequented the beach with others), and was amazed by the "most wonderful aura he had ever seen, without a particle of selfishness in it".[8][9] This strong impression was notwithstanding Krishnamurti's outward appearance, which, according to eyewitnesses, was pretty common, unimpressive, and unkempt. The boy was also considered "particularly dim-witted"; he often had "a vacant expression" that "gave him an almost moronic look". Leadbeater remained "unshaken" that the boy would become a great teacher.[10]
Pupul Jayakar, in her biography of Krishnamurti[11], quotes him speaking of that period in his life some 75 years later: "The boy had always said, 'I will do whatever you want'. There was an element of subservience, obedience. The boy was vague, uncertain, wooly; he didn't seem to care what was happening. He was like a vessel, with a large hole in it, whatever was put in, went through, nothing remained."[12]
Writing about his childhood in his journal, Krishnamurti wrote: “No thought entered his mind. He was watching and listening and nothing else. Thought with its associations never arose. There was no image-making. He often attempted to think but no thought would come.” [13]
Following the "discovery", Krishnamurti was taken under the wing of the leadership of the Theosophical Society in Adyar and their inner circle. Leadbeater and a small number of trusted associates were tasked into educating, protecting, and in general preparing Krishnamurti as the "vehicle" of the expected "World Teacher".[14]
Subsequently in 1911, a new organization called the Order of the Star was established by the Theosophical leadership in order to prepare the world for the aforementioned "coming". Krishnamurti was named as its head, with senior Theosophists in various positions. Membership was open to anybody who accepted the doctrine of the coming of the "World Teacher".[15][16] Controversy erupted soon after, both within the Theosophical Society and without, in Hindu circles and the Indian press.[17][18][19]
Krishnamurti (or Krishnaji as he was often called[20]) and his younger brother Nitya were privately tutored at the Theosophical compound in Madras, and later taken to a comparatively opulent life among a segment of European high society in order to finish their education. During all this time, Krishnamurti developed a strong bond with Annie Besant, a surrogate mother-son relationship. His father, pushed into the background by the swirl of interest around Krishnamurti, sued the Theosophical Society in 1912 to protect his parental interests. After a protracted legal battle, Besant took legal custody of Krishnamurti and his brother Nitya.[21][22] As a result of this separation from his family and home, Krishnamurti and his brother became extremely close, and in the following years they often travelled together.
Education
Krishnamurti founded several schools around the world. When asked, he enumerated the following as his educational aims:[74]
1. Global outlook: A vision of the whole as distinct from the part, and that it should never be a sectarian outlook but always a holistic outlook free from all prejudice.
2. Concern for man and the environment: Man was part of nature, and if nature was not cared for, it would boomerang on man. He said that only right education and deep affection between people was needed everywhere to resolve many human problems.
3. Religious spirit, which includes the scientific temper: The religious mind is alone, not lonely. It is in communion with people and nature.
The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti
- Volume I (1933-1934): The Art of Listening, 1991, Krishnamurti Foundation of America, ISBN 0-8403-6341-9
- Volume II (1934-1935): What Is the Right Action?, editor Edward Weston, 1991, Krishnamurti Publications of America, ISBN 1-888004-32-0
- Volume 3 (1936-1944): The Mirror of Relationship, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, ISBN 0-8403-6236-6
- Volume 4 (1945-1948): The Observer Is the Observed, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6237-4
- Volume 5 (1948-1949): Choiceless Awareness, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6238-2
- Volume 6 (1949-1952): The Origin of Conflict, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6262-5
- Volume 7 (1952-1953): Tradition and Creativity, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6257-9
- Volume 8 (1953-1955): What Are You Seeking?, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6266-8
- Volume 9 (1955-1956): The Answer is in the Problem, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6260-9
- Volume 10 (1956-1957): A Light to Yourself, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6268-4
- Volume 11 (1958-1960): Crisis in Consciousness, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6272-2
- Volume 12 (1961): There is No Thinker, Only Thought, 1991, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6286-2
- Volume 13 (1962-1963): A Psychological Revolution, 1992, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6287-0
- Volume 14 (1963-1964): The New Mind, 1992, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6288-9
- Volume 15 (1964-1965): The Dignity of Living, 1992, Krishnamurti Foundation of America, ISBN 0-8403-6282-X
- Volume 16 (1965-1966): The Beauty of Death, 1992, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6307-9
- Volume 17 (1966-1967): Perennial Questions, 1992, Kendall/Hunt Publishing, ISBN 0-8403-6314-1
Bibliographies
- A bibliography of the life and teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti - Susunaga Weeraperuma, Brill, 1974.
- Supplement to A bibliography of the life and teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti - Susunaga Weeraperuma, Bombay, Chetana, 1982: ISBN 0-8618-6717-3
Foundations
- Official J. Krishnamurti inter-organizational website An international joint venture of the Krishnamurti foundations. Includes daily quotes and an RSS news feed.
- Krishnamurti Foundation of America
- Krishnamurti Foundation of India
- Krishnamurti Foundation Trust (UK)
- Krishnamurti Foundation Latinoamerica. Includes daily quotes and an RSS news feed.
