Erramala

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Erramala Hills (ఎఱ్ఱమల)
View of the hills from the South Central Railway.

View of the hills from the South Central Railway.

location Andhra Pradesh ; India
Erramala Hills (ఎఱ్ఱమల) (India)
Erramala Hills (ఎఱ్ఱమల)
Coordinates 15 ° 13 '  N , 77 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 15 ° 13 '  N , 77 ° 57'  E
Age of the rock 500 million Years
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The Erramala Hills ( Telugu ఎఱ్ఱమల ) are a low range of hills in South India , in the Kurnool district of the state of Andhra Pradesh . They belong to the Eastern Ghats and extend across the Dekkan Plateau from east to west. They separate the catchment area of ​​the Pennar River in the south from that of the Krishna in the north. The range of hills continues along the Pennar to Kadapa . The hills have been a popular place for officials and missionaries such as Lesslie Newbigin to take summer holidays since colonial times . Significant archaeological discoveries have been made in the Jwalapuram area in recent decades .

There are some popular tourist attractions:

In the east the higher Nallamalla Hills join.

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  • Prehistoric Krishna-Tungabhadra Valley -Lagerplätze

  • Andhra Pradesh - Landscapes from Andhra Pradesh, views from Indias South Central Railway (39) .JPG

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Britannica.com : Erramala range.
  2. ↑ Lesslie Newbigin: Unfinished Agenda: An Autobiography . London 1985: passim. ISBN 0-281-04147-4