Famous Beaches in Andhra Pradesh

Find The Best Beaches in Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is Widely known as the hub of Tourist attractions. It has many Beautiful, Romantic, Family and Scenic beaches all around.

1.      Ramakrishna Beach:

Ramakrishna Beach is lovely & one of the most famous beaches on the East Coast, located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It is widely called as R K Beach, which derives its name from the Ramakrishna Mission. Submarine Museum, Visakha Museum, Aquarium, number of road side parks with children play equipments & lawns, War Memorial, statues of eminent personalities are the main attractions near this Beach. Best time to visit Ramakrishna Beach is August to October and January to March, when the pleasant atmosphere is present all around the beach.

2.      Bheemunipatnam Beach:

 

Bheemunipatnam Beach is the popular beach located in Bheemili Patnam about 25 km north of Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Andhra Pradesh. This beach is widely known as Bhimli Beach. Bhimli beach is considered one of the safest beaches for swimmers and surfers due to its shallowness of water. The road across Vizag and Bhimli Beach is about 24 kms and is known to be one of the longest beach roads of India.

3.      Manginapudi (Machilipatnam) Beach:

 

Manginapudi Beach is the natural beach located about 11 kms from Machilipatnam in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh. The beach is famous for its panoramic views and beautiful locations and dark sands mixed up with black clay. Beach has a natural bay with deep and shallow waters. Machilipatnam beach is gifted with exotic sites and a historic port city. This beach is renowned as a health resort and also as a perfect picnic spot.

4.      Mypadu Beach:

 

Mypadu beach is located about 20 kms from Nellore city in Andhra Pradesh. It’s is a beautiful beach with lush greenery & long stretches of silver sand. Mypadu beach is an excellent beach which attracts many tourists all the time.

5.      Rishikonda Beach:

 

Rishikonda Beach is located beach is about 10kms from Visakhapatnam and is a perfect place for spending the vacation. The clean beach and facilities for wind surfing and swimming attracts many tourists from all over the world. This beach is an ideal place for water sports lovers, especially for the swimmers, water skiers, & wind surfers.

6.      Kakinada Beach: 

Kakinada beach is situated on the Uppada Road, which is about 5 km away from Kakinada city, Andhra Pradesh. This beach is a famous tourist attraction with the combination of gradual slope and wide shore. Clear water, the silver sand & the golden sun adds beauty to the beach. It’s a marvelous place for enjoying the sea breezes. The Beach also has an attractive & beautiful park near to it.

7.      Kalingapatnam Beach:

    The Kalingapatnam beach is the perfect spot for spending your leisure time. It is situated in Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh. The long coast stretched along the Bay of Bengal makes it a famous tourist destination. During summers it becomes a hot spot for many visitors and dwellers, who throng from local as well as far off places to spend time in water. A.P Tourism department has developed this beach into a beach resort.

8.      Kothapatnam Beach:

Kothapatnam beach is the clean water beach located about 18 km from Ongole town in Andhra Pradesh. During Karthika Pournami thousands of devotees visit Kothapatnam beach to take a holy dip. Tourists can accommodate at cottages provided by A.P tourism near the beach.

9.      Motupalle Beach: 

 

Motapalle beach is the clean and sea water beach located in Motupalle village, which is about 12 km away from Chinaganjam & 45 km from Ongole in Andhra Pradesh. This beach is surrounded by lush greenery and is the beautiful spot for relaxation.

10.  Perupalem Beach:

 

Perupalem beach is the mesmerizing virgin beach located very close to Narsapur town in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh. Green paddy fields and lines of coconut trees are the feast for eyes along the Narsapur – Perupalem road. This beach is also popular for religious importance and historic heritage. October to March is the best time to visit Perupalem beach. This beach is shallow and sea water is safe for swimming & ideal for sun bath and surfing. Perupalem beach is the most captivating picturesque fusion of sea, sun & sand.

11.  Suryalanka Beach: 

 

Suryalanka Beach , which is widely known as Bapatla Beach is the silent and once unfamiliar beaches of Andhra Pradesh, located about 10 kms from Bapatla town.  At present this beach turned into a place of potential tourists and is a nice place to chill out and have fun. Suryalanka Beach with wide shore and flat beach is the closest beach to Hyderabad. APTDC provides cottages and guest houses for accommodation close to this beach.

12.  Vodarevu beach: 

Vodarevu beach is one of the beautiful beaches of Andhra Pradesh, located about 6 kms from Chirala & 35 km from Guntur. This beach is bordered with pleasant sea on one side and abundance of coconut trees on other side. Tourists can spend their weekends at Vodarevu beach for memorable experience.

