Tenali (తెనాలి), also known as Andhra Paris, is a city and a mandal in Guntur District of Andhra Pradesh, South India. It has a population of 164,937 (2011 census). It is located 16 miles east of Guntur City. Three canals of the Krishna River flow through Tenali making it a part of the rice bowl of Andhra Pradesh. One of the canals is navigable up to Nizampatnam port. Tenali is a major railway junction connecting Guntur, Vijayawada, Repalle, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam and Chennai.

Get in

By plane

The nearest airport is at Vijayawada, which is 65km (two hours) by road.

By train

Tenali is on Kolkata-Chennai main line and is connected to major cities by train. This being a major junction, most of the trains including the super fast expresses have a stop in the station. Tenali station is in the south central railways and is having five platforms. All platforms can accommodate trains with 30 coaches. Please verify the timings with [Indian Railways], since they change from time to time.

• From Hyderabad
  • Janmabhoomi Express - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 7:10 AM and arrives in Tenali at 12.20 PM.
  • Krishna Express (en route Tirupati) - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 6 AM, arrives in Tenali at 2 PM. Takes a much longer route (via Kazipet, Warangal).
  • Simhapuri Express (en route Gudur) - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 9:30 PM, arrives the following morning in Tenali at 4.30AM.
  • Delta Fast Passenger (en route Repalle) - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 8.45 PM, arrives the following morning in Tenali at 5.00 AM.
  • Chennai Express (en route Chennai) - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 5.20 PM, arrives in Tenali at 11.10 PM.
  • Narayanadri Express (en route Tirupati) - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 6.05 PM, arrives the following morning in Tenali at 12:01 AM.
  • Padmavati Express (en route Tirupati) - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 6.30 PM, arrives the following morning in Tenali at 1.10 AM.
  • Charminar Express (en route Chennai) - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 6.55 PM, arrives the following morning in Tenali at 1.40 AM.
  • Sabari Express (en route Cochin) - departs daily from Secunderabad Station at 12.25 PM, arrives in Tenali at 6.40 PM.
• From Vijayawada
  • All trains to Chennai, Tirupati and further destinations, passenger services on a regular basis to Tenali
• From Guntur
  • All trains to Chennai, Tirupati and further destinations, passenger services on a regular basis to Tenali
• From Visakhapatnam
  • All trains to chennai, Tirupati, Kollam and further destinations, passengers services on a regular basis to Tenali
• From Bangalore
  • Seshadri Express
  • Yeshwantpur Howrah Express
• From New Delhi
  • Grand Trunk Express

By Road

Tenali is connected to Chennai and Calcutta via Mangalagiri and Budampadu by National Highway 5 (dual-carriageway, 120km/h).

Tenali is connected to Machilipatnam, Bhimavaram by NH 216 from Repalle
Tenali is 25 km from Guntur & 39 km from Vijayawada by road and there are plenty of buses that run between the cities.
The Andhra Pradesh State Road Travel Corporation (APSRTC) runs buses from Vijayawada, Guntur, Nagarjuna Sagar, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Miryalaguda, Srisailam, Bhadrachalam and Repalle to Tenali, along with some private operators, who run buses from a Hyderabad.
Please check with APSRTC for timings.

Alternatively, one can travel to Vijayawada or Guntur from many popular destinations in luxurious coaches and then reach Tenali on road.

By Ship

Although not the most popular route to get into Vizag, there is a ship that gets into Vizag from Andaman and Nicobar islands. Tenali is connected by road and rail from Vizag.

Get around

By walk: Tenali is a relatively city and most of the places can be connected frequently by autos, buses and also by a walk of 5km

Rickshaw: The exclusive mode of transportation in city even fifteen years back, is now virtually out of the road.Some rickshaws can be spotted randomly, and it gives you a good and cheap ride to most locations within the city.

Autorickshaw: You can easily get around the city by an autorikschaw, but be to careful bargain the fare with the driver, or else you might end up paying a lot more.

See

Few of the things to see in Tenali

• 1 VaikuntaPuram. Temple (updated Aug 2015)
• Lord Shiva Temple (Patha Sivalayam), Ganganamma Pet. Temple (updated Aug 2015)
• 2 Chinaravuru Park. 4:30 PM- 9:00PM. Recreation ₹20. (updated Aug 2015)
• Kanyaka Parameshwari Temple. Temple 

Eat

• Goutham Grand Hotel, railway station road.
• Orange Restaurant, Hotel Gautam Complex, Railway Station Road
• Ghumaghumalu, Laxmi Deluxe Road
• Mamata Restaurant, Laxmi Deluxe Road
• Athidi Restaurant, Opp. Ramakrishna Talkies, Bose Road
• Navayuga Hotel, Infront of Venus Theatre. Idli Sambar & Vada Sambar are amazing at this Place. Everyone should taste it atleast once. (updated Jan 2020)
• Hotel New Bilal, near wahaab road .The Biriyani is Very popular here.Everyone should taste it at least once.
• Taluka Tiffin Center, Infront of Taluka College. Ghee Idli is Good 

Drink

Balaji Group Bar & Restaurants

Sleep

• Hotel princess, a star hotel in heart of your city. Contact: 08644 228823/32.
• Balaji Lodge (has a restaurant beside), Opposite RTC bus stand, Phone: 08644 228076
• Hotel Gautam A/C (has an attached restaurant Orange), Railway Station Road Phone: 08644 223533
• Hotel Mamata A/C (has an attached restaurant), Laxmi Deluxe Road
• Hotel Bluefox A/C (has an attached restaurant), Laxmi Deluxe Road

Go next

• Kollipara - 18 km (11 mi) from Tenali, is one of the few Internet villages in India where all village transactions are conducted online.
• Tumuluru - 18 km (11 mi) from Tenali, is one of the few Internet villages in India where all village transactions are conducted online.
• Chintalapudi - A project is undertaken by a voluntary organization called Ashanet that has contributed to the welfare of the village.[3].
• Kancherla Palem - is a historical area of Tenali where famous freedom fighters and philanthropists were born. They have donated valuable properties to temples and erected several Satras across the city.
• Sangam Jagarlamudi - (located between Tenali and Guntur): Lord Sangameswara Swamy (Siva) Temple is very popular. This village is also notable because the famous "Sangam Diary" operates from there.
• Bhattiprolu - 28 km (17 mi) from Tenali, is well known for its Buddhist stupa built in the third century BC. The most ancient known kingdom, ruled by King Kuberaka, in South India had Pratipalapura (Bhattiprolu) as its capital. A variant of Ashokan Brahmi found on the urn containing *Buddha's ashes gave rise to Telugu script and many other South India South-East Asian language scripts.
• Chavali - 18 km (11 mi) from Tenali, is one of the Lord Sri Ganga Parvati Sametha Sri Valeswara Swamy (Siva Lingam) Temple is very famous Nandishwar vigraham villages.
• Katevaram - is an area of Tenali: Five temples built during Vijayanagara time still exist.

Nearest Villages are Edlapalli, Valiveru, Ainapalem etc