Annavaram is a village situated on the banks of river Pampa in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh. At a distance of 72 kms from Rajahmundry, 124 Kms from Visakhapatnam and 498 kms from Hyderabad, Annavaram is famous for Sri Satyanarayana Swamy temple. It is believed that all the wishes of devotees will be fulfilled when Satyanarayana Vrata is performed here.
The most distinctive feature of Annavaram is the shrine to Lord Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy settled on Ratnagiri hill top. The name of the Goddess is Ananta Lakshmi Satyavathi Ammavaru. Meruvu the Lord of the hills and his consort Menaka did great penance and got two sons by the grace of Lord Vishnu. One was Bhadra and the other Ratnakara. Bhadra pleased Lord Vishnu with his devotion and penance, became Bhadrachalam on which Lord Sri Rama had permanently settled. Ratnakara desired to emulate his brother and succeeded in pleasing Lord Vishnu by his penance to settle on him as Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy, Ratnakara remaining as Ratnagiri hill.
Annavaram is considered very holy & popular and next only to Tirupati in AP state. Most of the people in Andhra Pradesh perform Satyanarayana Vrata during housewarming ceremony and during marriages. The festivals celebrated are the Kalyanam festival, Devi Navaratri festival, the Swayamvara Vardhanti of Sraavana Suddha Ekadashi Day, Srirama Kalyana, Kanakadurga Yatra, Prabha Utsavam, Teppa Utsavam and Jalatoranam.
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