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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Paritalaa
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
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| subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Krishna district|Krishna]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Mandal]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Kanchikacherla mandal|Kanchikacherla]]
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| area_footnotes = <ref name=census>{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Krishna|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2816_PART_B_DCHB_KRISHNA.pdf|website=Census of India|accessdate=17 February 2016|page=16,298|format=PDF}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2 = 19.98
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'''Paritala''' is a village in the [[Krishna]] district of the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[South India]]. It is located in [[Kanchikacherla mandal]] of [[Vijayawada revenue division]].<ref name="census" />

== History ==
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When the [[British Raj|British]] achieved paramountcy over [[India]], the [[Nizam of Hyderabad|Nizams]] were allowed to continue to rule their [[Princely state|princely states]] as client kings. The Nizams retained internal power over Paritala village until 1948 when Paritala was integrated into the new Indian Union.

== Temples ==
A statue in depicting [[Hanuman]] called [[Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami]] is located in the village.<ref>[http://timesofindia.hotklix.com/link/News/India/Tallest-Statue-in-India-Veera-Abhaya-Anjaneya-Hanuman-Swami Tallest Statue in India : Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami | hotklix]</ref> It was installed in 2003 and stands {{convert|135|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} tall. It is probably the tallest statue of Hanuman in the world.
[[File:Hanuman-vijayawada-paritala.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hanuman statue on Paritala National Highway-9]],

==Diamonds==
Paritala and the nearby villages such as Gani Atkur formed the area of rich diamond mines called Kollur mines (Gani Kollur).<ref>Large and Famous Diamonds: http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/diamonds_1.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517132943/http://www.minelinks.com/alluvial/diamonds_1.html |date=17 May 2008 }}</ref><ref>India Before Europe, C.E.B. Asher and C. Talbot, Cambridge University Press, 2006, {{ISBN|0521809045}}, p. 40</ref><ref>A History of India, Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund, Edition: 3, Routledge, 1998, p. 160; {{ISBN|0415154820}}</ref>

The Kollur mines were visited by Tavernier and William Methold who recorded that bullock cart loads of diamonds were being unearthed by 60,000 workers (1618 A.D.).<ref>Deccan Heritage, H. K. Gupta, A. Parasher and D. Balasubramanian, Indian National Science Academy, 2000, p. 144, Orient Blackswan, {{ISBN|8173712859}}</ref>
Some of the most famous diamonds mined in Kollur mines, Gani Paritala and gani Atkur are:
* [[Koh-i-Noor]] (186 ct) – British Crown Jewels, London
* [[Great Mogul Diamond|Great Mogul]] (787 ct) – Lost after Nadir Shah sacked Delhi
* [[Regent Diamond|Pitt or Regent]] (410 ct) – Apollo Gallery, Louvre Museum, Paris
* [[Orlov (diamond)|Orlov]] (300 ct) – Diamond Treasury, Kremlin, Moscow
* [[Nizam Diamond]] (440 ct) – Nizam's Treasury, Hyderabad
* [[Hope Diamond]] (67 ct) – Smithsonian Institution, Washington
* The Golconda (135 ct) – Dunklings Jewellers, Melbourne, Australia.
* Kolluru (63 ct) – Purchased by Tavernier and unknown location

During medieval times and British rule, Paritala-Kollur mines were famous for diamond mining. Diamonds such as Pitt and Regent diamonds were mined here.<ref>A Manual of the Geology of India: Economic geology, by V. Ball. 1881; Geological Survey of India, Henry Benedict Medlicott, William Thomas Blanford, Valentine Ball, Frederick Richard Mallett, p. 23</ref> Other famous diamonds of Paritala mines include [[Darya-i-Noor]], [[Dresden Green Diamond|Dresden Green]] and Legrand Conde.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.embeediatech.ca/category/indian-diamond/golconda/paritala-kollur/|title=Master Diamond Cutters – Creators of Sirius Star®…the world's brightest diamond® and Diamond Restoration – recut, repair & re-polish service to the trade. » Paritala-Kollur|publisher=}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Krishna district]]

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