Achanta Vemavaram
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Achanta Vemavaram is a village in Achanta Mandalam, West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh
, India
. The village has fertile paddy fields, sugar cane and coconut
plantations.
Someswara Swami temple, Kesava Swami Vishnu
temple, a Saibaba
temple, a Durga
temple, and several other temples. The Durga temple and Saibaba temples are both very old; the Durga temple was recently re-constructed.
to a Veda Pandit by Shri Ana Vemareddy, who ruled this area, the name of the village became Vemavaram (Vema Varam).
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The village has fertile paddy fields, sugar cane and coconut
Coconut
The coconut palm, Cocos nucifera, is a member of the family Arecaceae . It is the only accepted species in the genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which is not a botanical nut. The spelling cocoanut is an old-fashioned form of the word...
plantations.
Facilities
- Primary health center
- Mahila mandali
- High School - 1
- Primary Schools - 5
- Hospital - 1.
- Medical Shops - 2
Temples
a ShivaShiva
Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...
Someswara Swami temple, Kesava Swami Vishnu
Vishnu
Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....
temple, a Saibaba
Shirdi Sai Baba movement
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temple, a Durga
Durga
For the 1985 Hindi Film of Rajesh Khanna see DurgaaIn Hinduism, Durga ; ; meaning "the inaccessible" or "the invincible"; , durga) or Maa Durga "one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress" is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having eighteen arms, riding a lion...
temple, and several other temples. The Durga temple and Saibaba temples are both very old; the Durga temple was recently re-constructed.
Etymology
Following the donation of an AgraharamAgraharam
An Agraharam or Agrahara is the name given to the Brahmin quarter of a heterogenous village or to any village inhabited by Brahmins...
to a Veda Pandit by Shri Ana Vemareddy, who ruled this area, the name of the village became Vemavaram (Vema Varam).