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Lepakshi to start new Handicrafts showrooms
 
The Andhra Pradesh State Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd has plans to open new showrooms in Guntur, Khammam and here at Banjara Hills, Road No. 10.It will open a showroom at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here in the first week of January, 2009. V. Venkataramaiah, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, said to the media persons.He announced the inauguration of the renovated Rajahmundry Lepakshi handicrafts emporium at a cost of Rs.15 lakhs.The Development Commissioner (handicrafts), New Delhi, has granted Rs.7.5 lakhs. The balance amount has been met from internal resources of the corporation. The Rajahmundry showroom has achieved a sales target of Rs.66 lakhs in 2007-08. It is proposed to cross Rs.100 crores this year... [more]
Manju Bhargavi performed Kuchipudi at 58 age
Noted Tollywood actress `Sankara Bharanam' fame Manju Bhargavi performed Kuchipudi dance at the age of 58 years. Manju Bhargavi is Kuchipudi dancer like Hemamalini in Hindi filmdom. No one believes that at the age of 58 years Manju Bhargavi will give Kuchipudi dance performance for continuously two and a half hours. This happened in Anam Kala Kendram of Rajahmundry on Sunday. The entire indoor auditorium was jam-packed and display screen put in open air did not allow any vehicle to enter Subrahmanyam maidan. Another specialty in this.... [more]
Kuchipudi Dance
Kuchipudi (pronounced as 'Koochipoodi') is a Classical Indian dance form from Andhra Pradesh, a state of South India. Kuchipudi is the name of a small village in the Divi Taluq of Krishna district that borders the Bay of Bengal and with resident Brahmins practising this traditional dance form, it  ... [more]
Book on ‘Indian Archaeology and Culture’
A book on archaeology "Riches of Indian Archaeological and Cultural Studies" had released yesterday in assembly lobbies on yesterday. Information and Public Relations, Tourism and Archaeology Minister, Anam Ramanarayan Reddy...more]
 Dr. Y.S. Rajashekhar Reddy
Dr. Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy, popularly known as YSR, is an astute politician and a charismatic mass leader who has carved for himself a niche in State politics by his exemplary devotion and dedication to the uplift of the downtrodden and neglected segments of society. Born on ...more]