Sri Gnana Saraswathi Temple Basara

Goddess Saraswati located on the banks of Godavari River at Basar, Telangana, India.It is one of the two famous Saraswati temples in the Indian subcontinent, the other being Sharada Peeth.Saraswati is the Hindu Goddess of knowledge and learning. Children are brought to the temple for the learning ceremony called as Akshara abyasam.Basar is a census town in the nirmal district in the state of Telangana.It is about 30 km from Bhainsa,15.5 km from Dharmabad, 34.8 km from Nizamabad, 96.0 km from Nanded, 70 km from district headquarters Nirmal, and 205 km from Hyderabad.