Basar

A little known fact about this sleepy village on the banks of the mighty Godavari River is that it boasts the only Saraswati temple in the entire peninsula. The better known and only other Saraswati temple in the country is in Kashmir. The Andhra Pradesh government has taken steps to provide more amenities near the temple and a special committee has been set up to oversee the arrangements. Located in Adilabad district that is on the northern tip of the State, it is easily assessable from the district headquarters town of neighbouring Nizamabad.

As Adilabad and Nizamabad districts lay on the border of Maharashtra, there is a large influx of pilgrims from those parts as well as other parts of the country an Andhra Pradesh during the bi-annual festivals in February-March and September-October. In fact, many pilgrims get the "Aksharabhyasam (learning to write the first letter)" done for their children at the temple, irrespective of whether such an exercise was gone through earlier or not.