Kadiri is a town in the Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is a municipality, mandal headquarters and also the revenue divisional headquarters Kadiri. The name Kadiri is an alternative name for the Sanskrit word, Khaadri, meaning canary wood or Indian mulberry (Morinda citrifolia). The town has derived its name from the famous legend of Sri Narasimha Swamy described below, where the Lord emerges from a Khadri tree to rescue his devotee Prahlada. Sri Krishna Devaraya made an effort in building temple for Lord Narasimha which is now being visited by people all over the country. Kadiri railway station situated on Dharmavarm – Pakala Branch line and got into the mainline, after the 100 year age old MG line was converted into BG. It has many trains, including daily passenger trains running between Guntakal and Tirupati. A daily train runs through Kadiri connecting Hyderabad, the joint capital of Andhra Pradesh(From 2014 to 2024)-Telangana(Permanent) and Tirupati. It also has a weekly train running between Hyderabad and Madurai, Tamil Nadu. Kadiri is on the National Highway 205, the Anantapur – Chennai road and has scores of buses to Chennai, Bengaluru, Vijayawada and Hyderabad by RTC buses and private travel agencies.
