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Pedakakani is a village in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pedakakani mandal of Guntur revenue division. Hindu shrine of Shiva, Sri Bhramaramba Malleswara Swamy Temple is located in the village.

Pedakakani mandal is one of the 18 mandals in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is under the administration of Guntur Revenue Division and the headquarters are located at Pedakakani. The mandal is bounded by Tadikonda, Mangalagiri, Duggirala, Tenali, Chebrole and Guntur mandals.

Pedakakani Halt railway station (station code:PDKN), is an F-category station in Guntur railway division of Indian Railways. It is situated on the Krishna Canal–Guntur section of South Central Railway zone. It serves Pedakakani of Andhra Pradesh.

Takkellapadu is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pedakakani mandal of Guntur revenue division.

Venigandla is a village in the Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Pedakakani mandal of Guntur revenue division.

Namburu railway station (station code:NBR), is an E-category station in Guntur railway division of Indian Railways. It is situated on the Krishna Canal–Guntur section of South Central Railway zone.

Krishnampalem is a village located in the Devarapalle mandal of East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Vasireddy Venkatadri Institute of Technology (VVIT) () is an engineering college in Namburu, Pedakakani, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India. It has a capacity of 930 students for undergraduate engineering programs (B.Tech), 120 students in six Master of Technology programs and 60 students in a Master of Computer Applications program. The B.Tech program is offered in six disciplines: civil engineering, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, computer science and engineering and information technology. Postgraduate programs are offered in computer science and engineering, very-large-scale integration, power electronics, machine drawing and structural engineering. The college was founded in 2007 by Vasireddy Vidya Sagar. It is affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada. The institution is accredited with 'A' grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) in March 2016 with a CGPA of 3.09 out of four. In addition to the NAAC accreditation, the Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) and Information Technology (IT) departments of the college were recognized by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in June 2016. The National Board of Accreditation (NBA) has accorded accreditation to three other engineering branches namely Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE) on 19 January 2018.

NTR bus station is a bus station in Guntur and owned by Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. The bus station serves both the city and district services in Andhra Pradesh as well buses from neighboring states of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana.

Guntur East is a constituency in Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. It is one of the seven assembly segments of the Guntur Lok Sabha constituency. Mohammed Naseer Ahmed is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. As of 2019, there are a total of 229,830 electors in the constituency. The constituency was established in 2008, as per the Delimitation Orders (2008).: 15 

Guntur district is one of the twenty six districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The administrative seat of the district is located at Guntur, the largest city of the district in terms of area and with a population of 670,073. It has a coastline of approximately 100 km (62 mi) on the right bank of Krishna River, that separates it from Krishna district and NTR district. It is bounded on the south by Bapatla district and on the west by Palnadu district. It has an area of 2,443 km2 (943 sq mi) and with a population of 20,91,075 as per 2011 census of India.The district is often referred to as the Land of Chillies. It is also a major centre for agriculture, education and learning. It exports large quantities of chillies and tobacco. Map

Jonnalagadda is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Guntur East mandal of Guntur revenue division. It is 13 km away from Guntur. Due to its proximity to the town the village boasts of many educated people. This Jonnalagadda is between Lam and Venigandla village is different village not to be confused with one near Narasarao pet. Jonnalagadda is a perfect village with soils suitable to grow rice, cotton, chillis, and rainfed crops, and dairy, several temples and churches, 3 Kalyana Mandapams, 2 elementary schools and 1 beautiful High School with 7 acres built and donated by Sri Thalla Appi Reddy/Sri Gudibandla Sambi Reddy funded by Mr.Venkata Reddy/Asha Thalla(NRI). Mr.Venkata Reddy Thalla researched deep into root causes of the problems faced by village and wrote BalaRama Krishna Pandava Rajyanga foundation model upgrading from the current worldwide outdated model. Jonnalagadda has Veterinary hospital built by Sri Thalla Appi Reddy garu funded by his son Mr.Venkata Reddy Thalla who nominated a committee of 6 village leaders (Ex Sarpanch Sri Nama Seshagiri Rao garu, ex Sarpanch Sri Vanga Seshi Reddy garu, Sri Immadi(Alivelamma gari) Sambasiva Rao garu, Smt. Namburi Vijalaxmi garu and her husband Mohan Kumar) on the site donated by Sri Alla Bucchi Reddy garu ex Sarpanch of the village. There are many temples and churches in the village i.e. Sai baba temple,3 Vinayaka temples, Anjaneya gudi, oldest Sivalayam, Brahmmam gari gudi, 3 Ramalayams and Vinayaka gudi at bus stand and in Chalama Reddi Palem, 1 elementary school in Chalama Reddy Palem, 1 elementary school in east side, 1 elementary school in westside SC colony, 2 Poleramma temples and Boddurai near Gandhi bomma where prayers are offered on special occasions. Sankranthi festival is celebrated by conducting sports, games and sometimes yedla pandalu (bull racing), in which many people from nearby villages also take part and enjoy. Every festival is celebrated with pomp and show. Major festivals are Vinayaka chavithi, Sri Rama Navami and Dasara. For Vinayaka Chaviti, children enjoy identifying and collecting herbs for puja, preparing Ganesh idols with clay, performing puja and immersing the God in village lake. Occasionally, Poleramma jataras are performed. Jonnalagadda stands as an example for communal amity with 6 churches. Christmas is celebrated with equal fervor. Jonnalagadda has a satellite village, Chalama Reddy Palem and nearby TatiReddy Palem which is part of LAM village.