Tenali is a city in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

[5] The city is renowned for art, culture, drama, and hence, it is called "Andhra Paris".

Tenali town is also part of Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA).

The white colour bark is an uncommon occurrence of Holoptelea integrifolia(Indian Elm), which is found in abundance around the town.

[10] The region around the city forms a part of Western Delta System of Krishna river.

[13] The city receives maximum rainfall due to the onset of southwest monsoon season from June to October.

[22] The assembly segment forms a part of Guntur Lok Sabha constituency, which represents the lower house of Indian Parliament.

The municipality oversees civic needs, such as water supply, sewerage, roads, and parks, and is included in the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation.

[29] Irrigation in the Western Delta, the region in which the city lies, is supported by water from the Krishna river.

The iconic Martyr's Memorial at Ranarang Chowk denotes the impact of the city on the Indian freedom struggle during the Quit India Movement.

[36] The people of Tenali had responded to Mahatma Gandhi's call and organised a bandh on 12 August 1942.

The British police had opened fire on them, and seven people had been killed on the spot, at Morrispeta which later came to be known as Ranarang Chowk.

After Independence, seven pillars had been erected in the memory of the seven martyrs, and a statue of Mother India with a baby in her arms had been installed at Ranarang Chowk.

[38] The city has been the host for events such as the formation of the 1929 Andhra Nataka Kala Parishad, the Kanyasulkam play, and cultural fests.

[5] In the area of modern literature are contributors such as Chakrapani, Gudipati Venkata Chalam, Kodavatiganti Kutumbarao, Tripuraneni Ramaswamy.

[36][39] Many artists who hail from Tenali and the nearby villages have contributed a major share to the Telugu film industry, such as AVS, Govindarajula Subba Rao (the first Telugu cinema hero), Krishna, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Jamuna, Kanchanamala (the first Telugu cinema heroine), Kongara Jaggayya, Rama Prabha, Savitri, Sharada, Siva Parvati and Divya Vani.

There are various religious worship centers in the city, such as the Vaikuntapuram Venkateswara temple and the Iglesia ni Cristo church.

Yalavarthy Veda Pathashala, one of the oldest vedic schools founded in 1894, is located in Gandhi Nagar area of the city.

[67][68] The city has an indoor sports complex for Badminton, Tennis and Volleyball at the Chenchupet area.

[72] Other notable actors in film industry include Jaggayya, Eminent academics and poets such as