Papi Hills

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Papi kondalu is a hill range in Andhra Pradesh, India whose scenery resembles that of Kashmir in North India. Papi kondalu are distributed between East Godavari, West Godavari and Khammam district. The entrance of Papi kondalu can be seen from Koruturu (West Godavari District). Geographically, the maximum portion of Papi Hills is in East and West Godavari Districts, while a 30% of the portion is in Khammam district.

The original name for this hill range was ‘Papidi Kondalu’. Papidi is a rough translation for partition in Telugu. Since this range looks like a well designed partition that splits river Godavari, this name was coined. There is also another idea that the range looks like a partition of a typical Indian Woman's hair line. In due course, it settled for ‘Papi Kondalu’.

The scenary, including the waterfalls at Munivaatam, and the peaceful atmosphere at this tribal area make this area a tourist attraction. The idol of Shiva under serpent shade was installed in Munivaatam of Khammam district. The village Peranta palli is in this area. Swami Balananda was involved in uplifting the tribals of the region.

Economic importance

Teak, Arjun and Rose Wood are most commercial forest timber products. Very rare medicinal plants do also exist in Papi kondalu.

Threat

Reports say that the construction of Polavaram Project at Ramaiahpet village in Polavaram mandal, West Godavari district, will result in sinking of the jungle, including ghat road from Polavaram to Papi Hills into the water. So the tourists are very interested and hurry to see or visit papi hills before its get sink.

Access

The most popular route to reach Papi kondalu is through Rajahmundry of East Godavari District or Bhadrachalam of Khammam district by boat. There is also a twisted Ghat road of 35 km to reach Papi kondalu though Polavaram of West Godavari district, via Shinganna Palli and Vadapalli.

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