Kuchipudi,

Krishna district

Kuchipudi is a village in Krishna district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is

also known as Kuchelapuram or Kuchilapuri.[2] It is the origin of the eponymous dance
form Kuchipudi, one of the eight major Indian classical dances. It is one of the
villages in the Movva mandal to be a part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region.[3]
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Kuchipudi

Location in
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Coordinates: 16.2570°N 80.9126°E (http

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Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Krishna
Area[1]
• Total 2.57 km2
(0.99 sq mi)
Population (2011)[1]
• Total 3,941
• Density 1,500/km2
(4,000/sq mi)
Languages
• Official Telugu
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN 521135
Telephone code +91–08671
Geography
This place is the border of Krishna district and Guntur district. Kollur is towards west
of the village. It is located in Movva mandal of Machilipatnam revenue division.[4][5]

Education
Sri Siddhendra Yogi Kala Pitham in the village is one of the eight schools under Potti
Sreeramulu Telugu University, renowned for the dance form of Kuchipudi.[6]

History
Siddhendra Yogi Kala Peetham, one of the eight schools of Potti Sreeramulu Telugu
University is situated in Kuchipudi. The Kuchipudi dance was evolved by Siddhendra
Yogi.[7]

Transport
Machilipatnam is the nearest town to Kuchipudi, 24 kilometres (15 mi) away.

See also
 Villages in Movva mandal

References

1. "District Census Handbook -

Krishna" (http://www.censusindia.
gov.in/2011census/dchb/2816_P
ART_B_DCHB_KRISHNA.pdf)
(PDF). Census of India. p. 16,244.
Retrieved 17 February 2016.

2. "Kuchipudi Village – Dance

Village of Andhra Pradesh" (http
s://www.inditales.com/kuchipudi-
village-andhra-pradesh) . 2 March
2017.
3. "Declaration of A.P. Capital
Region" (https://web.archive.org/
web/20210810085549/https://an
dhranation.files.wordpress.com/2
014/12/new-mandals-added-in-cr
da.pdf) (PDF). Andhra Nation.
Municipal Administration and
Urban Development Department.
22 September 2015. Archived
from the original (https://andhran
ation.files.wordpress.com/2014/
12/new-mandals-added-in-crda.p
df) (PDF) on 10 August 2021.
Retrieved 5 October 2015.

4. "District Level Mandal wise List of

Villages in Andhra Pradesh" (http
 s://web.archive.org/web/201410
10053343/http://apland.ap.nic.in/
cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/kr
ishna.pdf) (PDF). Chief
Commissioner of Land
Administration. National
Informatics Centre. p. 9. Archived
from the original (http://apland.a
p.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphab
etical/krishna.pdf) (PDF) on 10
October 2014. Retrieved
19 September 2015.

5. "Administrative Setup" (https://we

b.archive.org/web/20141020223
104/http://krishna.nic.in/admin-s
etup.aspx) . Official website of
 Krishna district. National
Informatics Centre. Archived from
the original (http://krishna.nic.in/
admin-setup.aspx) on 20
October 2014. Retrieved
25 September 2015.

6. "Siddhendra Yogi kala Pitham" (ht

tps://web.archive.org/web/20160
807131809/http://teluguuniversit
y.ac.in/oldversion/kuchipudi/kuch
ipudi_history.html) . Archived
from the original (http://teluguuni
versity.ac.in/oldversion/kuchipud
i/kuchipudi_history.html) on 7
August 2016. Retrieved 18 July
2016.
 7. "teluguuniversity.ac.in »
Siddhendra Yogi Kala Pitham" (htt
ps://web.archive.org/web/20171
201031309/http://teluguuniversit
y.ac.in/index-3/kuchipudi_histor
y/) . teluguuniversity.ac.in.
Archived from the original (http://
teluguuniversity.ac.in/index-3/kuc
hipudi_history/) on 1 December
2017. Retrieved 26 November
2017.

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