Kurmai
Kurmai or Kurmoi or Koormayi (Telugu: కూర్మాయి) is a village in Palamaner mandal of Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Kurmai a village panchayat is in Palamaner Mandal of Chittoor District, Andhra Pradesh is located at 13°09′54″N 78°44′09″E / 13.1650°N 78.7358°E.It has an average elevation of 648 meters (2,126 feet).
Kurmai is located on the road which connects Palamaner and M.P.Kotur about 5 km from Palamaner.Kurmai is on the bank of the river Koundinya. It is the panchayat headquarters which is the panchayat of the villages namely Mudivaripalli, Jallipeta, Pakeerupalli and Kurmai.
The two famous temples-Lord Shiva's temple and Kurma Varadaraja Swamy Temple are located on the west and east side of the village. A Post Office is also located here.
The villages near Kurmai are Mudivaripalli, Jaliipeta, Bodireddipalli, Gadduru, Pakeerupalli, Jaravarapalli, Doddipalli, Kappalli, Panderupalli, Samudrapalli, Tavadapalli. And the town Palamaner is at 5 km distance and hardly takes 10 mins of time to reach.
Lord Shiva temple is at the entrance of the village. And there is also famous Kurma Varadaraja Swamy Temple located at the back way of the village and it is 0.2 km from the village.
The name of the village is originated by the word kurma which means tortoise as there is a historical and ancient temple called Kurma Varadaraja Swamy temple, where the God is the tortoise avatar(Kurmavataram) of the Lord Mahavishnu. Thus it evolved.
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