Amaravati declared as Heritage City

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:A heritage city can also be a capital. 

Do you think they will call the capital Vijayawada?

confuzzled dude wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:A heritage city can also be a capital. 

Do you think they will call the capital Vijayawada?

My vote is for Dopidipuram or Dochkunnapatnam. What do you think of Vastunagaram?

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:A heritage city can also be a capital. 

Do you think they will call the capital Vijayawada?

indophile wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:A heritage city can also be a capital. 

Do you think they will call the capital Vijayawada?

I've no problem if they call it Vijayawada or Guntur or whatever as long as it wouldn't become a laughing stock in another state. Then it will be like that Pakistani diplomat whose name is Akbar Zeb (Big D..k in Arabic). My gripe is when they come up with new names named after recent politicians whose contributions to public good are questionable like YSR District, or the current move to call the capital as NTR City or bifurcate Ananthpur Dt., and call the Hindupur part NTR Dt.

Kinnera wrote:

indophile wrote:

Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:A heritage city can also be a capital. 

Do you think they will call the capital Vijayawada?

I've no problem if they call it Vijayawada or Guntur or whatever as long as it wouldn't become a laughing stock in another state. Then it will be like that Pakistani diplomat whose name is Akbar Zeb (Big D..k in Arabic). My gripe is when they come up with new names named after recent politicians whose contributions to public good are questionable like YSR District, or the current move to call the capital as NTR City or bifurcate Ananthpur Dt., and call the Hindupur part NTR Dt.

ya, the attempt to change the historic name of Kadapa to YSR district after after crook really enrages me. Why didn't the ppl protest? Were they so loyal to ysr for all the goodies he distributed with the state's exchequer?

Here's how Kadapa got its name:

"The city's name originated from the Telugu word "Kadapa" meaning threshold or gate. It acquired this name with its relation to the Tirumala Hills; one had to pass through Cuddapah in olden days to reach Tirumala Hills.^[10] In old Telugu the word Kadapa meant a threshold which in modern standard Telugu is evolved to gadapa while the city's name retained the old flavour." wiki

indophile wrote:Yeah, sounds like a valid argument. There's a town in upstate New York (off Exit 21 on the NY State Thruway) which has an arguably more shocking name. People are still living there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxsackie,_New_York

Should make a good homophone cryptic clue.