Dharmavaram, Anantapur

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city
Dharmavaram-1
Coordinates: 14°26′N 77°43′E / 14.43°N 77.72°E / 14.43; 77.72Coordinates: 14°26′N 77°43′E / 14.43°N 77.72°E / 14.43; 77.72
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Anantapur
Elevation 345 m (1,132 ft)
Population (2012)
 • Total 1,30,000
Languages
 • Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)

Dharmavaram is the 4th biggest town and a municipality located in Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. Dharmavaram is now "Selection Grade Municipality", previous it is 2nd Grade Municipality. It is famous throughout India for producing silk sarees. The Dharmavaram Temples are important places of pilgrimage. Puttaparthi, the birthplace and abode of Sathya Sai Baba is situated 42 km from Dharmavaram. The Railway station is a major junction which falls in Wadi-Bangalore route and Guntakal-Tirupathi route and Dharmavaram-Puttaparthi route. Every train will stop here for 15 minutes including RAJDHANI and other Super fast trains. This Dharmavaram Junction is the end-point of South Central Railways (SCR) and Southern Railways (SR).All major trains pass through this city. There is a lake in Dharmavaram and it is 2nd biggest lake in the district located on Chitravathi River origins at Nandi Hills, Chickballapur District, Karnataka. Dharmavaram is a railway junction which falls under South Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Dharmavaram is just 39 km away from Anantapur city. It is one of the Revenue divisions in the district. Dharmavaram is also one of the Roads and Bungalows (R&B) division.

The traditional festivals celebrated by the people in the town reflects the Telugu culture very well. The Major festivals the people celebrates here are, Theru Pandaga (Rathotsavam) - Local festival celebrated on Nrisihma Jayanthi day of every year. Very huge crowd participates in this festival for pulling the Charoit(Ratham/Theru). People prepare variety of sweets for the relatives coming in to the festival. On the next day of the festival Utla Manu celabrates by the people is following traditionally by several years. A 3 to 5 days Durgamma Parusa will held with lot of shops with puppets, toys, ladies ornaments around the Temple Durgamma.

Ugadi (Telugu New Year day) - A special attraction is there for this festival in the town than other places which is Chowdamma Jyothulu organized by the majority race people living in the town. Male People will light up the candles(Jyothi which believed as goddess chowdamma) over their heads and dance accordingly by singing Bhakti songs throughout the night of the festival day around the streets.

Vinayaka Chavithi (Ganesh festival) - One of the Major festival celebrates richly in the town. People establishes Lord Ganesh Idols in various ways and worships for 3–9 days in the town. On the last day people grandly takes ganesh idols around the town and immerse the idols in the nearby tanks which is called Vinayaka Nimajjanam.

Distances from Major Cities

  • Anantapur 39 km
  • Hindupur 72 km
  • Bangalore 180 km
  • Hyderabad 400 km
  • Chennai 410 km
  • Tirupathi 210 km

The novel Warp and Weft[1] written by Vinay Jalla, details the rustic lifestyle of weavers in a lively manner.

Geography

Dharmavaram is located at 14°26′N 77°43′E / 14.43°N 77.72°E / 14.43; 77.72.[2] It has an average elevation of 345 metres (1131 feet).

Demographics

As per provisional data of 2011 census, Dharmavaram municipality had a population of 121,992, out of which males were 62,186 and females were 59,806. The literacy rate was 71.83 per cent.[3]

Dharmavaram is a taluk of Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh. It has 48 villages over an area of 632 square miles. It was a major Railway junction of the Guntakal-Bangalore branch of the Southern Mahratta Railway with the Villupuram-Dharmavaram branch of the South Indian Railway. The city was said to be founded by Kriyasakti Udaiyar, who built a fort on the banks of large reservoir formed by damming the Chitravati river.

Notable points

Dharmavaram is a famous hub for pure silk sarees. There are a large variety of silk clothing, and these are in good demand all over the world. There is an area itself dedicated for weaving and selling of silk clothes. Dharmavaram silks is a brand all over the country where pure hand made silks are weaved. More than 1000 Silk Shops are located in the Town and turn-over of silk business is Rs 1000 crores per year. This is major business center in the district as well as in the Rayalaseema region.

The Railway station is a major junction which falls in Guntakal-Bangalore route, almost all trains stop here for at least five minutes. All major trains pass through this city. The "Dal Vada" served by vendors in the station is famous for its unique taste. One serving consisting of two vadas and a green chilli costs Rs 10(as of Aug 2012). NH-7 is the nearest Highway. There is a lake in Dharmavaram.

This city is close to one of the most famous Pilgrimage center and Devotional City "Puttaparthi", which is just half an hour by road.

The novel Warp and Weft[4] written by Vinay Jalla[5] details the rustic lifestyle of weavers in a lively manner.

Assembly constituency

Dharmavaram is an assembly constituency in Andhra Pradesh.

Factionism has been a major concern here for the past few decades, with violent incidents being reported occasionally.

But it has changed a lot now and you hardly see any kind of factionism in Dharmavaram. City is peaceful now.

