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| General Information about VISAKHAPATNAM |
Visakhapatnam :
Area : 11,200 sq km
Languages : Telugu, Hindi, English
Best Time to Visit : December to March
State : Andhra Pradesh
STD Code : 0891. |
About Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam, named after the God of valour, Visakha, is home to the country's largest shipbuilding yard, Hindustan Shipyard, as well as the Visakhapatnam Steel Plant. The city, once a small fishing village, gained cultural and political importance thanks to different dynasties ranging from Kalinga Empire, (260 B.C), the Andhra kings, Vengi, the Pallavas, Cholas, Gangas and to the Vijayanagar Empire in the 15th century. The British regime transformed the city into a port town, which is now bustling with industrial and commercial activity.
HOW TO REACH
By Air : Connected with Hyderabad , Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi and Bhubaneshwar. Indian Airlines flies daily to Hyderabad and five times a week to Chennai, New. Delhi and Kolkata.
By Rail : Visakhapatnam is a major junction on the commercially important Chennai Kolkata rail line. As such the city is well connected by rail with New Delhi , Chennai, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Daily express trains are available to all these four major cities.
By Road : Visakhapatnam is 650 km from Hyderabad and 350 km from Vijayawada . Regular bus services are available to Hyderabad , Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar , Chennai and Tirupati.
PLACES TO VISIT IN VISAKHAPATNAM
• Hindustan Shipyard : The nation's biggest shipbuilding yard is located at Gandhigram 6.4 km from Visakhapatnam. A visit to the shipyard, which has four berths, each 167.6 metres long, is both educative and entertaining. Visitors are allowed only between 1600 hours and 1800 hours on weekdays.
• Dolphin's Nose : Dolphin's nose is a 174-metre high bold headland, 358 metres above the sea level. The outcrop resembling a dolphin breaks the coastline in the southern part of Visakhapatnam.
• The Ross Hill : The highest mount in the area is, named after Mr Ross, a local authority, who built a house on it in 1864. This was later converted into a Roman Catholic Chapel and named "Our Lady of the Sacred Heart".
• Thotlakonda : Situated 16 Km from Vizag, along the Vizag- Bhimli beach road, this Buddhist settlement has a number of Stupas, Chaityas, Viharas, congregation halls, and a refractory of the Hinayana school of Buddhism.
• Sankaram : This is a small village about 3 Km from the banks of the River Sharada. The name Sankaram appears to have been derived from the term 'Sangrama', which means a monastery. At Bojjannakonda, numerous images of Buddha can be seen carved in caves in the hill. Similarly at Lingaalametta, innumerable rows of rock and monolithic Stupas are spread all over the hill.
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