Vijayawada
City Guide
Machilipatnam
Machilipatnam or the erstwhile Masulipatnam was the East India
company's first station on the coromandel coast. Probing further into
history, masulipatnam was founded in the 14th century by a Poloni of trading
Arabs who found their way from the red sea to southern India to the spot of
eastern peninsula. By the 15th century it was ruled by the Garnatic Raja's
and then the control passed in quick succession to a series of Hindu and
Muslim rules.
With such a rich history of foreign conquests,
business, trade machilipatnam comes across as a quaint town. This port town
is the birth place world famous kalamakri textile printing. This ancient art
have reached the four corners of the globe hundreds of years ago.
Machilipatnam Church Walking through Machilipatnam is like walking through
history. The Machilipatnam Church built in 19th century by an English man,
having very big prayer halls is one of the panoramic beauty of
Machilipatnam.
Manginapudi Beach:
Located
12kms away from the port town Machilipatnam the Manginapudi Beach is a
panoramic picnic spot, a place for Holy dip for the lakhs of pilgrims in the
sea during Maghapoornami. Carting the visitors with the old lighthouse,
Dattashram on the banks of sea coast is center of attraction to the visiting
tourists.
The beach resorts coming up on the sea coast will add charm
to the existing beauty of the place.
A full fledged dance school
keeps the memory of the great yogi alive by offering courses to train
students in the Kuchipudi Dance form.
Ghantasala:
The Hindu and Buddhist Sculptures, artistic excellence of
Kalabhairva and Saraswathi lays an Gaijantic image to the once a part
hailing place Ghantasala. The museum with vasried cultural collections
compared with Mohenjodaro Art form and specially carved image of Lord
Narsimha explains the glory of the Museum.
Hamsala
Devi:
Kuchipudi:
Located about 60 kms from Vijayawada the birth place of Siddhendra
Yogi, the originator of Kuchuipudi dance form, Kuchipudi is famous place
through out the world.
The Venugopala Swamy Temple located here,
next to the panoramic conflience point beauty of river Krishna into the Bay
of Bengal attracts thousands of piligrms.
Srikakulam:
Once the capital of Gouthamaputra Sathakarni (102-123) the empire
of Andradesa, Srikakulam as a varied beauties with the temples of Andhra
Maha Vishnu. The worship of Sri Krishnadevaraiah in 1509 at this Temple
located on the banks of river Krishna lead the emperor to write
Amuktyamalyada which is one of the literary classics.
Vedadri:
Located 75kms away from the historic city Vijayawada on the banks
of river Krishna the Ugranarasimha Swamy Temple is one of the important
pilgrimage place of Krishna District.
Kolleru
Lake:
Located about 65kms from Machilipatnam, a natural
sweet water lake of 300sq.miles this is a popular scenic beauty spot
migratory birds from all parts of world.
Undavalli:
An exquisite example of Rock cut Architectures of the 6th and 7th
century AD, dedicated to Lord Anantha Sayana the Rock cut temple an
Undavalli Caves is a place worth seeing. Madhava Reddy who ruled this region
as sub-ordinate under the Reddies of Kondaveedu gifted the caves to the
temple of Anantha Sayana. This two story caves was used as rest house by
Buddhist monks during monsoon, with huge monolith of Lord Buddha in
reclining posture is a magnificent site.
Puligadda:
Located 90kms away from Vijayawada the Puligadda aquiduct is a
place of sceanic beauty and one of the important resemble place to visit.
Boating:
The
boating experience in river Krishna gives rich experience of sailing in
sweet water river. The Andhra Pradesh Tourism offers a pleasure ride with a
variety of boats in the river Krishna passing by through Bhavani Island, and
also operates city visit tours everyday.
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