Guest guest Posted October 5, 2009 Report Share Posted October 5, 2009 Amaravati engulfed - Saibaba Temple Submerged in WaterExpress News Service : 05 Oct 2009 04:30:00 AM ISTGUNTUR: The Amaravati temple complex was submerged in around 1 ft of flood water as reports last came in around 6 pm today.The Amaravati town, which has a population of around 20,000 people, was surrounded by flood water as the backwaters from the Prakasam barage and the inflows into the barrage from Nagarajunasagar rose considerably since this afternoon.The Amaralingeswara Swamy temple, constructed similar to the Bhadrcahalam temple, has four entrances.The eastern entrance is now under 2 ft of water and the others under 1 ft of water. The main temple, standing 10 ft above the submerged eastern entrance, has not been affected. The Buddhist sites as well as the Saibaba temple in the town were also submerged. All road links to and from the town have been snapped with roads to Vijayawada, Guntur and Krosuru being breached at many places, leaving quite a few people stranded in the temple town.The district authorities, when contacted by Express, said that not many people were left in the temple town and said that rescue boats were on their way to the Amaravati village to rescue them also. Around 5,000 families were evacuated.Source - http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.stOp dA rAins - rOhit beHaL Keep up with people you care about with India Mail. Learn how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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