Tel: ప్రొద్దటూరు proddaṭūru
‘Bush Town’ City, Andhra Pradesh (AP)
From Tel: poda, podaru pōḍu, ‘bush’, ‘thicket’, ‘scrub (jungle)’; or poddu, ‘sun’; and uru/uuru, ‘town’, ‘city’.
There are local derivations based on Rama (or Hanuman) arriving here at sunset; or sunflowers; or variations on Skt: bṛh/brih, ‘prayer’. But they all fail to convince.
For related place names see Indian Place names and Andhra Pradesh place names.