Schools & Colleges

  • Mpl. Urdu School, Lonikota,
  • Mpl. Thondamala Sekhar Urdu High School, Lonikota.
  • Mpl. High school for boys, Sanjainagar
  • Mpl. High School for girls, Sanjainagar
  • Mpl. High school for boys, kothapeta
  • Mpl. High School for girls, kothapeta
  • Mpl. High School, Durganagar.
  • BRILLIANT ENGLISH MEDIUM HIGH SCHOOL(SIVA NAGAR)
  • Sri Ushodaya English Medium School, Ramnagar(Near Rly. Station)
  • Priya Darsini Vidya Mandhir English Medium School
  • Sri SAI VICTORY PLAY HOME & E TECHNO SCHOOL(WWW.SAIVICTORYSCHOOL.COM)
  • Sri Nagarjuna Vidyalayam School (WWW.NagarjunaVidhyalayam.com)
  • Sri Jeevananda School
  • Sri Jeevan Jyothi School
  • Sri Jawahar Eng medium school
  • Sadhana Eng medium school
  • Narayana Techno School
  • Sri Chaitanya Techno School
  • Yashoda Concept School
  • PCMR Concept School
  • Kakatiya Vidyaniketakan Eng medium school
  • Bashyam Techno School
  • Vishwa Bharathi Eng medium School
  • Ravindra Bharathi school
  • GOVT JUNIOR COLLEGE(BOYS)
  • GOVT JUNIORCOLLEGE(GIRLS)
  • Vidya Vikas Junior College
  • Sri Sai Krupa Junior College
  • SRI SANGAMESWARA Junior College
  • Narayana Junior College
  • Sri Sai Junior College
  • Sri Vivekananda Junior & Degree College
  • Srinivasa Degree College
  • Sri Sai Degree College ( Branch of Sri Sai educational Institutions, Anantapur)
  • KH Govt. Degree College
  • Govt. Polytechnic College
  • Hyandavi BEd College
  • Hyandavi MBA College
  • VIVEKANANDA DEGREE COLLEGE[REGATIPALLE ROAD]
  • MAHARSHI E.M.HIGH SCHOOL[MARUTHI NAGAR]

Temples

  • sri bacchu nagampalli kasi viswanatha temple(sivanagar)
  • Sri Chennakesava Swamy Temple (built in 1200 AD by Kriashakti Odayar)
  • Sri Kanyaka Parameswari Temple ( Biggest in Rayalaseema)
  • Sri Annapurneswari Temple (Only one temple in whole Andhra Pradesh)
  • Sri Chowdeswari Temples (Almost 10 temples in town for each area)
  • Sri Panduranga Swamy Temple ( LandMark of town, located in middle of the town)
  • Sri Gurrapa Swamy Temple(Near Fort, Lonikota)
  • Sri Shirdi Saibaba Temple (Bangalore-Puttaparthi road)
  • Sri Anjineyaswamy temple (Railway Station Rd)
  • Sri Ayyappa Swamy Temple ( Very big temple in mandal level)
  • Sri Sivalayam ( near lake)
  • Sri Durgamma temple (Near Anjuman Circle)
  • Sri Ammawar Temple at Near Railway Station
  • Sri Anjineya Swamy Temple (Station Rd)
  • Sri Anjineya Swamy Temple (Pothukunta Rd)
  • Sri Anjineya Swamy Temple (Near Cheruvukatta)
  • Sri Kasi viswanatha Swamy Temple (Near Cheruvukatta)
  • Sri Ayyappa bhajan Mandir (Near Cheruvukatta)
  • Sri Vinayaka temple (the image Of Lord Vinayaka has been formed by itself on a rock)
  • Sri Bhadravathi Bhavana Rushi Swamy Temple (Near Venugopal/Chennakesava Swamy Temple or Near to Veg Market)
  • Sri Gurumurthy Swamy Temple (Near CheruvuKatta)
  • Sri Chowdeswari Swamy Temple (Ramnagar Beside Of rly School) Written by (Bhavani Shankar Designer)
  • DURGAMMA TEMPLE
  • CHOWDESHWARI TEMPLE[GANDHI NAGAR, by Manju neeluri]

Lodges in Dharmavaram

1.Balaji Inn 2:Sriman outt 3:Sudheer inn 4:nitin palindrome 5:sri not a name its a brand..

Agro-based industries

  • Groundnut Mills:
At present there are 26 groundnut mills in Dharmavaram town besides 20 mills
in the hinterland.

Visiting places in dharmavaram

Town lake embakements Nesepeta : This area famous for silk shops. More than 1000 silkshops are present in a packed area. GANDHI NAGAR :This area is located in middle of the town, all shops are available here like, medical shops, textiles and garments

References

  1. ↑ http://www.amazon.in/Warp-and-Weft-ebook/dp/B00BD9S66W/ref=tmm_kin_title_0
  2. ↑ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Dharmavaram
  3. ↑ "Urban Agglomerations/Cities having population 1 lakh and above". Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-20. 
  4. ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Warp-and-Weft-ebook/dp/B00BD9S66W
  5. ↑ http://www.vinayjalla.co.uk/

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See also
  • People from Anantapur district
  • Villages in Anantapur district
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