Porumamilla is a Town in YSR district of the

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. It is famous for sound quality of burnt clay bricks near around here. It is located in Porumamilla

mandal A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative c ...

Badvel revenue division Badvel revenue division is an administrative division located in Kadapa district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Badvel as its administrative headquarters, it is one of the four revenue divisions in the district and has 10 mandal ...

Geography

Porumamilla is located at Falling Rain Genomics.Porumamilla
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History

According to the ''

Mahābhārata The ''Mahābhārata'' ( ; , , ) is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered as Smriti texts in Hinduism, the other being the '' Rāmāyaṇa''. It narrates the events and aftermath of the Kurukshetra War, a war of succe ...

'', Porumamilla got its name from a battle that took place here between

Bhima Bhima (, ), also known as Bhimasena (, ), is a hero and one of the most prominent characters in the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata''. As the second of the five Pandava brothers, Bhima was born to Kunti—the wife of King Pandu—fathered by Vayu, the ...

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Bakasura Bakasura (, ), also rendered Baka, is a rakshasa featured in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The rakshasa lives in a forest which nowadays known as "Gangani" located near Garhbeta town of the Indian state of West Bengal. In exchange for prote ...

So Poru means Battle Milla means take place so it named like that .

References

{{Kadapa-geo-stub Villages in Kadapa district