Eluru (AP)

Tel: ఏలూరు ēlūru ‘Sun City’ [Helapuri, Ellore, Ellooru]  City/District, Andhra Pradesh  From Skt/Tel: heli, hēḷi, ‘(the) Sun’; and Tel: uru/uuru, ‘town’, ‘city’. Helapuri has an ancient history dating back to the 3rdC BC Mauryan dynasty. The modern city is famous for...