Vemulawada, East Godavari district

Vemulawada, East Godavari District
town
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	East Godavari district
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST

Vemulawada is a town in Karapa Mandal, East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh. It is close to Dhraksharamam. It is the birthplace of Vemulawada Bheemakavi of 9th century.

Vemulawada is a village In Karapa mandal(Tahasil/division) of East Godavari District, in Andhra pradesh. It is located 13 KM towards west from the Port city of Kakinada, which is the district headquarters, and it is at a distance of 4 KM from Karapa, the Mandal headquarters. Nearby towns are Kakinada to the east and Samarlakota to the west. The Karapa mandal is adjacent to the Samarlakota Mandal. The famous temple of Sri Chalukya Kumararama in which the deity Sri Bhimeswara Swamy is worshipped, is well known and is considered as one of the ‘Pancharama Kshetras’. The temple is at a distance of one KM from the Samarlakota( which is also called Samalkota) railway station. Details of the temple are available in the following Wikipedia articles -1 . Pancharama Kshetras, 2. Kumararama, 3. Samalkot,4. Temples of Andhra Pradesh. Vemulavada of East Godavari district and its famous temple are often confused with another town also called Vemulavada in Karimnagar district of the State of Telangana and the Sri Rajarajeswara Swamy temple available there, in many web sites. Details regarding the location of the Vemulavada village (East Godavari district) are available at- WWW.onefivenine.com/India/villages/East Godavari/Karapa/Vemulavada