Kavali in Wikipedia

Kavali (KanakaPatnam,కనకపట్నం,కావలి) is a Town and a Municipality in Nellore district on the East Coast of India in the state of Andhra Pradesh on National Highway 5. It is one of the municipality in the Nellore district. Its position on the Grand Trunk Road. NH 5 and the east coast railway track (both of which connect Chennai and Kolkata along the east coast) helped its growth, more than the other towns in the Nellore district such as Udayagiri.
Kavali(KanakaPatnam) in the local tongue, Telugu means 'patrol' and KanakaPatnam means 'wealth will flow into this place'according to Potuluri Veera Bhramam garu. This name arises from the fact that In 1515 Harihara rayulu Udayagiri Raja (king) stationed his army at this town. Being located between Nellore (Nellore District) and Ongole (Prakasam District), it showcases local cultures and accents of both the districts.
The town houses the Jawahar Bharati College, an institute for higher education, which was a fairly reputed college in the decades before 1990s. It is also well known for the whole sale cloth business in the Coastal Andhra Pradesh. One can find a large number of whole sale cloth markets along the most important road in the town, the Grand trunk road which passes right through the city.
A temple of the local divinity, Kalugollamma has a unique history and draws from British construction techniques of building very strong buildings. It is built with a unique rock called Bontha Raayi found only in this region, which makes this town a unique town in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

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