Vedurupaka is a village in Rayavaram mandal, East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh state, India.
Geography The Tulyabhaga river flows by Vedurupaka. William Wilson Hunter described it as one of the sevenWilliam Wilson Hunter, The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 5, Trubner and Company, London, 1885, p.123. estuaries of the mighty Godavari River.
Culture One of the main attractions is Vijaya Durga Peetham, a place of worship of the Hindu goddess Durga. The village festival of Poleramma Jathara or Sambaram takes place each May; it is a 2-day carnival of religious fervour and traditional dances. This event was supervised by the late Sri Murthineedi Venkayya Garu for 40 years. Another festival is Dasara.
The village's Hindu temples were built by the king of Peddapuram Thimma gaja pathi maharaja in 1700 AD.
Education The first school in Vedurupaka was established by the Canadian Baptist Mission,Statistical appendix of Madras State, Superintendent, Government Press, Madras, 1935, pp.207, 405. one of the early Christian mission initiatives. It was later gifted to the Government. This village has three Government Primary Schools along with SPPR Zilla Parishath High School.
Brahmin Student financial support trust originated in this village. D Satya Prasad, Brahmanaseva trust, Vedurupaka, Rayavaram mandal.
Notables Sri Vijaya Durga Peethathipati, a Vedic ExegeteAbout Vedurupaka and Guruji Reverend Professor G. Babu Rao, the first graduate of Vedurupaka, who taughtThe Story of Serampore and its College, published by the Council of Serampore College, Serampore, 2006. Old TestamentH. S. Wilson, The Church on the Move: A Quest to Affirm the Biblical Faith - Essays in honour of P. Victor Premasagar, CLS, Chennai, 1988. at the country's firstSeven oldest universities in India: All you need to know. INDIATODAY.IN NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 21, 2015. University, the Senate of Serampore College (University) in Serampore, West Bengal Katcha George Victor, Ex-Member of the Andhra Pradesh Legislative CouncilDon Bosco News G. Satyamurthy,Telugu writer Satyamurthy passes away, Indian Express, Chennai, 14 December 2015. teacher and member of the United Teachers Federation who later became a film writer, director and lyricist Gara Chitti BabuElectoral search of the United Teachers Federation, S. Chandra Sekhar Reddy - Tollywood film director Vasu Varma - Tollywood film director Devi Sri Prasad (music director) Sagar (playback singer, TV host) Vijai Bulganin (music director)
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