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Andhra Pradesh state symbols

 

 

A brief information about Andhra Pradesh

 

Kurnool as a capital city of Andhra Pradesh in October 1^st 1953. As per the linguistic basics Andhra Pradesh and Telangana join to and formed Andhra Pradesh state in 1956, November 1^st.  Then that time Andhra Pradesh have only 20 districts. In 1970, February 2^nd prakasam district , In1978, August 15^th Rangareddy district and 1979,June 1^st Vijayanagaram district and then in 2014, June 2^nd,  Telangana separated from Andhra Pradesh and formed as a new state. At present the capital of Andhra Pradesh is Amaravathi, and contain 13 districts, 9 in costal Andhra  Pradesh and 4 in rayalaseema.

Coastal Andhra Pradesh Districts :Srikakulam, Vijayanagaram ,Vishakhapatnam, East Godavari, West Godavari, Krishna, Guntur, Prakasam, Nellore.

Rayalaseema districts : Chittoor, Y. S. R Kadapa, Anathapuram,  Kurnool

 

Symbols

 

Official language : Telugu

Telugu is one of the oldest language in India. Along with telugu, In 2008 Indian Government gave classical statue to Sanskrit, Tamil, Kannada languages also. Andhra Pradesh state official language is Telugu. After Andhra Pradesh, highest number of Telugu speaking people are living in Telangana,Yanam. People who have their mother tongue is telugu they are living all over the world. According to 2011 census, Total population of Telugu speaking people is eight and half crore and occupies third place in highest spoken language in India, after Hindi, Bengali. As a spoken language Telugu occupies 15^th position in world.

 

State’s tree : Neem Tree (margosa tree)

Neem tree can be seen in each and every village. This has tremendous medical value. So Andhra Pradesh Government recognized it as official tree. The scientific name of the tree is Azardirachta Indica. Nimtree and indan lilac is a tree in mahogany family maliaceae.

 

State’s Official  Emblem : poornakumbham

Poornakumbham is created by Telugu people as sacred,  happy augury one and is arranged during marriage and gruhaprawessam like auspicious occasions. This is recognised by the state government as state’s Emblem.

 

State’s sport : kabaddi

Kabaddi is a contact that originated Andhra Pradesh and ancient India. Kabaddi is an Umbrella term which encompassed various forms of the game including International rules kabaddi. Generally kabaddi sport is seen in every village.  This sport is recognised by the state Government as State sport. Not only Andhra Pradesh, Punjab also declared Kabaddi as its official sport.

 

State’s animal : Black buck

This is a beautiful animal which has long curved horns. This is also known as Indian antelope. On it’s skin different  beautiful coloured sport can be seen. This animal is recognised by the state Government as state’s Official animal. The scientific name of this deer is Antilope cervicapra.

 

State’s dance : Kuchipudi

Every telugu person fell proud of Kuchipudi. Which is an exclusively a telugu dance.  The birth place of this classical dance is Kuchipudi village in Krishna District. The dance is very popular on the name of the village. It prevailed since older days, but with no popularity.  This was performed by men only in temples. But in 15^th century Siddhendra Yogi a famous Kuchipudi dancer made some changes that are suitable to women.

 

State's  Bird : Indian Roller

This Indian Roller bird belongs to Roller family. This recognised by the government as official bird. This bird is also known as blue jay. The scientific name of this bird is coracias Benghalensis

 

State’s Flower : water lilly

This water Lilly can be found in almost all ponds. This recognised by state Government as official  flower. This flower has long stalk and appear in white, rose and blue colors.

 

Finally these are the Andhra Pradesh  state symbols. I hope you all understand my article, Thank you