Dharmavaram

Dharmavaram is a city in Sri Sathya Sai District of the Andhra Pradesh state of Indian country. It is mandal and divisional headquarters of Dharmavaram mandal and Dharmavaram revenue division respectively.The city is known for its handloom silk sarees. The city is called as Silk city of Andhra Pradesh. Dharmavaram is famous for Handloom Weavers, Saree Designs, Jacquard designs, Silk Extraction fro

m Silkworm Cacoons, Dyeing and it is fully populated by maximum weavers and by developing technology makes changes by producing various types of machine equipment emerging for weavers to weave quickly than the past decades and quality production was happening now and the production was famous for Sarees.. The Dharmavaram Temples are important places of pilgrimage. Puttaparthi, the birth place and abode of Sathya Sai Baba is situated 42 km from Dharmavaram.The Railway station is a major junction which falls in Wadi-Bangalore route and Guntakal-Tirupathi route and Dharmavaram-Puttaparthi route. Every train will stop here for 15 minutes including RAJDHANI and other Super fast trains.This Dharmavaram Junction is the end-point of South Central Railways (SCR) and Southern Railways (SR).All major trains pass through this city. This town is well connected by Roads.NH-44 (previous it is NH-7) is the nearest Highway located at 13kms from the town, NH-44 is the longest highway in INDIA i.e., Varanasi(Uttar Pradesh, North) to Kanyakumari(Tamil Nadu, South) and highway NH-205 (Anantapur to Chennai) is also near to the town located at a distance of 13kms. There is a lake in Dharmavaram and it is 2nd biggest lake in the district located on Chitravathi River origins at Nandi Hills,Chickballapur District,Karnataka. Dharmavaram is a railway junction which falls under South Central Railway Zone of Indian Railways. Dharmavaram is just 39 km away from Anantapur city. It is one of the Revenue divisions in the district. Dharmavaram is also one of the Roads and Bungalows (R&B) division. Significance

Historical Significance : There is historical evidence to prove that it was ruled by Bijayanagar Vidya kings for nearly 500 years from 1075 Satavahana Saka. Dharmavaram tank is one of the large tanks in Anantapur district. Sri Kriyasakhti Wadiyar, who constructed the tank, built a village in memory of his late mother Dharmamba and named it Dharmavaram. Temples: Dharmavaram is famous for the temple of Sri Lakshmi Chennakesava Swamy . Temple is renowned for its architectural brilliance and for the perennial waterspout and pillars The temple has a multi-storied tower, extensive enclosures and an entrance carved in the Vijayanagar style. The architecturally exquisite Ramalingeswara Temple has a perennial water spout and seven independent pillars which produce seven different musical notes when struck. Silk Sarees: Dharmavaram is also known for its cotton and silk weaving industry. Dharmavaram silk sarees are well known all over the country. Leather puppets are also made in the vicinity. It is famous for silk sarees and has a great past. Thousands of families depend on the silk industry, for which Dharmavaram attained fame. there are more than a thousand shops in the town, which sell silk sarees. nearly 30 silk cooperative societies help those enganged in the trade. This silk-were is exported to Germany, France and other countries abroad. Only in Dharmavaram exists a Silk Exchange. Many freedom-fighters belong to this place. Distances from Major Cities

Anantapur 39 kms
Bangalore 180 kms
Hyderabad 400 kms
Chennai 410 kms
Tirupathi 210 kms