Dwarapudi

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Dwarapudi is a village in the Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh. Dwarapudi is famous for its cattle market, cloths markets and Ayyapa temple. Dwarapudi is also known as Andhra Sabarimalai. Dwarapudi has its own train station.

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Dwarapudi Train station

Temples

On 20 March 2014 that Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple with gold coated sanctum sanctorum has been inaugurated in Dwarapudi Ayyappa Swamy temple on 19 March 2014. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Temples". godavariyatra.in. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. hindu.com/news/national/Andhra Pradesh/venkateswara temple inaugurated/article/5805697 temple Archived 2015-11-03 at the Wayback Machine

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