Antarvedi

Antarvedi temple on the banks of Godavari in Andhra pradesh

Antarvedi
—  village  —
Antarvedi Location of Antarvedi in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	16°20′00″N 81°44′00″E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	East Godavari
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Area • Elevation	• 0 metres (0 ft)

Antarvedi (Telugu: అంతర్వేది) is a village in Sakhinetipalle mandal located close to Narsapur near the Bay of Bengal coast and Vasistha River, in East Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Description

Antarvedi is at the tip of the confluence of the Vasistha River with the Bay of Bengal. The main attraction of Antarvedi is the intersection of River Godavari, a tributary named Vasistha, into Bay of Bengal. The intersection is located in Konaseema (East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India).

Vasishta Sevashram is located slightly closer to the Godavari River. Thus, this tributory is called Vashishta Godavari. The Lord Sri Lakshminarasimha Swamy temple is located opposite Vasishta Godavari. Nearer to Lakshminarasimha Swamy temple, Lord Shiva temple is also located (Neelakanteswara, Brahma stapana). A launch facility is available to visit a small island at the other bank of the River Godavari (bank of Brother and Sister).

History

Antarvedi is famous for the Laxmi Narasimha Swamy temple constructed between the 15th and 16th centuries. There is also a temple of Lord Siva that is older than Narasimha Swamy temple. The temple's idol of Lord Siva was installed by Lord Srirama.

In the 18th century, Peddapuram Rajas were the trustees and were responsible for developing the temple. Mogaltur Raja's are the traditional trustees of Antarvedi Temple, with this duty beginning in the 19th century. Late Shri Raja Kalidindi Kumar Ramachandra Raja Bahaduralso contributed a lot to the temple. He was the former chairman of temple development and the hierarchical trustee of temple.

The lord and temple was gifted along with many priceless jewels from past kings, nobles and even East India Company. These jewels have been stored in a vault at the treasury department for the last 50 – 60 years. Through the great efforts and contributions of local M.L.A. Sri Alluri Krishnam Raju and the temple authorities, the age old jewelry of the god is being brought to Antarvedi and the idols of the Lord are being decorated during the Kalyanotsavam.

Geography

Antarvedi is located at 16.3333°N 81.7333°E / 16.3333; 81.7333, and is close to being at sea level. According to Dr.Trinadharaju Rudraraju, layout of the temple complex has great significance with the geometry of the delta itself and more to be studied in terms of current and force of the confluence at the location.

Religious Fair

The area's religious fair is held on Bheeshma ekadasi, which is generally in January or February. It attracts thousands of people to this usually sleepy village located at the confluence of River Godavari with Bay of Bengal. Lord Narasimha Swamy's Kalyanam is performed on Dasami and Rath yatra was performed on 'Ekadasi day'. The royal Mogaltur male descendants are the first persons to pull the rope of rath, and then it is pulled by the devotees. Hundreds of thousands of devotees attend this festival starting on Dasami and continuing until the full moon day.

Roadway and Waterway

There are three ways that one can travel to Antarvedi. Steam launches are run on the River Godavari Vasistha from Narsapur Ferry. Alternatively, one can cross the river at Narsapur riding on the ferry, upon reaching Sakhinetipalli and from there start for Antervedi by road. The third option is to cross the Chinchinada river using the newly built bridge, travelling from Narsapur on the Palakol Road until Digamarru and turn for the bridge, which brings you to the East Godavari District. Then proceed to Antervedi by road.

Malkipuram is approximately of 18 km. There are good lodging facilities available in Malkipuram.

The Dindi resorts are situated near Malkipuram.

References

http://eastgodavari.nic.in/Antharvedi.html http://www.kakinadainfo.com/antarvedi-