Beechupally in

Jogulamba Gadwal district Jogulamba Gadwal district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. The administrative headquarters of the district is located at Gadwal. The district shares boundaries with Narayanpet district, Narayanpet, Wanaparthy district, Wanaparthy d ...

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, India, is a shrine of the Hindu god

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(Anjaneya Swamy). It is located on the banks of the

Krishna River The Krishna River in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau is the third-longest in India, after the Ganga, Ganga and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Indus and Godav ...

(where obsequies to the dead take place according to

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custom) about 30 kilometers downstream from the

Jurala Project The Priyadarshini Jurala Project (PJP) or Jurala Project, is a dam on the Krishna River situated about 15 km from Gadwal, Jogulamba Gadwal district, Jurala Project is a dam on the Krishna River situated about 16 km from Atmakur, Wana ...

. Initially, the shrine consisted of a Hanuman temple about 200 meters away from the river and a

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temple near the river. During the rainy season the river rises high enough to touch the Shiva lingam temple. A temple of

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was also built in the area in 1992. For the convenience of devotees, several

ghats Ghat (), a term used in the Indian subcontinent, to refer to the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such as a bathing or cremation place along the banks of a river or pond, the Ghats in Varanasi, Dhobi Ghat or the Aap ...

were built for pushkara snanam,, a ritual bath that takes place every 12 years. During the 2016 Krishna pushkaras the government of Telangana State made elaborate arrangements and constructed several ghats for the pilgrims. The Beechupally shrine is near two islands on the Krishna River. The larger island (Gurram Gadda village) has an area of about 10 km² and is populated by farmers due to its

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. A smaller island on the east side is called Nizam Konda: its port belongs to the Nawabs of Nizam.

Residential school

Beechupally has a residential school for boys, with classes from Class V to Class X. It started in the premises of Beechupally Anjaneya Swamy Temple and later moved to its own building in Beechupally.

Photo gallery

File:Road Bridge on Krishna River,Beechupally.jpg, Road bridge on Krishna River, Beechupally File:Tapovan of Kanva Maharshi.jpg, Tapovan of Kanva Maharshi File:Anajaneya-Swamy-Temple-BeechuPally.jpg, Anajaneya Swamy Temple, Beechupally File:Anajaneya-Swamy-Temple-BeechuPally-2.jpg, Anajaneya Swamy Temple, Beechupally File:Krishna-river-flowing-full-near-BeechuPally.jpg, River Krishna flowing full near Beechupally File:Fort-on-the-Island-in-River-Krishna-near-BeechuPally (Note- Only-top-is-visible-please-replace-with-a-better-photo).jpg, Fort on the Island in River Krishna near Beechupally

References

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