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Vindhyachal 
pronunciation (help·info) is a town in Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. The city is a Hindu pilgrimage site having the temple of Vindhyavasini, where according to mythology a part of Sati (an Avatar of Durga) 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.
[edit] Demographics
As of 2001[update] India census Vindyachal and Mirzapur were together considered a single census entity: a municipal board tagged as 'Mirzapur-cum-Vindhyachal'.[1]
[edit] 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.[2] The HVDC-back-to-back station at Vindhyachal is used for the interconnection of the power grids of Northern and Western India.[2] The equipment was built by ABB Group.[2].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
[edit] References
- ^ "Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)". Census Commission of India. Archived from the original on 2004-06-16. http://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
- ^ a b c "Vindhyachal: The first HVDC project in India.". ABB Group. http://www.abb.com/global/abbzh/abbzh251.nsf!OpenDatabase&db=/global/gad/gad02181.nsf&v=17EA&e=us&m=100A&c=A01FB5D3AD8D2E0FC1256E2100330B65. Retrieved 2009-03-21.[dead link]
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Coordinates: 25°10′N 82°30′E / 25.167°N 82.5°E
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