Polavaram, Eluru district
Polavaram or Prolavaram is a village in Polavaram district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Polavaram mandal of Jangareddygudem revenue division at about 35 km away from the banks of Godavari River. The Papi Hills and Polavaram Project are the major landmarks near the village.
History
Historically the area is previously known as Vilasa. According to Vilasa Copper Plate grant found at Kandarada village, near Pitapuram in East Godavari, Musunuri Prolaya Nayaka donated the village Vilasa in Kona Mandala on banks of river Godavari as an agrahara to a brahmin named Vennaya.Having divided it into 108 shares- Vennaya changed its name to Prolavaram after the king Prola and gave it further to several brahmins.
This is mentioned in Epigraphica Telanganica Volume 3- Decline of Kakatiyas, edited by Dr Gautam Pingle published in 2023 by Dr MCR Human Resource Institute, Govt of Telangana.