Vizag is sometimes referred to as the "Goa of the East Coast." Just like its west coast counterpart, it has beautiful virgin beaches, laterite hillocks, smooth roads and stunning landscape. Health-tourism is a fast developing industry. Visakhapatnam is variously referred to as Jewel on the Coramandel Coast, Steel City, and the City of Destiny- many splendoured sobriquets to describe its diverse charms!
A Visakhapatnam Travel Guide point out the significant places of tourist places worth a visit. Perhaps one of the most important is Bojjana Konda, 40 kms from Visakhapatnam. It constitutes one of the most remarkable groups of Buddhist monuments dated from 200 BC to 700 AD.On the eastern hill, there are a series of rock-cut caves, numerous groups of monolithic dagobas, standing on rock platform in tiers above each other and, crowning all, a rock-cut stupa with extensive structural remains. On the western side of the eastern hill is a stairway, partly rock-cut and partly structural, which leads up to a large double-storied cave. The cave is entered by a doorway and is flanked on each side by huge dwarapalas. The cave chamber is rectangular in shape and is divided into 20 compartments by four cross rocks of 16 massive pillars. In the centre is the rock-cut stupa standing on a square platform.
The reputedly fantastic caverns known as Borra Caves, Simhachalam Temple for its architectural splendour and sculptures, temple inscriptions dating it back to the 10-11th centuries. Dedicated to the half-man half-lion avatar of Lord Vishnu, the temple bears reference to the Chola and Chalukya styles of architecture.
The unique Submarine Museum- the first of its kind in Eastern Asia- is created in a real Russian acquired submarine of the Indian Navy; the Naval Museum-a lovely museum displaying pictures, models and content of Indian maritime history; the War Memorial-in remembrance of the Victory at Sea on 1971 Indo Pak war; Kailasgiri with a huge sculpture of Shiva and Parvati, with its ropeway and unique Tenneti Eco Park, Ross Hill with its 3 hills containing a mosque, a church and a temple and picturesque Araku Valley, can all be reached from your centrally located Visakhaptnam Hotels!
A Visakhapatnam Travel Guide point out the significant places of tourist places worth a visit. Perhaps one of the most important is Bojjana Konda, 40 kms from Visakhapatnam. It constitutes one of the most remarkable groups of Buddhist monuments dated from 200 BC to 700 AD.On the eastern hill, there are a series of rock-cut caves, numerous groups of monolithic dagobas, standing on rock platform in tiers above each other and, crowning all, a rock-cut stupa with extensive structural remains. On the western side of the eastern hill is a stairway, partly rock-cut and partly structural, which leads up to a large double-storied cave. The cave is entered by a doorway and is flanked on each side by huge dwarapalas. The cave chamber is rectangular in shape and is divided into 20 compartments by four cross rocks of 16 massive pillars. In the centre is the rock-cut stupa standing on a square platform.
The reputedly fantastic caverns known as Borra Caves, Simhachalam Temple for its architectural splendour and sculptures, temple inscriptions dating it back to the 10-11th centuries. Dedicated to the half-man half-lion avatar of Lord Vishnu, the temple bears reference to the Chola and Chalukya styles of architecture.
The unique Submarine Museum- the first of its kind in Eastern Asia- is created in a real Russian acquired submarine of the Indian Navy; the Naval Museum-a lovely museum displaying pictures, models and content of Indian maritime history; the War Memorial-in remembrance of the Victory at Sea on 1971 Indo Pak war; Kailasgiri with a huge sculpture of Shiva and Parvati, with its ropeway and unique Tenneti Eco Park, Ross Hill with its 3 hills containing a mosque, a church and a temple and picturesque Araku Valley, can all be reached from your centrally located Visakhaptnam Hotels!
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