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Manthani
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Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Manthani is a village and Mandal headquarter in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.^[1]

It is located approximately 70 kilometers southwest from Karimnagar. It is situated on the banks of the river Godavari. It is a very ancient center of Vedic learning, and even today houses many scholars well versed in the ancient knowledge of the Vedas and Shastras.

Manthani (from Sanskrit Matra Kutam or the House of Vedas) is popularly believed to house a thousand Brahmin families or Sahasra Brahmana Gadapa. In reverence, local scholars refer to Manthani as Mantrapuri (the town of hymns).

1 Transportation
2 Temples
3 Famous Personalities From Manthani
4 External links
5 References

Transportation

Bus Services

Manthani is located Approximately 70 km from the district Head quarter Karimnagar and 240 km from Hyderabad, the capital of Andhra Pradesh state. Direct bus services of APSRTC are available from Hyderabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, Godavarikhani, Mancherial, Kaleswaram, Jagtial, Korutla, Nizamabad. An APSRTC depot is located at Manthani.

Major bus routes

Buses from Godavarikhani depot on the way to Guntur and Vijayawada pass through Manthani.
A bus from Manthani Depot drives between Manthani and Nagpur. The route is Godavarikhani, Mancherial, Asifabad in Andhra Pradesh and Chandrapur in Maharashtra.

Train Services

Manthani has no train services till date. Late Speaker of Andhra Pradesh Mr.Sreepada Rao Duddella, MLA, Manthani, made efforts to extend the proposed Peddapalli (IR Code:PDPL) - Nizamabad Railway line to Manthani, his assasination has put this proposal on the back burner.

Closest railway stations

Peddapalli or Peddapalli (IR Code:PDPL) is the nearest railway head.
Another railway station is Ramagundam Station which is at a distance of about 40 km. From there Manthani can be reached via Godavarikhani by bus.

Air Services

The nearest air port is Hyderabad which is about 250 km.

Temples

Among several temples situated here, the most important are those of Lord Saileshwara, Laxminarayana Swamy, Omkeshwara Swamy & Mahalaxmi. It is also a main centre for Jainism & Buddhism.

Famous Personalities From Manthani

Politicians

P V Narasimha Rao ( Former Prime Minister of India and Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh)
Duddella Sripada Rao ( Former Speaker, Legislative Assembly, Andhra Pradesh)
Duddella Sridhar Babu ( Higher Education Minister, Government of AP Andhra Pradesh)
Raghunath Kache (First generation leader and freedom fighter)
Gulukota Sriramulu (First generation leader and fredom fighter)
Panakanti Kishan Rao (First generation leader and fredom fighter - Former ZP Chairman)
Chandupatla Ram Reddy (Ex. MLA Telugu Desham Party)
Geetla Janardhan Reddy - (Former MLC)

Spiritual Gurus and Vedic scholars

Late Sri Vojjala Siddhanthi aka Sri Vojjala Radha Krishna Paramahamsa & Smt. Seetamma aka Siddhanti Seetamma
Late Sri Moteram gari Shastrulu - Purana Scholar and Devi devotee
Late Sri Linganna Shastri - Purana Scholor
Late Sri Dulam Siddhanti
Late Sri Avadhanula Narahari Somayajulu
Late Sri Radharapu Senam Shastrulu
Sri Ghattu Radhakrishna - Vipassana trainer recognised all over India
Sri Ghattu Narayana - Prominent corporate advisor who advocates spiritual management of corporate with 8Es. He established Seetha Rama Seva sadan, Which is a social organisation to help the poor people and needy.