The non-descript Devarampadu village in Prakasam district comes to limelight only on occasions like Independence Day and Republic Day, as it was from this place Tanguturi Prakasam Panthulu had led the Salt Satyagraha in 1930 on a call given by Mahatma Gandhi then.
To commemorate the epoch-making event, noted freedom-fighter Babu Rajendra Prasad, first President of India had unveiled ‘‘Vijaytosava Stupa” later in 1935.