| Religious Places in Andhra Pradesh
There is a sizeable Christian population in Andhra Pradesh. Therefore it is evident that there would be a lot of churches in Andhra Pradesh.
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Presently there are 12 Lutheran church bodies.Some of the religious places in Andhra Pradesh.
They are Andhra Evangelical Lutheran Church (AELC); South Andhra Evangelical Lutheran church (SALC); Good Samaritan Evangelical Lutheran Church (GSELC);
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Bible Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church (BFLC); Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church (CELC); Lutheran Fellowship of India (LFI); Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Cross (ELCC); Deccan Evangelical Lutheran Church (DELC); Church of Lutheran Confessions in India (CLCI); Association of Free Lutheran Churches (AFLC); Crishtu Sudha Communications &
Ministries (CSCM) and Bharat Evangelical Lutheran Church (BELC)
Andhra Pradesh Churches - Lord Venkateswara which is called the ‘Jagadanananda Vimanam' and is constructed in the quintessentially Orissan style.
Interestingly enough, the towers over the shrines of Lord Venkateswara are reminiscent of the south Indian architectural style.
The image of the presiding deity is made of granite and is 11 feet tall.
A carved lotus forms an umbrella like structure over this image.
In the adjacent ‘mukhamandapam' the scenes from Indian mythology are carved in marbles. Birla Temple Hyderabad basks in a flood of light at night.
Besides the chief shrine of Lord Venkateswara, there are also separated shrines for His consorts Padmavathi and Andal within the Birla Temple Hyderabad
As the state of Andhra Pradesh experienced a deep influence of the Muslim rule under the imperial Mughals, there are a sizeable number of Muslim populations in Andhra Pradesh especially in the capital city of Hyderabad which was the seat of Nizami administration.
Thus, many mosques are to be found in different parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Again South Indian Hindus have also clustered in large
sections in different parts of Andhra Pradesh.
Besides,
several Christians and Buddhists also inhabit in few
pockets of Andhra Pradesh. Therefore there are also
large numbers of temples and churches in Andhra Pradesh
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