- The Study Centre of the Krishnamurti Foundation India
Chronology of BT COLLEGE--Pride of madanapalle
1913 - Founding of the Theosophical Educational Trust by Dr. Annie Besant.
1913 - Aug.14th –Securing the site for the Besant Hall and Starting of Construction.
1915 - July, 19th -Lord Pentland, Governor of Madras declared Open the Theosophical College.
1916 - Starting of the First Scout Troop of South India by Mr. G.P. Aryarathna.
1917 - June, 16th - News of the arrest of Dr. Besant in Home Rule Movement reaches College. Disaffiliation of the College from the University of Madras.
1918 - July, College renamed as Wood National College in honour of Prof. Earnest Wood with affiliation to National University.
1919 - Feb, 25th to March-2nd, Guru Dev Tagore stays in the College, renders Janaganamana, into English as the Morning Song of India, Mrs. Cousins sets the tune for the National Anthem.
1920 - Establishment of Art Gallery Chitralaya by Dr. James H. Cousins.
1921 - College strength dwindled to 20 and hence closed.
1922 - Mrs. Margaret Cousins appointed as the Hon. Magistrate by the governor Mr. Gellette. Mrs. Cousins, the first woman J.P. in India.
1923 - Revival of the College by the efforts of Prof. Earnest Wood.
1926 - Upgrading of the College into First Grade College with Introduction of Degree Courses in History and Philosophy.
1927 - Affiliated to Andhra University.
1928 - Rukmini Vihara opened as the Girls Hostel.
1929 - Affiliated to University of Madras, Gandhiji addressed a meeting near the Besant Hall.
1933 - Sep. 30th Death of Dr. Besant at Adayar.
1934- Visit of Dr. Radhakrishnan , Vice-Chancellor of Andhra University.
1934 - Oct 6. Installation of the Sculptures in Besant Hall .
1934 - Visit of Dr. Rajendra Prasad.
1938 - Visit of Sri C. Rajagopalachari, the Premier of Chennai.
1940 - Sri C.V. Raman addressed College students.
1941 - Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the College
1942 - College students participating in large numbers in QUIT INDIA Movement.
1947 - College Renamed Besant Theosophical College on the occasion of Besant Birth Century.
1948 - Reaffiliated to Andhra University.
1954 - Opening of Jinarajadasa Stadium.
1956 - Affiliated to S.V.University , Tirupati.
1960 - N.C.C Started.
1965 - Golden Jubilee Celebrations.
1967 - Starting of the B.T.Evening College. Golden Jubilee Block opened.
1973 - Cousins Library Block opened.
1974 - Visit of B. John Coats, International President of Theosophical Society.
1975 - N.S.S Started.
1977 - Diamond Jubilee Celebrations.
1983 - Introduction of Post-Graduate Courses in Commerce and Economics.
1989 - Starting of Computer Courses.
1992 - Platinum Jubilee Celebrations. Grant of Rs.10,00,000/- from the State Government.
1995 - Completion of the Platinum Jubilee Block.
1996 - Completion of Computer Science Block (Ground Floor)
Introduction of U.G.C Sponsored Vocational Courses.
1997 - Opening of Sericulture Block1.
1998 - B.C.A. Course Started.
1999 - Starting of B.Ed., College RACE(Rukmini Devi Arundale College of Education)
2000 - Completion of First Floor in Platinum Jubilee Computer Science Block.
2001 - Renaming of Computer Science Block as Smt. T.N. Anasuya Devi & Sri T.N. Raghunatha Reddy
Center for Information Technology. Introduction of B.Sc., Bio-technology Course.
2002 - Introduction of M.Sc., Computer Science and M.Sc., Information Systems Courses.
Installation of 100 KVA Transformer donated by Sri.Gunipati Ramaiah, Honourable Member of
Parliament Rajampet Constituency for the exclusive use of the College.
2003 - Introduction of M.Sc., Mathematics Course. Completion of construction of 22000 ltrs capacity Over Head
Tank, construction of new 62.5 KVA Diesel Generator Room and Guard Room.
2004 - Completion of construction of Seminar Hall, Ladies Waiting Room & Men's Room in the Second Floor of
Centre For IT Block. Sinking of Bore well in the Eastern Part of the College, near PJ Block and Pipe line
is laid to pump water into the 22000 ltrs Capacity Over Head Tank. Bio-technology Laboratory with all the
latest equipment & amenities is shifted & housed in the CIT Block.Inauguration of New Building for Rukmini Devi Arundale College of Education, constructed on the Trust
Land in Shivalayam Road. Sri.D.Kodandapani, Correspondent declared open the New Building on
18-08-2004.
What is Theosophy??
Theosophy is the body of truths which forms the basis of all religions and which cannot be claimed as the exclusive possession of any. It offers a philosophy which makes life bearable and which demonstrates the justice and the love which guide its evolution. It puts death in its rightful place as a recurring incident in an endless life, opening the gateway to a fuller and more radiant existence. It restores to the world the Science of the Spirit as himself and the mind and the body as his servants. It illuminates the Scriptures and Doctrines of religious by unveiling their hidden meanings and thus justifying them at the bar of intelligence, as they are justified them in the eyes of intuition.
