Achanta

Achanta ఆచంట
village
Achanta Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 16°35′54″N 81°48′42″E / 16.59836°N 81.81162°E / 16.59836; 81.81162Coordinates: 16°35′54″N 81°48′42″E / 16.59836°N 81.81162°E / 16.59836; 81.81162
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	West Godavari [1]
Talukas	Achanta
Population (2001)
• Total	23,358
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	534123
Telephone code	08814236200

Achanta is a village and a mandal in West Godavari district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.^[2]

Geography

Achanta is a village located in Godavari river basin (Andhra Pradesh, India) Map near towns like palakollu,Tanuku, Bhimavaram.Near this village there are so many godavari towns like Narsapur,Siddhantamand koderu.

History

A Great leader of India Mahatma Gandhi visited Achanta. It has a wide sphere of Political history. CPI (Communist Party of India- before split up) has had a great influence on the people which maybe witnessed by the CPI symbol at the village entrance.Most of the Communist leaders have taken shelter in this village during the 1950s. Several stone inscriptions found on temples in Achanta suggest that it may have served as an important religious center for Eastern Chalukyan Empire (700 AD - 1130A D). . An ancient Jain statue was found in an excavation. A merchant of Narsapur, recently constructed a Jain temple in the heart of Achanta to the above Jain statue where it rests in. On 10 January 2010 some ancient bricks and a shiva linga of a temple have been found out during digging of a reservoir near temple. Tests are being made by archeologists for knowing the period of the linga and bricks. A large snake is found to be around the linga. But it has been killed while digging. According to some rumours that the person in the dig machine became blind. Musical Maestro S.P. Balasubrahmanyam, who was supposed to give a performance on Maha Shivarathri in 1975 was driven away due to a political outburst in the event, This has been considered the disgraceful moment in the history of Achanta.

Economy

Achanta consists mostly of agriculturists and small scale traders. Like most villages in Godavari River Delta, farmers manage to cultivate two crops of paddy and one summer crop (usually lintels). Many farm lands are surrounded by Coconut trees and Mango trees. Achanta is famously called "Rice Bowl" of Andhra Pradesh. Many farms are there mostly the rice crops. Achanta Center (Kachery) is the main source of economic activity. Leelavati Complex, is another well noted Commercial Center. ayyapa swamy temples present in A.P are 2,one in gudivada and another in achanta which was b

References

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