Smart Village-Smart Ward, towards Smart Andhra Pradesh initiative focuses on improved resource-use efficiency, empowered local self-governance, access to assured basic amenities and responsible individual and community behaviour to build a vibrant and happy society.
Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri N. Chandrababu Naidu says, “Not just smart cities, my vision is to make smart towns and smart villages too, thus making a smart State by taking smart decisions, using smart technology and with the help of Smart Manpower.
In response to the calls given by Hon. Prime Minister of India Sri Narendra Modi and Hon. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Sri Chandra Babu Naidu SiliconAndhra has adopted the Kuchipudi village. SiliconAndhra promises to develop the village of Kuchipudi into a world class Smart and Heritage village. SiliconAndhra is confident of making it as a ‘Role Model Village’ with the help, guidance and support of all Telugu people across the world. SiliconAndhra welcomes all the Telugu people across the world to join this effort and be part of this Historic Initiative.
http://www.smart.ap.gov.in/myvillage/manuals/smart.pdf
SiliconAndhra is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, non-political, non-religious, cultural and community organization based in the Silicon Valley (Bay Area), California with goals to maintain and perpetuate the Telugu Samskruti (Culture), Sahityam (Literature) and Sampradayam (Tradition) among the Telugu speaking people across world. SiliconAndhra is committed to raise the awareness of the Telugu culture among the denizens of US and integrate it seamlessly with the mainstream US culture by organizing unique cultural and literary events that depict the rich cultural heritage traditions and arts of Andhra Pradesh. SiliconAndhra represents the aspirations of Telugu speaking people across the Globe.Telugu language has a rich history of about 2500 years and its culture; traditions and literature have been dated back to early 700 BC. Art, music, dance, language, poetry, traditions, family values are the heritage of Telugu people.
Kuchipudi is the heartbeat of Telugu people. Since 2008 SiliconAndhra has organized 4 International Kuchipudi Dance Conventions to showcase this art form on the world stage. Several thousand dancers from all over the world have taken part in these conventions. Through the Kuchipudi initiative SiliconAndhra is protecting and promoting this beautiful art form, generating interest in tens of thousands of next generation kids to take up this dance.
SiliconAndhra has created 4 Guinness World Records for “the largest Kuchipudi dance” as part of the International Dance Conventions:
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Kuchipudi is a Village in Movva Mandal in Krishna District of Andhra Pradesh State, India. It belongs to Andhra region . It is located 29 KM towards west from District head quarters Machilipatnam. 7 KM from Movva. 334 KM from State capital Hyderabad Kuchipudi Pin code is 521136 and postal head office is K.P.Centre . Pedasanagallu ( 2 KM ) , Aginaparru ( 3 KM ) , Ayyanki ( 3 KM ) , Movva ( 4 KM ) , Krishnapuram ( 5 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Kuchipudi. Kuchipudi is surrounded by Movva Mandal towards South , Pamarru Mandal towards East , Vuyyuru Mandal towards North , Ghantasala Mandal towards South . Gudivada , Machilipatnam , Pedana , Tenali are the nearby Cities to Kuchipudi. This Place is in the border of the Krishna District and Guntur District. Guntur District Kollur is west towards this place . Demographics of Kuchipudi Telugu is the Local Language here. Total population of Kuchipudi is 3615 .Males are 1766 and Females are 1,849 living in 1010 Houses. Total area of Kuchipudi is 257 hectares. HOW TO REACH Kuchipudi By Road Machilipatnam is the Nearest Town to Kuchipudi. Machilipatnam is 24 km from Kuchipudi. Road connectivity is there from Machilipatnam to Kuchipudi.
By Rail : There is no railway station near to Kuchipudi in less than 10 km. The nearest railway station is Machilipatnam. And closest Railway Junction is Vijayawada Jn Railway Station.
By Bus : Kuchipudi APSRTC Bus Station , Muvva APSRTC Bus Station , Pamarru APSRTC Bus Station are the nearby by Bus Stations to Kuchipudi . APSRTC runs Number of busses from major cities to here.