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Sri Veerabhadra Temple, Lepakshi
Ancient Hindu temple known for intricate carvings and a floating pillar structure.
Vinayaka Chavithi falls on Monday, 14 September 2026 across Y.S.R. district and the rest of Andhra Pradesh.
Called Vinayaka Chavithi. Clay idols, the 21-leaf puja and undrallu are central. Community mandapams run for days, the Khairatabad idol in Hyderabad being the largest and drawing the biggest immersion procession.
The regional form observed across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. How any one household or village keeps it varies, and is not something recorded here.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
36 mandal centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a mandal to open its page.
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54 PIN codes across the district's villages. Open one for its village list, post office and nearby PINs.
Y.S.R. is a district of Andhra Pradesh with 36 mandals, 557 gram panchayats and 735 revenue villages, administered from —. The population is 28,82,469 (Census 2011) across — km². The largest villages are Vempalle (36,031 people, Vempalli), S.Mydukur (24,843 people, S.Mydukur), Kamalapuram (20,623 people, Kamalapuram). Pincodes in the district start with —.
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Mining of mica and other minerals, and ancient historical temples in the region.
Ancient Hindu temple known for intricate carvings and a floating pillar structure.
Sacred pilgrimage site in the district's northern region dedicated to Lord Venkateswara.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Y.S.R. district.
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Villages with the most posts, contributors, and verified residents this month.
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