Bhadrachalam

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Bhadrachalam
| other_name = Bhadradri
| settlement_type = [[Temple town]]
| image_skyline = A View of Bhadrachalam Gopuram.JPG
| image_alt =
| image_caption = [[Bhadrachalam Temple]]
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| coordinates = {{coord|17.67|N|80.88|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Telangana]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Bhadradri Kothagudem district]]
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| governing_body = [[Nagar Palika]]
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes = <ref name="census">{{cite web|title=District Census Handbook - Khammam|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2810_PART_B_DCHB_KHAMMAM.pdf|website=Census of India|publisher=The Registrar General & CensusCommissioner|access-date=2 June 2016|pages=14, 40|format=PDF}}</ref>
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| area_total_km2 = 12.00
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 50
| population_total = 50087
| population_as_of = 2011
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| population_density_km2 = 7121
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| population_footnotes = <ref name=population>{{cite web|title=Census 2011|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=617667|publisher=The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|access-date=26 July 2014}}</ref>
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 507111
| area_code_type = Telephone code
| area_code = 08743
| registration_plate = TS-28
| blank1_name_sec1 = [[Human sex ratio|Sex ratio]]
| blank1_info_sec1 = 1:1 [[male|♂]]/[[female|♀]]
| blank2_name_sec1 = Distance from Kothagudem
| blank2_info_sec1 = {{convert|40|km|mi}}
| blank3_name_sec1 = Distance from [[Hyderabad]]
| blank3_info_sec1 = {{convert|325|km|mi}}
| website = {{URL|telangana.gov.in}}
{{URL| https://www.telanganatourism.gov.in}}
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'''Bhadrachalam ''' is a [[census town]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Telangana]], [[Bhadradri Kothagudem district]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kothagudem.telangana.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/237.Badradri-.237.pdf |title= District Administration – Formation/Reorganization of District, Revenue Divisions and Mandals in Badradri District at Kothagudem – Final Notification - Orders – Issued |website= Bhadradri Kothagudem District |access-date= 22 July 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170801042948/http://kothagudem.telangana.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/237.Badradri-.237.pdf |archive-date= 1 August 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref> It is an important [[Hindu]] [[pilgrimage]] town with the [[Bhadrachalam Temple]] of [[Lord]] [[Rama]], situated on the banks of [[Godavari river]]. It is located {{convert|312|km|mi|0}} from east of state capital, [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]],{{convert|115|km|mi|0}} from [[Khammam]],{{convert|192|km|mi|0}} from [[Vijayawada]],{{convert|177|km|mi|0}} from [[Suryapet]], {{convert|180|km|mi|0}} from [[Warangal]], {{convert|220|km|mi|0}}, from the [[Andhra Pradesh]] State Capital [[Amaravathi]], {{convert|350|km|mi|0}} from [[Visakhapatnam]].

[[File:Painting of Lord Rama on a temple at Bhadrachalam in Khammam District.jpg|thumb|280px|[[Painting]] of Lord SriRama on a temple at Bhadrachalam in [[Bhadradri district|Bhadradri District]]]]

== History ==
The town has a documented [[history]] of [[Rama|Lord Sri Rama]] temple constructed circa 17th century CE by [[Kancherla Gopanna]] (nearly 370 years ago).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bhadrachalarama.org/templehistory.html|title=:: Welcome to Bhadrachala Sree Seetha Ramachandra swamy temple ::|work=bhadrachalarama.org}}</ref>

[[Kancherla Gopanna]] (1620 - 1680), popularly known as Bhadradri Ramadasu or Bhadrachala Ramadasu, was a 17th-century Indian devotee of Rama and a composer of Carnatic music. His devotional lyrics to Rama are famous in South Indian classical music as Ramadaasu Keertanalu, and have made Bhadrachalam a place of religious importance for Hindus.{{cn|date=February 2019}}

Bhadrachalam area also has several Hindu temples connected with Epic Ramayana.<ref>https://tourism.telangana.gov.in/divine-destinations/BhadrachalamTemple</ref>
It is also called as "Ayodhya Puri" in the movie "Sri Ramadasu"

== Geography ==
Bhadrachalam is located at {{Coord|17.67|N|80.88|E|}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/02/Bhadrachalam.html |title=Bhadrachalam, India Page |publisher=Fallingrain.com |access-date=2012-07-30}}</ref> It has an average elevation of 50 metres (164 feet).

== Demographics ==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Bhadrachalam had a population of 55,352. As of 2001, [[Males]] constitute 50% of the population and [[females]] 50%. Bhadrachalam has an average [[literacy rate]] of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%. 11% of the population is under 6 years of age.

== Transport ==
The state bus service [[TSRTC]] operates a bus station in Bhadrachalam connecting the town to various places of the state. Andhrapradesh state bus service [[APSRTC]] operates buses frequently to Bhadrachalam.

The nearest railway station is [[Bhadrachalam Road railway station]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiarailinfo.com/station/map/bhadrachalam-road-bdcr/2649|title=BDCR/Bhadrachalam Road (3 PFs) Map/Atlas – India Rail Info|work=India Rail Info}}</ref> {{cvt|40|km}} from the town.

Bhadrachalam is connected{{how|date=June 2020}} to [[Hyderabad]], [[Khammam]], [[Suryapet]], [[Nalgonda]], [[Warangal]], [[Nizamabad, Telangana|Nizamabad]], [[Ramagundam]], [[Godavarikhani]], [[Miryalaguda]], and [[Karimnagar]] cities in [[Telangana state]]; and
[[Rajamahendravaram]], [[Kakinada]], [[Amalapuram]], [[Guntur]], [[Vijayawada]] and [[Visakhapatnam]] cities in [[Andhra Pradesh]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{commons category-inline|Bhadrachalam}}
*{{wikivoyage-inline|Bhadrachalam}}

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{{Municipalities of Telangana}}

[[Category:Cities and towns in Bhadradri Kothagudem district]]
[[Category:Mandals in Bhadradri Kothagudem district]]

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