Dhavaleswaram

'Dhavaleswaram
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'Dhavaleswaram Location of 'Dhavaleswaram in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	16°34′N 81°29′E / 16.57°N 81.48°E / 16.57; 81.48Coordinates: 16°34′N 81°29′E / 16.57°N 81.48°E / 16.57; 81.48
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	East Godavari
Population	37,222 (2001[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)

Dhavalaiswaram or Dhavaleswaram (ధవళేశ్వరం in Telugu), anglicised as Dowlaiswaram,is a suburb situated near Rajahmundry in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.It was part of Rajahmundry urban agglomeration.

It is approximately four kilometres distance from Rajahmundry. Dhavaleswaram is close to national highway-5. It is well connected by roadways.

Tourist attractions

Sir Arthur Cotton built a barrage across river Godavari here. The Sir Arthur Cotton museum is located in Dowlaiswaram. It contains many pictures describing the working of the dam and display of the tools used during the construction. This barrage provides water for East and West Godavari for agricultural purposes. There is a Sir Arthur Cotton statue in the village. Another attraction is boating on the Godavari.

Temples

The Sri Laxmi Janardhana Swamy temple is situated on the hill top in Dhavaleswaram. One temple of Lord Shiva is situated just beside the hill and another temple is situated just beside the river Godawari near pushkara ghat. On the main road there is Ramalayam Temple. There is Ankallamma and Muthyallamma temple in the middle nearer to shiva temple. The Radhotsavam chariot festival in English in shiva temple is very famous in East Godavari district, thousands of people attend to this ritual and have darshan or glimpse of lord shiva. This event falls on Bhishma-ekadashi day. This Radham is very big.

Millions^{[citation needed]} of people take holy bath during godavari pushkaras at the two main ghats. One is near to Lord shiva temple. Sri Rama Padalu, foot prints of ram are there near another ghat situated near the godavari. So that the ghat is named as "Ramapadala Revu". One more temple at the starting (coming from Rajahmundry to Dowlaiswaram) of the village 'Shri Shirdi Saibaba Mandir' is also well known in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Near the temple of Lord shiva there is well known point where the foot prints of Lord Rama and hanuma were situated.

Industry

There are many industries in Dhavaleswaram, but the major one being the Horlicks factory.