Theosophy is unlimited Wisdom, abstract in its essence but capable of an infinite expansion. The significance of what we seek to understand and attain as theosophists is heightened by the use of a non-religious and non-denominational word “Theosophy” a word which associates us with those seekers in the past who were not content with the dogmas of their time, but addressed themselves to an original enquiry into the deeper nature of things. There is of course no finality in the wisdom, in the sense that what we seek to understand lends itself to an endless quest of understanding.
Saturday, August 11, 2007
BESANT THEOSOPICAL COLLEGE
Besant Thosophical College is one of the Oldest college in Rayalaseema Region of Andhra Pradesh. It was started before Sri Venkateswara University. The college was first started on 19th July 1915. Initially this college was affiliated to Madras University. After that it got disassociated with Madras University and became a part of National university which was newly organized. Dr. Rabindranath Tagore was the chancellor of the university.
In 1919 Tagore visited the college and during this time he wrote the current National Anthem of India,"Jana Gana Mana". He also translated the lyric from Bengali to English.
During the visit of Tagore "The Scout Movement" and "All India Women Association" were inaugurated at Madanapalle.
In the year 1923 the college was re-affiliated to Madras University and continued for almost 30 years. After the separation of Andra Pradesh and Tamilnadu, the college was initially affiliated to Andhra University (1954-1956) and then to Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati.
The college was founded on the 19th July, 1915 through the pioneering efforts of Dr. ANNIE BESANT and the noble band of Theosophical workers who came under her inspiration. The event will always be remembered as a land mark in the history of Rayalaseema as the College was at that time, the only institution to cater to the needs of higher education in this region. It also brought the people of the area into closer contact with international programs for the propagation of the culture and spiritual ideals of the Theosophical society and also the National movement for political liberation, the under the inspiration of Dr. Annie Besant .
In 1917 when Dr. Annie Besant led the agitation for “Home Rule“. This institution, which became a centre of nationalist activities, was obliged to dissociate itself from the Madras University and became part of the newly organized National University of which Dr. Rabindranath Tagore was the Chancellor. It was during 1919 Tagore visited the College and stayed in the College for a few weeks. During his stay he sang “JANAGANAMANA” (now our National Anthem) and translated the lyric from Bengali to English . At that time it was called the "Morning Song of India". The Scout movement and the All India Women’s Association were inaugurated at Madanapalle during this period and in the words of Tagore, the institution showed every promise of developing into “Santiniketan of the South”.
In the year 1923, however, the college was re-affiliated to the Madras University. Except for a short interval of three years (1926-1929) when it was affiliated to Andhra University, it was associated with the Madras University for nearly thirty years. As a result of the changes in the territorial jurisdiction of the Madras and Andhra Universities, the college was affiliated to the “Andhra University” for a short period (1954-1956) and was finally affiliated to the “Sri Venkateswara University”,Tirupathi since 1956. The college has grown in strength through all these vicissitudes in its fairly long career, thanks to the untiring labours and splendid leadership of eminent Educationists.
History Of madanapalle
It is a fast-growing town at the center of an agricultural region noted for its fruits and vegetables, especially tomatoes.
It is also a railhead and gateway to Horsley Hills, a small hill station and summer resort.
It is the birth place of the famous Indian philosopher J. Krishnamurti who founded the Krishnamurti Foundation of America and the Krishnamurti Foundation of India, among others.
It is also known for its high quality silks, which are spun into exquisite sarees and other types of clothing. Neeruguttu palle is place in town where silk sarees are available on production cost.
It was also the site of a major flood in the year 1996 caused by the monsoon rains. 20 people died and there was wide spread damage.
It is place for retired people due to its climatic conditions. Madanapalle is famous for the Besant Theosophical College named after Dr. Annie Besant.
GEOGRAPHY:
Madanapalle is located at [1]. It has an average elevation of 695 metres (2280 feet).
It's one of the greatest towns in the state Andhra Pradesh. It is very peaceful place to live and enjoy with the family. Most of the retired and old citizen prefers to live in this town. Since it contains very nice weather apart from Andhra Pradesh there is a place named hoarsely hills and it’s known as Andhra Ooty.
The Indian pride National Anthem was written by Rabindhranath Tagore in Madanapalli. It is 120km of distance from Silicon Valley of India (Bangalore).
DEMOGRAPHICS:
As of 2001 India census GRIndia, Madanapalle had a population of 97,964. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Madanapalle has an average literacy rate of 68%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 75%, and female literacy is 61%. In Madanapalle, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age. Majority communities are Muslims with 35% Reddys 15% Naidus 5% and balija 25%. This famous town is known for cosmopolitical being and communal harmony. It is famous for its climatic conditions and famous for it schools.
TRIVIA:
- The Indian National Anthem was translated from Bengali to English at Madanapalle by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, the World Poet
- Congress(I)'s symbol of an assuring hand was coincidentally decided at Madanapalle by Indira Gandhi during one of her campaign visits to the town. She won the election with authority
- Madanapalle is a lead producer of tomato and tamarind in Asia
Madanapalle
The andhra Ooty
