Yatra to Vetapalem.
Vetapalem is a big village and very soon transforming into a town. This village is known for hundreds of acres of cashew farms. It is one of the biggest exporter of cashew in Andhra Pradesh. The population is dominated by vaisya community. This village is also famous for cultural activities, especially theatre. There are many famous drama artists and poets from this place. Another prominent thing in this place is a huge library, interestingly this library was established in the pre-independence era in 1918, it has remained a private, family-maintained library–a rare institution of its kind in Andhra Pradesh and perhaps in India. It is one of the foremost research oriented libraries of Andhra Pradesh. This library founded by Late V.V.Shreshti in 1918 has the rare privilege and good fortune of its foundation stone being laid by MK Gandhi ji in 1929. In 1935, Babu Rajendra Prasad visited the Library and acclaimed it. The buildings were opened by Seth Jamnalal Bajaj and Shri Tanguturi Prakasam. Also a whole set of Srila Prabhupada books are available in this library. Successive Chief Ministers and great scholars visited the library and paid encomia.
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