Kolavennu is a village in
Krishna District
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of the
Indian state
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of
Andhra Pradesh
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. It is located in Kankipadu
mandal
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of
Nuzvid revenue division
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. It was named after the riches and investment capabilities of people living in the area viz KOtlu LAkshalu VElu NoorlU (crores, lakhs, thousands, hundreds). Kolavennu has some of earliest producers of Telugu Talkie Kovelamudi bhaskar rao followed by Kancharla Narayana rao who is also a film distributor Premier films, Jyothi films and Kancharla Madhav Rao. A S R Anjaneyulu producer of Pandavavanavasam also hails from this place. Atisit Mikkilineni hails from Kolavennu.This is also the village where Producer
Dr. D. Ramanaidu has built a Ganapathi Temple which is shown in
Suresh Productions
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movies' intro banner.
Geography
Kolavennu is located at {{Coord, 16.4500, N, 80.7833, E}. It has an average elevation on 6m (22 feet)
Approximated as Kolavennu is very close to Kankipadu
/ref> d while digging). Ramalayam and Anjaneya temples were built at later stage.
Temples
The village has ancient temples such as Shivalayam built by Maddali Lakshmipathy Rayudu in 1878 (7 February 1878). It is a rare sphatika shivalingam which has a phani and Ardhanariswara carving, Vishnalayam and also Ramalayam. Anjaneya temples were built at later stage.
References
Villages in Krishna district