Wargal Saraswati Temple or Sri Vidya Saraswati Temple is a

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located in

Siddipet district Siddipet district is a district in the Indian state of Telangana. Its headquarters is Siddipet. This district contains a part of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Region(Markook, Telangana, Markook Mulugu Saraswati Temple, Wargal, Wargal) The district ...

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. The deity of education in

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Goddess Saraswati Saraswati (, ), also spelled as Sarasvati, is one of the principal Devi, goddesses in Hinduism, revered as the goddess of knowledge, education, learning, arts, speech, poetry, music, purification, language and culture. Together with the godde ...

. It is among the few temples of Saraswati in Telangana. It is maintained by the Kanchi Shanker Mutt. Construction of the temple complex was due to the efforts of Yayavaram Chandrashekhara Sharma, a scholar and adherent of Goddess Saraswati.

The Temple

This temple is located on a hillock near Wargal village. On the same hillock are the temples of various other deities, such as: * Sri

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Ganapathi Temple * Sri Vidya

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Temple * Lord

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shchara Temple * Lord

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Temple * A few

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temples, now completely damaged and without ''mola vigrahas'' Many families visit the temple for their children's '' akshara abyasam'' ("learning ceremony"). Meals are provided for free to all devotees at the temple premises, a practice referred to as ''nitya annadanam''.

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and Sharad

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festivals are celebrated at the temple every year. The Navratri ''

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m'' ("birth star of Goddess Saraswati") is the most auspicious day for worshiping Saraswati ''

devi ''Devī'' (; ) is the Sanskrit word for 'goddess'; the masculine form is Deva (Hinduism), ''deva''. ''Devi'' and ''deva'' mean 'heavenly, divine, anything of excellence', and are also gender-specific terms for a deity in Hinduism. The concept ...

''. During this day, special rituals are performed at the temple.

Veda Paathashala

The temple has a ''

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paathashaala'' (a school specializing in the tradition of Vedic recitation) on its premises where many students learn the Vedas.

References

External links

Vargal Vidya Saraswathi Temple - Official site
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The Temple

Veda Paathashala

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