Nagalapuram

Nagalapuram నాగలాపురం
Village
Nagalapuram Hill Streams
Nagalapuram Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
Coordinates: 13°23′20″N 79°47′48″E / 13.3889°N 79.7967°ECoordinates: 13°23′20″N 79°47′48″E / 13.3889°N 79.7967°E
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Chittoor
Subdistrict	Nagalapuram
Population (2011)[1]
• Total	11,166
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)

Nagalapuram is a village in Chittoor district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Nagalapuram mandal.^[2]

History

Nagalapuram the temple town is built at the time of Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara Empire regime in memory of his mother Nagala Devi. Hence, it became Sri Nagalapuram. Before the change of its name to Nagalapuram, this village was known as Harigandapuram.

Geography

Nagalapuram is located at 13°24′00″N 79°47′00″E / 13.4000°N 79.7833°E.^[3] It has an average elevation of 64 meters (213 feet).

Tourism

Main entrance of the temple (renewed)

Temple reflects the vijayanagara architectural style Vedanarayana swamy idol facing west. The sanctum sanctorium has Vedanarayana swamy with his consorts sridevi and Bhoodevi on either side. This is a Matsya Avatar of Lord Vishnu first Avatar, who saved the four vedas from Somakudu and returned to Brahma. Temple brahmostavam comes on Shukla Dwadasi, Trayodasi and Chaturdasi of Phalguni masam (Telugu calendar). Temple architecture is done in such a way that during these three days, the sun rays fall on the main deity feet, navel and fore head, called as "Suriya Pooja". This remarks the start of Summer season as per the holy inscriptions available in the temple.^[4]

Nagalapuram Falls

Nagalapuram Falls is a pristine beauty which offers lovely one-day treks from Chennai with a beautiful view of the water falls. Thrown in with some steep climbs for experienced trekkers along with easy climbs routes for starters, natural wilderness and 20 foot water slides; make a perfect blend for an ultimate experience.^[5]

Trekking to Nagalapuram waterfalls is also famous among people from Chennai. Being situated at around 75 km from Chennai, it makes a perfect weekend gateway and a popular trekking spots for people from Chennai. However, the Nagalapuram waterfalls is around 17 km from the Nagalapuram town which should not be mistaken. The base village for nagalapuram trek is Arai village which is around 15 km from the Nagalapuram town. Vehicles acan be parked over there and trek can be attempted from there. ^[6]

References

1. "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
2. "Chittoor District Mandals" (PDF). Census of India. pp. 479, 515. Retrieved 19 June 2015.
3. Falling Rain Genomics.Nagalapuram
4. Sri Veda Narayana Swamy Brahmotsavams in Nagalapuram From May 4 to 12
5. Nagalapuram Hills: Scenic beauty by the ghats - Article in Deccan Chronicle
6. Nagalapuram trekking

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