Visakhapatnam City

Visakhapatnam is a beautiful city on the east coast of Indian sub continent also known as the “jewel of the east coast” in Andhra Pradesh. Once part of colonial British Empire then named as Waltair; during the colonial era, the city’s hub was the Waltair railway station and the surrounding part still popular as Waltair. Now known as Visakhapatnam each day sunrays first reach the surrounding beaches and kisses to craft it a perfect holiday destination for nature & beach lovers. The Bay of Bengal Ocean on the east and rest three sides covered with beautiful hilly terrain covered with greenery. This started its journey from a small fishing colony to a modern smart city. Visakhapatnam is the district headquarters for eastern naval command which is one of the major role players in its journey with a lot of industries turned it to an “Industrial Hub” i.e. RNIL steel plant, NTPC, and SEZ’s for Pharma Hub and heavy engineering, with a world class Seaport and a ship building unit turns it a investor friendly city. It’s well connected by Rail, road, air and water to the rest of the world.

As texts reveal this land was once part of Kalinga Territory which was later concurred by king Asoka in the bloodiest battle of all time made King Asoka a follower of Buddhism which he later promoted to far off lands, most of which have been excavated recently and illustrate the legacy of Buddhism in the region. The Sun, Sand and Sea, Spread over its 1000 km coastline and 8 districts Andhra Pradesh has some of the Attractive beaches in India. Sans the noise and crowd most of the beaches here are quite, calm and peaceful. Visakhapatnam “city of destiny” is a great tourism spot for tourists to enjoy, be it relaxation or a weekend outing.