Tenali

Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality, and the headquarters of Tenali mandal and Tenali revenue division.[5] The city is renowned for art, culture, drama, and hence, it is called Andhra Paris.[6] It is one of the twelve urban local bodies in Andhra Pradesh Capital Region[7] and the twelfth most populous town in the state, with a population of 199,345 as of 2011. Tenali town is also part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA). Tenali Ramakrishna, one of the eight poets and jester of Maharaja Krishnadevaraya, hails from Tenali.