Vindhyachal is a town in Mirzapur District

Mirzapur District

Mirzapur district is one of the 70 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The district is bounded on the north by Sant Ravidas Nagar and Varanasi districts, on the east by Chandauli district, on the south by Sonbhadra district and on the norhwest by Allahabad district. The district...

 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

 state in northern India

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. The city is a Hindu

Hindu

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 pilgrimage

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 site having the temple of Vindhyavasini

Vindhyavasini

Vindhyavasini is name of a benevolent aspect of Devi Amba or Durga. Her temple is located at Vindhyachal, 8 km away from Mirzapur on the banks of river Ganges, in Uttar Pradesh.The goddess gets her name from Vindhya Range....

, where according to mythology

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 a part of Sati (an Avatar

Avatar

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 of 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...

) Born in Nand Yadav Family as sister of Lord Krishna. The river Ganges flows through this city. The Indian Standard Time (IST) line passes through the Vindhyachal railway station.

Demographics

India census

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 Vindyachal and Mirzapur

Mirzapur

Mirzapur is a city in the heart of North India, nearly 650 km between Delhi and Kolkata and also equidistant from Allahabad and Varanasi. Located in the state of Uttar Pradesh, Mirzapur has a population of a little over 205,264 and is renowned for its famous carpet and brassware industry...

 were together considered a single census entity: a municipal board tagged as 'Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal

Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal

Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal is a city and a municipal board in Mirzapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal had a population of 205,264. Males constitute 54% of the population and females 46%...

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HVDC power station

Since 1989 there is a HVDC back-to-back station with a maximum transmission power of 500 megawatts and an operating voltage of 176 kV. The HVDC-back-to-back station at Vindhyachal is used for the interconnection of the power grids of Northern and Western India. The equipment was built by ABB Group..In the same year another HVDC came up at upper sileru project.The equipment was built indigenously by BHEL and APGENCO.This HVDC is used for grid synchronization between central and southern India