GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH ANDHRA PRADESH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT

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GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ANDHRA PRADESH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

BIDDING DOCUMENT

Name of the work :

Design, construct with supply, installation, testing ,
commissioning, operation, maintenance and run cable car for 1 year(jig back
system – mono cable ropeway) at Ahobilam , Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh.-
on EPC turnkey system .

OFFICE OF THE
SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER
APTDC LTD, VIJAYAWADA,
ANDHRA PRADESH
INDIA

 GOAP – APTDC is inviting Bids for the above work in response to this bid
document.
 The Bid document can be down loaded from the web site
www.aptourism.gov.in. From 23rd May 2018 till 05.06.2018.

AHOBILAM ROPEWAY PROPOSAL

Ahobilam

Among the great shrines dedicated to Sri Narasimhaswamy,
Ahobilam occupies a pre-eminent place. This religious centre of great
antiquity also known as Singavel Kunram in ancient Tamil classics
mentioned in many puranas like Kurma, Padma and Vishnu. According
to Brahmanda purana , this place was once haunt of Hiranyakasipa who
was slain by Sriman Narayan in his Narasimha avatara aspect for the
sake of his devotee Prahlada. The cave shrines of Narasimha at ahobilam
belongs to the Sri Vaishnava tradition. It is one of the 108 sacred centres
(Divya Kshetras) of Sri Vaishnavaism.

This is a temple whose origins go back to almost 2000 years.
Ahobilam is the place, which exhibits nine distinct iconographical
forms of Narasimha. In addition to this, this place is intimately associated
with Vansatagopa Jiyar , the first jiyar of the Ahobila Math. It is being
popularly believed that God Narasimha himself came in the form of an
old man and offered sanyasa to the Jiyar. Despite such a holy
punyakshetra, spectacular setting of the cave shrines on the Nallamala
hill ranges, pillared mandapas, maths and other structures at this hill,
Ahobilam has not attracted sufficient attention of historians,
archaeologists and pilgrims tourists.
Peak hills, difficult terrain, forest location, and hill ranges have
kept them away. To facilitate pilgrim tourists and others to reach
these inaccessible cave shrines, Govt. has taken initiative to
establish a ropeway facility for the purpose of pilgrim’s
convenience. This facility will trigger off increase in pilgrim tourist flow

to this “Punya kshetram” of historical and religious importance.
Lower Ahobilam Upper Ahobilam

The temple situated on the upper Ahobilam, at a distance of
eight kilometre from the lower Ahobilam , is the main temple and the
earliest of all the nine shrines. The lord in the sanctum sanctorum here
appears in his fierce aspect. Hence, he is called “Ugra Narasimha” . it is
firmly believed that Narasimha swamy was “Swaymbhu” (self-manifest)
here.
Location :

Ahobilam is situated in the Nallamala hills, and is about 24 kms
from Allagadda taluq head quaters, 112 kms from Cuddapah , and 65
kms from Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh. it can be reached by bus from
there. Now cuddapah is having airport also.
The whole complex is composed of two parts – one called Yeguva
Ahobilam (upper Ahobilam) which contains shrines devoted to Nava
Narasimha (nine Narasimhas) and the other called Diguva Ahobilam
(lower Ahobilam) with a single shrine for Lakshmi Narasimha. Both are
connected by a road, covering a distance of about 8 kms from the lower
ahobilam to the upper Ahobilam.

From the upper Ahobilam, the other shrines are to be reached only by
trekking and negotiating the difficult terrain of flowing streams and
slippery rocks. Nature is bounteous. It affords plenty of water by way of
ponds, brooks and also some resting places in the form of shady trees.
One can witness several cave like rocks on the way.
Wild animals dwell in the forest.

If one undertakes a strenuous traverse of 8 kms, from the upper
ahobilam, one can see the Ugra stambham on the mountain side to be
the one from which Lord Narasimha emerged in his ferocious form in
response to Prahlada’s prayers.

At a distance of 8 kms from the upper Ahobilam , a cleft of the
mountain is seen, dividing mountain into two visible parts. It is a long
held view that from the cleft, the lord appeared in the form of Narasimha
and this cleft is known as “Ugra Stambham” .

This Jwala Narasimha swamy shrine and “Ugra Stambham” location
is the place, every pilgrim tourist wish to visit though it is very difficult
terrain to reach. The ropeway facility will be a great relief to pilgrim
tourists to reach this location to fulfil their lifetime wish.
Names of the place :
The place is variously referred to in the inscriptions as
Vobula1, Ahobila 2 , Ahobila 3, Ahobilagiri 4 , Vedadri 5

Diguva Tirupathi 6, Garudadri 7, Virakshetra 8, Achalachaya Meru
9, Singavel kunram 10, Nidhi 11 and Nagari 12. The popular name
of the place is Ahobila and all the other names appear as terms
connoting its mythology, sanctity, and glory. Ahobala is the ancient
form of the present name Ahobila.