Venkatagiri

Venkatagiri is a town in Nellore district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality and mandals headquarters of Venkatagiri mandal. Venkatagiri's old name is "Kali Mili". It is celebrated for its Handloom Cotton Sarees. Venkatagiri is a place for history and handlooms. It was a piece of a little kingdom that was coordinated into the Indian Republic. Vekatagiri was initially known as Kalimilli till seventeenth century and was led by Gobburi Polygars under Vijaynagar Empire. They were crushed by Recherla Venkatadri Naidu, Nayak of Madurantakam and the nephew of Raja of Velugodu, another vassal under Venkatapathi Raya II of Aravidu tradition of Vijayanagar.

The town was renamed as Venkatagiri. By mid seventeenth century the Velogothi rulers moved their funding to Venkatagiri and it kept going as a Zamindari till freedom. It was situated between two waterways i.e kaivalya stream and godderu stream. The essential and auxiliary school training is conferred by government, supported and non-public schools, under the School Education Department of the state. The medium of guideline taken after by ious schools are English, Telugu. AP Residential School, RVM High School, RVRKY ZP Girls High School, AP Residential Junior College, IIHT, Visvodaya govt school and ESS Degree universities are extremely old organizations in Venkatagiri Town.