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| {{Infobox settlement
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| | name = Chejerla
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| | settlement_type = Village
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| | pushpin_map = India Andhra Pradesh
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| | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Andhra Pradesh, India
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| | pushpin_label = <!-- only necessary if "name" or "official_name" are too long -->
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| | pushpin_label_position = right
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| | coordinates = {{coord|16|18|59|N|79|50|58|E|display=inline,title}}
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| | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref>tags -->
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| <!-- location -->
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| | subdivision_type = Country
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| | subdivision_name = [[India]]
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| | subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]
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| | subdivision_name1 = [[Andhra Pradesh]]
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| | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
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| | subdivision_name2 = [[Guntur district|Guntur]]
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| | subdivision_type3 = [[Mandal]]
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| | subdivision_name3 = Nekarikallu
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| | government_footnotes = <ref name="panchayat">{{cite web |title=Gram Panchayat Identification Codes |url=http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |website=Saakshar Bharat Mission |publisher=National Informatics Centre |accessdate=7 May 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818173131/http://saaksharbharat.nic.in/saaksharbharat/forms/gp_code.pdf |archivedate=18 August 2017 |page=110 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| | government_type = [[Panchayati raj (India)|Panchayati raj]]
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| | governing_body = Chejarla [[gram panchayat]]
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| | leader_title = [[Sarpanch]]
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| | unit_pref = Metric
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| | area_footnotes = <ref name="census">{{cite web |title=District Census Hand Book – Guntur |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2817_PART_B_DCHB_GUNTUR.pdf |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=7 May 2019 |pages=14,300 }}</ref>
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| | area_total_ha = 1656
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| | population_as_of = 2011
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| | population_footnotes = <ref name="population">{{cite web |title=Population |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=668197 |website=[[Census of India]] |publisher=[[Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India]] |accessdate=8 May 2019}}</ref>
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| | population_total = 4094
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| | population_density_km2 = auto
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| | demographics_type1 = Languages
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| | demographics1_title1 = Official
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| | demographics1_info1 = [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
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| | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| | utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| | postal_code = 522xxx
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| | area_code = +91–
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| | registration_plate = AP
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| '''Chejarla''' is a village in [[Guntur district]] of the [[Indian state]] of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is located in Nekarikallu [[mandal]] of [[Narasaraopet revenue division]].<ref name=census />
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| == History ==
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| The village stands in the plains and is surrounded by a rocky hills and is covered by scrub jungle. The temple here is dedicated to Lord Siva and dates to the 4th or 5th century AD.<ref>Reddy, Krishna, [https://books.google.com/books?id=CeEmpfmbxKEC&pg=SL1-PA438&lpg=SL1-PA438&dq=&ots=fxEHtJR0zG&sig=NhZ1WXZzkmnGIkFRVPkYC_VX2hE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFQQ6AEwC2oVChMI8dLctonvxgIVSG4-Ch1Dig-g#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Indian History''] Tata McGraw-Hill, 2006.</ref> The deity is called Kapotheswara.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world66.com/asia/southasia/india/andhrapradesh/guntur/history |title=Guntur Culture | Guntur History |publisher=World66.com |date=2007-02-27 |accessdate=2016-01-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005032957/http://www.world66.com/asia/southasia/india/andhrapradesh/guntur/history |archive-date=5 October 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| === Buddhism ===
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| This story is a renowned one not only, in Hindu mythology, but also in the Buddhist [[Jataka tales]], which give us the lives of [[Gautama Buddha|Siddhartha]], the Buddha, in his previous ''Janmas''. <br /> The Sibi Jataka is as hoary and sacred to the Buddhist, as an embodiment of 'Saranagata vatsala', as Sibi Chakravarti is to the Hindu, as a supreme symbol of 'Raja Dharma' which enjoins a king to protect the refugee even at the cost of his own life. It was a Buddhist Monastery later converted to an Hindu Shrine as per Historical evidences found.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/selectandhratemp023040mbp |title=Select Andhra Temples : Dr.M.R.Rao : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |date= |accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref>
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| === Hinduism ===
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| [[File:Amvar chejarla temple Guntur.jpg|thumb|250px|Amvar chejarla temple [[Guntur District]]]]
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| This is probably the only temple in the whole of India dedicated to Lord Siva as Kapotheswara. The deity is in Lingakara. Here Siva is represented as Kapotheswara, Lord Sibi who gave a portion of his own body in order to save a pigeon that took refuge with him. Curiously, in the imago of the Linga there are even today large cavities as if portions have been scooped or cut out, and these are said to be the places of the body, from which the Lord cut off his own flesh, in order to save the life of the Kapotha.
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| The image is said to be the image of the 'Kalebara' of Sibi, with the head cut off, and on top of the Linga, there are still two large vertical cavities. One of these cavities helps to drain off the Abhisheka Tirtha to an unknown place and even today the smell of raw flesh and blood comes out of this since the God here is a very powerful one. The temple is of the greatest importance to us from the point of view of temple architecture. There are, as is well known, three types of temple [[architecture]].
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| === Apsidal Temple ===
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| [[File:Amvar Chejerla Kapoteswara temple in guntur district.jpg|thumb|Amvar Chejerla Kapoteswara temple in guntur district]]
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| The temple of Chezerla is a rare exception and this is a temple on the [[Apsidal]] model. This Apsidal plan and barrel vaulted structure, is classified in the VastuSastras, as 'Hasti prasta' or elephant back. These were originally [[Buddhist]] Chaityas and were readjusted for the purpose of Hindu worship, by the introduction of internal walls and upper store to seclude the Garbha Griha from the rest of the building. The end of the temple takes the form of an apse and in its centre is a white marble Linga.
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| The fact that the temple is sacred to Buddhism and Hinduism and is built in a unique style, the temple must have come into existence, at a period of mutual tolerance between Hinduism and Buddhism. A famous [[inscription]]<ref>{{cite web|author=whatisindia.com |url=http://www.whatisindia.com/inscriptions/south_indian_inscriptions/volume_16/stones_51_to_75.html |title=South Indian Inscriptions Volume_16 – Telugu Inscriptions of the Vijayanagara Dynasty @ |publisher=Whatisindia.com |date=2007-03-06 |accessdate=2016-01-16}}</ref>{{clarify|date=July 2021}} in the temple further supports this.
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| A similar temple is the [[Trivikrama Temple]] at [[Ter, Maharashtra]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ahir |first1=D. C. |title=Buddhism in South India |date=1992 |publisher=South Asia Books |isbn=9788170303329 |page=72 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WH0EAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref>
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| == Governance ==
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| Chejerla [[gram panchayat]] is the [[Local self-government in India|local self-government]] of the village.<ref name="panchayat" /> It is divided into wards and each ward is represented by a ward member.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aDoppmCmeqUC&q=sarpanch|title=Citizen Participation in Rural Development|last=Seetharam|first=Mukkavilli|date=1990-01-01|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=9788170992271|page=34|language=en}}</ref>
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| == Education ==
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| As per the school information report for the academic year 2018–19, the village has a total of 3 [[District Councils of India|Zilla Parishad]]/[[Mandal Parishad Primary School|MPP schools]].<ref>{{cite web |title=School Information |url=https://cse.ap.gov.in/DSE/totalSchoolReport.xls# |website=Commissionerate of School Education |publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh |accessdate=7 May 2019}}</ref>
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Villages in Guntur district]]
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| [[Category:5th-century Hindu temples]]
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| [[Category:Buddhism in India]]
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