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Vishakhapatnam / Vizag Lapped by the Bay of Bengal, on the eastern part of Andhra Pradesh lies the beach city, Vishakapatnam. Ages ago there stood a temple on the shores dedicated to Vaisaka, the God of Valour in the Hindu pantheon. The mighty sea has since swept away the shrine, but the name survived for identifying the now sprawling City of Visakhapatnam. Waltair is its twin city. Practically there is hardly any distinction between Waltair and Vishakhapatnam.
General Information
Altitude: 4.5 meters
Rainfall: 89 cm
Best Season: All round the year
Temperature: Summer- Max.39, Min.28; Winter- Max.29, min.19
STD Code: 0891
How To Get There
Air
Vishakapatnam is air linked with Calcutta, Hyderabad and Madras.
Rail
Visakhapatnam is well connected with all the important cities of India, some of which are Vijayawada, Vizianagaram, Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Berhampur (for Gopalpur), Warangal, Hyderabad, Pune, Bombay, Calcutta, Delhi, Madras, Nellore, Tirupati, Guwahati and Trivandrum.
Road
Vishakapatnam is connected by good motorable road with some cities, few kilometre distances:- Araku Valley 120 km, Arasavalli 110 km, Bheemunipatnam 29 km, Bhubaneshwar 426 km, Calcutta 879 km, Cuttack 444 km, Hyderabad 637 km, Jagdalpur 304 km, Kakinad 165 km, Koraput 198 km, Rajamundhry 199 km, Tirupati 746 km, Simhachalam 16 km, Vijayawada 366 km, Vizianagaram 60 km, Warangal 619 km.
Sea
Vishakapatnam is connected by sea to Calcutta, Madras, Port Blair, Ganjam, and Kakinada among other places.
In and around
Hindustan Shipyard
6.4 km the nation's biggest ship building yard is located at Gandhigram at Vizag. The shipyard has tour berths, each 167.6 m long a good educational and entertaining visit. Port, was opened to ocean going vessels in 1933. Mineral resources like Manganese and Iron ores are stored and shipped to foreign countries.
Dolphin's Nose
A bold headland 174m high and 358m above sea level in the southern part of Vizag breaks the coastline and is so called because its shape resembles a dolphin.
Andhra University
4 km from Vizag, the massive stone buildings of the Andhra University on the uplands of Vishakhapatnam were opened in 1926.
The three Hillocks
A mount in the Eastern Ghats was cut into three and they house the following places of worship: The Ross Hill, Darga Konda, and Sri Venkateswara Konda. Simhachalam, 16 km from Vizag is Simhachalam, 'the Hill of the Lion', famous for its 11th century hilltop temple of Lord Narasimha.
Arasavalli
It is an important pilgrim center and large crowds visit the Sun- God temple during Sundays. Shri Suryanarayana Swamy temple located here is the only sun temple in the whole Andhra Pradesh.
Araku Valley
Green and pleasant, filled with the music of water falls
and streams, 112 km from Vizag. 17 colorful tribes, who
have kept their cultural traditions vibrantly alive, inhabit
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