Ravipadu, Narasaraopet mandal

Ravipadu is a Village in Palnadu district of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh.

These include one Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Residential, six private and four Mandal Parishad Primary schools.

[5] Ravipadu (Telugu: రావిపాడు) is a major panchayat 4 km West of Narasaraopet along the Hyderabad highway.

They named this place Ravipadu for a tree called Ravi Chettu which happens to be growing there on the bank of the lake for more than 200 years.

It is estimated that Christianity entered the village back in the early decades of 18 century through a group of migrating people called "Gandikota Kammas" originating from Rayalaseema (Present Kadapa & Ananthapur districts in Andhra Pradesh) and Eastern Tamil Nadu regions There are many Hindu temples for Lord Rama, Shiva and other gods.

Christianity: per the findings collected over a period of two decades by various sources in private and government archives, the religion spread in to the village through a group of converted Christians originating from South Eastern regions of India; now known to be "Gandikota".