Basara Seminar

8/4/2019 Basara Seminar

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LecturerAmar Viplow.B

Student: -KaluriDayakar1003004Barch (ptdc)JNAFAU


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This temple is situated in Basara village Mudhole mandal

in Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh state, India.

It is about 40 kms from Nizambad district head quarters

and 70 Kms from Nirmal town of Adilabad district. Situated

at a distance of 200 kms (approx) from Hyderabad.


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Located on the bank of river Godavari at Basara,

Saraswati temple is one of the two famous Saraswati

temples in India, the other being in Jammu & Kashmir.


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This is an ancient Hindu temple dedicated to GoddessSaraswathi. The temple at Basar is also the abode of

Goddess Lakshmi and Kali. The structure dates back to theChalukya period.

This temple has no exquisite carvings like other temples.Walking ahead a few steps, one enters the sanctum

sanctorum - The presiding deity, 'Gnana Saraswathi Devi', isin a seated position with a 'Veena' in hand and bedecked withturmeric. Adjacent is the shrine of Goddess Maha Lakshmiand a little distance away, on the eastern side is the MahaKali temple.

These three idols of the deities are made of sand stone .There is a marble image of SageValmiki and his samadhinear the temple.


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Basara, Saraswati


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Gateway to Saraswati temple

Entrance steps to temple


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Front view of temple

Top view of temple


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Walk way to temple door

Inside temple aroundsanctum Sanctorum


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Inside temple aroundsanctum Sanctorum

Inside temple around

sanctum Sanctorum


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Saraswathi Goddess

Inside sanctum Sanctorum


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Goddess Laxmi

Goddess MahaKali


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Old image showing deities

Old Temple


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Vyas temple

Maharishi Vyas

In cave

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Legend has it that Sage Veda Vyasa during his stay here used tobring daily three handsfull of sand after a bath in Godavari and

kept it at a place, which transformed as the images of Saraswati,Lakshmi and Kali.

Since Maharishi Vyasa spent considerable time inprayers, the place was then called "Vasara" and turned into Basaradue to the influence of the Marathi language in the region.

How ever, according to Brahmandapuranam,Adikavi Valmiki installed Saraswati and wrote Ramayana here. It isbelieved that this temple is one of the three temples constructednear the confluence of Manjira and Godavari rivers by Ashtrakutas.

According to another school of thought Bijialudu a Karnataka

king, who ruled the province of Nandagiri with Nanded as hiscapital in the sixth century, constructed the temple at Basara. Theimage of Lakshmi stands besides Goddess Saraswati in thesanctum sanctorum. Due to the presence of Saraswati, Lakshmiand Kali, Basara is considered as the abode of the divine trinity onthe Bank of the River Godavari.

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Many pilgrims come to Basara to perform the "Aksharaabhyasam" ceremony for the children before they start formal

school education. The children perform the exercise of

letters, and devote books, pens, pencils notebooks to the

goddess of knowledge. The Puja at the temple starts at 4 am

in morning with Abhishekam which carries on for an hour. At5 o'clock they start the Alankarana whereby the new sarees

are adorned to the goddesses. The whole atmosphere is very

pious and pure. At 6 am, in the rays of the morning sun, the

aarti starts at the temple after which the prasadam is given

to the devotees.

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Steps leading to River

Godavari

LecturerH Id l i h l BASARA


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Huge Idol representing the temple at BASARA

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