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BHADRA—BHADRA CHALAM.
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Tunga at Kuddli in the adjoining District of ShiFor the most part it runs between steep banks and amid dense forests, and its waters are little used for irrigation. There are i8 dams, from which 325 acres are supplied with water; at Benkipur it is According to the Purinic legend, given under crossed by a bridge. Tungabhadra, the Bhadra was formed by the right tusk of the boar District, joins the
moga.
avatar of Vishnu.
Bhadrd.
—ZamtnddA
or
chiefship in
the
Burha
tahsil,
Balaghat
Lat. (centre) 21° 25' n., long. 80° 33' 30" e.
District, Central Provinces.
Area, 128 square miles, of which 34 are cultivated; number of villages, 62; occupied houses, 3911; population (1881) 18,855, namely, 9223
males and 9632 females; average density of population, 147 per square mile. The estate w’as given by the Subadar of Lanji, at the end of the last century, in
family
Bela
still
zammddri tenure
retains possession of
village.
Bhadrachalam.
— Tdluk
and
to Zain-ud-di'n it.
The
estate in
Khan, Pathan, whose
residence of the chief
Godavari
District,
is
in
Madras
Presidency, lying between 17° 35' 45" and 17° 56' 30" N. lat, and 80° 54' 30" and 81° 8' E. long. Contains 313 villages, half of which belong to an
old proprietary estate, with 35,656 inhabitants, chiefly Koyas.
Annual revenue about ^^764. This tdluk, with that of Rekapalli, was transferred from the Central Provinces to Madras in 1874 ; and the Rampa country from the tdluk of Rajamahendri (Rajahmundry) being added, the whole was formed into an Agency under the Godavari Until i860, this tract formed part of the
Collector. District
ceded
in that year
by the Nizam.
Upper Godavari
Area, with Rekapalli, 91
square miles.
Bhadrachalam. trict,
— Chief town of tdluk of same name
Madras Presidency.
Lat.
17° 41' N., long. 81°
in E.
Godavari Dishouses, 389;
Built on the population (1881) 1901, mostly Brahmans and Telingas. Godavari river, which is here very deep and rapid. About 104 miles from
Rajamahendri (Rajahmundry), and 15 from Dumagudiem. Consists of one long and narrow street, and receives its name from being near the rock on which Bhadradu performed his devotions. Celebrated for the temple of Ramachandra, who is said to have crossed the river at this spot, on his famous expedition to the island of Ceylon, and also for
the
annual
held here in his honour. This temple was ago by Rishi Pratishtha, but additions have been
fair
built four centuries
It consists of a main building with a fine time to time. dome, flanked by 24 smaller temples on both sides. It is surrounded by a high w'all, and may be ascended by steps from near the bank of
made from
The sacred jew'els are said to be of great value. The Nizam annually contributes ;^i300 towards the maintenance of the Twenty miles from Bhadrachalam is Pamesala, another shrine temple.
the Godavari.
