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Annavaram is a village in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in India. It's most distinctive feature is a shrine to Lord Veera Venkata Satyanarayana Swamy. The name of the Goddess is Ananta- lakshmi Satyavathi Ammavaru. The Southern Railway and the Grand Northern Trunk Road can reach Annavaram. The nearest railway station is Annavaram, which is two miles from the temple. The mail does not stop at Annavaram, and the nearest mail halting stations are Tuni and Peddapuram, which are at a distance of eleven and sixteen miles respectively from Annavaram. There is a regular bus service to this village. Buses running from Kakinada to Tuni, Rajahmundry to Tuni, and Yele- swaram to Tuni, pass through Annavaram, touching the foot of the hill where the temple is situated. The distance from the foot of the hill to the temple is about four furlongs. From the foot of the hill, to the top o . f the hill, there is a proper path, well laid out with stone steps.

The popularity and importance of the temple has been growing by leaps and bounds in recent years, and pilgrims have come to consider Annavaram as a second Tirupati in Andhra. The income from the Sannidhi collections has gone up from 1.2 lakes to nearly Rs. 2.6 lakes over a period of Five years and this itself are an indication of the popularity of this temple. There are many important festivals of this temple like the Kalyanam festival in May, Devi Navaratri festival that occurs in September, the Swayamvara Vardhanti of Sravana Sudd a Ekadashi Day, Srirama Kalyana, the Kanakadurga Yatra the Prabha Utsavam, the Teppa Utsavam and the Jalatoranam.

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