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DEOORVADA
Deoorvada, with 1,014 inhabitants in 1961, is a small village on the Wardha river in Arvi tahsil, lying six miles north-west of Arvi. Deoorvada or Devalvada as it was previously known literally means the village of temples. The village of Kaundinyapur in Amravati district stands opposite to Deoorvada on the other bank of the Wardha, and is the site of a large annual fair which spreads to Deoorvada. The fair begins on the last day of Kartik (November) and continues for ten days, the total attendance being in the vicinity of one and a half lakhs of persons. At this fair, besides other usual articles, agricultural implements and cattle are also sold, and many of the agriculturists attending the fair do so for
the purchase of these commodities. The principal ceremony of the fair is the breaking of vessels full of curds which are allowed to fall from an elevated place and caught up by the people. This is done in commemoration of Krishna's affection for the Gopis or the milkmaids. The tenth chapter of the Bhagavata describes Kaundanyapur, also known as Kaundinyapur, as extending from the bank of the river Vidarbha to Amravati, the latter, according to a legend, having been the capital of Bhimaka, whose daughter was married to Krishna. Deoorvada has an Ayurvedic dispensary, a post office and a primary school. A weekly market is held on Mondays. River and wells are the sources of potable water.
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