User talk:Satbhog

Vykuntapuram is a village which is situated in the Amaravathi Mandal,Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 11km from Thullur and 9km from Amaravathi, Around 40km from Guntur, Vijayawada and Mangalagiri.

The village is on the bank krisha river, the other side is hill. Population is around 4000. There basic facilities like MPUP school upto 7th class, Hospatal and Veterinary Hospatal, Water distribution system. The people here will get work for though out the year in Agricultural works, sand quarry along river krishna and bricks industries. Many migrant workers comes here to work in some seasons.

Vykuntapuram the name came because of the lord Vekateswara(Narayan) temple, as per Hindu epics he stays in vykuntam, because Lord Vekateswara temple in the village, people beleave that he stays in the temple, so it is called vykuntapuram. Lord Shiva temple, Lord Rama Temple, Lord Anjaneya Temple, Mosque, Two churches in are there in the villege. In addition to that may villege protector gods temples and some historical places are there. It is beleaved that later days of Srinada Kavisarvabhuma spent in vykuntapuram lanka (island in the river). People told that the hill has some history in pre mahabharata time and it is said to be kounchagiri parvat(Mountain). Kounchak is name of bird which stayed on that hill.