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ROAD GORANTLA AP - panoramio
ROAD GORANTLA AP - panoramio · rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
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Far away mountains^gorantla AP - panoramio · rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
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FAR MOUNTAINS,GORANTLA AP - panoramio · rajaraman sundaram, CC BY 3.0
Madhavaraya Temple 4
Madhavaraya Temple 4 · Shyamal, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madhavaraya Temple 2
Madhavaraya Temple 2 · Shyamal, CC BY-SA 4.0
Madhavaraya Temple 3
Madhavaraya Temple 3 · Shyamal, CC BY-SA 4.0

Gorantla, India

Gorantla is a town of 24,586 people in Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Population24,586 GeoNames
RegionAndhra Pradesh
Elevation642 m 2,106 ft
Time zoneAsia/Kolkata
Land area12.4 km²
Nearest airportSri Sathya Sai Airport (PUT) 19 km

About Gorantla

Gorantla is a village and mandal headquarters on the banks of the Chitravathi River in the Sri Sathya Sai district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The village is around 120 km from Bengaluru and is well-connected with National Highway 44 (India). Gorantla is home to the historical Madhavaraya Temple (dedicated to Vishnu) built in the year 1354 A.D. by Narasimha Saluva of the Vijaya Nagar Empire. This temple ranks first among centrally protected monuments of national importance.

From the Wikipedia article Gorantla, Sri Sathya Sai district (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Bharat Petroleum

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Asra Eye Clinic

Clinic and pharmacy · 0.6 km

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Government Hospital,Gorantla

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Sree Teja Health Care

Hospital · 0.7 km

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Sri Sai Dhanvantari Clinic

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Sushrutha Hospital

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History

According to the district gazette and the Mysore Epigraphical Report of 1912, the temple was built by King Narasimha of the Saluva dynasty of the Vijayanagara Empire in Saka 1276 (1354 A.D). Between the period 1610 and 1904, the nose of the presiding deity (idol of Madhavaraya Swamy) was broken, making the idol ineligible for worship and disrupting the daily rituals of the temple. The temple was declared a protected monument by the colonial British government.

From the History section of Gorantla, Sri Sathya Sai district on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Sri Sathya Sai Airport (PUT) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 19 km away.

  • Somandepalle 18 km west, about 18 min by car
  • Yenumalapalle 18 km north, about 18 min by car
  • Puttaparthi 21 km north, about 21 min by car
  • Penukonda 22 km northwest, about 22 min by car
  • Bāgepalli 22 km south, about 22 min by car
  • Hindupur 35 km southwest, about 35 min by car
  • Gudibanda 36 km south, about 36 min by car
  • Kadiri 44 km east, about 44 min by car
  • Dharmavaram 48 km north, about 48 min by car
  • Anantapur 79 km north, about 1 h 15 min by car

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