Podagatlapalli
Podagatlapalli is a village in
A small canal flows by the side of this village called Gorinkalakalva. A Maharshi once performed penance for a long time when his nails grew long and became curved. Vasishta who was requested by this sage that there should be a river in the latter's name readily granted the latter's desire. So the canal was called Goruvankaranadi and it gradually became Gorinkalakalva (goru in vernacular means a nail; vankara means curved and nadi means a river).
Culture
Many Vedic Scholars and
The S.P.S.S.R. Oriental College (Estd.1969) was a Sanskrit college established in the village by Kshatriyas. In olden days people from far used to come to this place to learn Sanskrit. Many mentally ill patients too come to the village for vedic and tantric solutions that cure their illnesses.
Viswanadha Foundation has set up Sri Sai Viswanadha Veda Vidya Peetham in Podagatlapalli on 1 November 2007.[1]
On 12 January 2013, Jagadguru Shankaracharya Sri Sri Bharati Tirtha Mahaswamiji graced the village of Podagatlapalli and visited the Vishwanadha Veda Vidya Peetham and blessed the efforts to sustain Vedic education.[2]
References
- ^ "Vedamu".
- ^ "Eluru: January 11, 2013 @ The Vijaya Yatra of the Sringeri Jagadguru". vijayayatra.sringeri.net. Archived from the original on 20 July 2015.