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| Nagari |
| The name of the town Nagari originated from the above mentioned hill, "Nag" means Nose and "Giri" means Hill in Telugu. |
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| Nagari is a Municipal town in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh. It is a semi agrarian – semi industrialised town. A sizeable textile manufacturing industry thrives in and around Nagari. A town panchayat till recent past, it is a Municipal Town now. It is on the Andhra - Tamil Nadu border with a prominent Tamil speaking populace. |
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| The town is surrounded by hills all around with the prominent cliff popularly known as Nagari nose is conspicuous for miles around. Which was used as a light house in olden days in Bay of Bengal. Still every Powrnami day light will be lit in the nose of the hill. |
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| Temparature in summer temperatures may go up to 42 to 45 degrees Celsius,and in winter the minimum temperatures will be between 21 and 24 degrees Celsius. Generally it is a drought prone region. |
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| Sri DESAMMA Vari Temple is a famous temple in Nagari. Divotees visit the temple on Tuesdays and Wednesdays to worship the goddess. There is a Siva temple which is pretty old and the popular worship place,temple is crowded on Mondays. |
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| Perumal Temple is also a very old temple, which is renovated recently & now being maintained by TTD (Tirumala Tirupai Devasthanams). The presiding deity is Kariyamanikyaswami with his consorts Bhoo Devi and Sridevi. |
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| Another old temple in Nagari is Veerabhadra Swami temple in the intersection of Beri veedhi & main road. |
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| Some new temples constructed a few years back are Om Sakthi Temple at the junction of main road & bypass road towards mandapam, two Hanuman Temples near Keelapattu, another Hanuman Temple in Chinthalapattedai and Mandapam (though not a big temple) is also considered a sacred place where the Kondachuttu festival is performed every year after Sankranthi |
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| Kailasnath Konda is a perennial waterfall in Nagari valley of Chittoor district with mineral rich and clear water. The water is considered sacred with curative value. It has a small temple of Shiva and Parvati. People from Chennai and nearby places visit this waterfall due to its perennial and medicinal nature. |
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