The Peerla konda
Ichapuram, the northern most tip of the district and also for the state of Andhra Pradesh was one of the most important major transit point for traders between southern and eastern India during the Muslim rule to the preindependence era. Traders from either side would congregate here and
transact business with the traders of the other side and return home. Today it is just a mere border town between the states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. There is ample evidence here to establish that this was an ancient town that existed hundreds of years ago. About 700 years ago a Muslim saint ‘Baba Fariduman’ came here from Afghanistan to spread the word of Allah. For forty days he meditated on a nearby hill. He stayed on to spread the message of universal love. He was fond of sugar and it is believed that he planted a tree that sprinkled a sugar like substance. The tree does
not exist anymore, but the elders of the town swear that they did witness the phenomenon of the sugar-sprinkling tree in their childhood days.
transact business with the traders of the other side and return home. Today it is just a mere border town between the states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. There is ample evidence here to establish that this was an ancient town that existed hundreds of years ago. About 700 years ago a Muslim saint ‘Baba Fariduman’ came here from Afghanistan to spread the word of Allah. For forty days he meditated on a nearby hill. He stayed on to spread the message of universal love. He was fond of sugar and it is believed that he planted a tree that sprinkled a sugar like substance. The tree does
not exist anymore, but the elders of the town swear that they did witness the phenomenon of the sugar-sprinkling tree in their childhood days.
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