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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Arasavalli
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| population_total = 4096
| population_as_of = 2011
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| registration_plate = [[List of RTO districts in India|AP30 (Former)]]<br /> AP39 (from 30 January 2019)<ref>{{cite news |title=New ‘AP 39’ code to register vehicles in Andhra Pradesh launched |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/vijayawada/2019/jan/31/new-ap-39-code-to-register-vehicles-in-state-launched-1932417.html |accessdate=9 June 2019 |work=The New Indian Express |date=31 January 2019 |location=Vijayawada}}</ref>
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'''Arasavalli''' is an [[Out Growth|outgrowth]] of [[Srikakulam]] [[municipality]] in [[Srikakulam district]] of the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It is located in [[Srikakulam]] [[mandal]] of Srikakulam revenue division.<ref name=census /><ref>{{cite web|title=District Level Mandal wise List of Villages in Andhra Pradesh |url=http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/Srikakulam.pdf|website=Chief Commissioner of Land Administration|publisher=National Informatics Centre|accessdate=19 September 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214094218/http://apland.ap.nic.in/cclaweb/Districts_Alphabetical/Srikakulam.pdf|archivedate=14 December 2014|page=15|format=PDF}}</ref>
It is situated at a distance of about 1.6 km. from Srikakulam, the district headquarters and 17 km. from Srikakulam road, the railway station on Visakhapatnam-Howrah Line.

== The Temple ==
A prominent temple dedicated to [[Surya]] can be found in [[Arasavalli Sun Temple]], which is in the Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple is built in such a way that the sun rays fall on the feet of the God, twice in a year in the months of February and June in the early hours of the day. All Sundays during the five months starting with 'Magha Nakshatra' are considered sacred.

Idols of Aditya, Ambica, Vishnu, Ganesha and Maheswara representing different faiths have been installed in one place.

The Sun God is depicted riding over a chariot drawn by seven horses driven by Anurudu, the Ratha Sarathi. It has been exquisitely carved out of a single black granite stone.

The coastal district temple is peculiar with its latitude aligned to the [[Orbit of the Moon#minorlunar standstill|minor lunar standstill]]. Also the transition from lunar calendar of north India to solar calendar of south India can be seen in the local culture. This is probably the eastern most sun temple in the peninsular India, where prayers are offered till date. The place, Chicacole, has a significance in the Kalinga (historical region) kingdom with their port at Kalingapatnam, making it to Megasthenes dairy (Calingae). The diaspora is spread in the present day south east Asia at historical Kalinga (province), Kalingga Kingdom etc. Prince Vijaya, the first ruler of Sri Lanka is believed to have a Kalinga lineage.

The original name ''Harshavalli'' means abode of joy.<ref>https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2811_PART_A_DCHB_SRIKAKULAM.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
It is believed to have been built in the 7th Century AD by the [[Kalinga (historical kingdom)|Kalinga]] rulers Devendra Varma .

==References==
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[[Category:Hindu pilgrimage sites in India]]
[[Category:Villages in Srikakulam district]]

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