13.  Yarada Beach:

 

The Yarada Beach is another beach located very close to Vizag, Andhra Pradesh. This beach is surrounded by hills and valley. It is a captivating beach with soft pebbles and rocks, the golden sand and the lush green stretch of hills making it attractive for tourists. Yarada beach is calm and shallow and is the perfect place for relaxation & spending weekend/vacation.

14.  Ramapuram Beach:

 Ramapuram beach is another beautiful beach situated near Chirala in Andhra Pradesh. 

15.  Gangavaram Beach:

 

Gangavaram Beach is the beautiful beach situated near Vishakhapatnam steel plant (VSP) at a distance of 26 kms from south of Vishakhapatnam (vizag). It is the pleasant place for leisure, tourist spot and film shootings.

16.  Appikonda Beach:

Appikonda Beach is the beautiful tourist spot located on the coast of the Bay of Bengal at a distance of about 30 kms from Vizag in Andhra Pradesh. This beach has sky blue water and is surrounded by lovely lush greenery.  Appikonda beach is a nice place for fishing and tourists can enjoy an exciting boat ride in the sea. There is an ancient lord shiva’s temple with a life size Nandi carved out of black stone located very close to this beach. On Shivarathri many devotees throng to this temple. September to March is the best time to visit this place.

Naga Panchami.

Naga Panchami is a unique festival of India. It is the festival of Snakes. This festival of Snakes is celebrated on the fifth day (hence the name Naga Panchami, Naga = Snakes, Panchami = Fifth) after the Amavasya (new moon) in the Hindu calendar month of Shravan; which falls in the months of July / August.

The festival has its origins most probably in the increased human/snake conflict that happens during the Indian monsoon, which starts in June. The monsoon rains flood the Snake nests, forcing them to seek dry ground and hence into human habitation.

Myth and Folklore have added their own color to the festival. According to lore, Naga Panchami is the day that Lord Krishna had conquered Naga Kālia and put an end to his evil deeds.

Though not as popular as the major Indian festivals of Diwali or Dassehra, It is celebrated across country by offerings of milk and oblation to the Snake deities. The most popular places to visit for this festival are:

 * Adiesha Temple - Andhra Pradesh

 * Nagaraja Temple - Kerala

 * Nagathamman Temple - Chennai

 * Hardevja Temple - Jaipur

 * Nagvasuki Temple - Daragunj

 * Nagasthala, Subramanya temple, Kukke about 120 kilometers from Mangalore

 However *the* place to be during the festival of Naga Panchami is the village of Baltis Shirale, which is situated approximately 400 kilometers (approximately 250 miles) from Mumbai, the most outstanding of all the celebrations happens here. Reportedly, the largest collection of snakes in the world can be found in Baltis Shirale.

 By the way, Did I say Naga Panchami is unique to India? Well, not exactly. Check out the "Processione dei Serpari" in Italy. Also, did you know, Thiruananthapuram, the capital of Kerala is derived from the legendary snake ‘Anantha’ - one of the eight great Nagas of Puranic literature!

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Dindi

 Andhra Pradesh Backwater- Dindi

Everyone heard about the beautiful picturesque of ‘God’s own country’ Kerala. But hardly any tourist has heard about another picturesque location tucked away among the swaying coconut groves on the banks of the river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, which should also get similar title like Kerala.

On the banks of mighty river Godavari, the second largest in the country after Ganges, lies this small village called Dindi, in Malkipuram Mandal of East Godavari district in Andhra Pradesh. 

This pristine land of beauty with swaying coconut groves on a vast piece of land with water all around with waves lashing the shore, welcomes the tourists with lovely earthy fragrance. Thanks to computer technology, that the people are slowly coming to know about this place and visiting this place. No doubt this place is gaining popularity day by day amongst the tourists.

Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation is introducing many facilities for the tourists, to promote this place as a prominent tourist attraction.

For the comfortable stay, good food and for recreation, APTDC has started with Haritha Coconut Resort, which caters with all the needs and wants of the tourists. It has introduced Houseboat Cruises, which is becoming the main point of attraction for the tourists to visit this place along with the scenic beauty all around. 

This place is perfect for a relaxing weekend, away from the hustle-bustle of the city. Sailing down the stream and absorbing the beauty around makes you forget your tensions to a certain extent. This cruise will certainly give you the feeling of Kerala Backwaters.

There are Houseboats with fully air-conditioned 2 and 3 double bedrooms, which have attached bath and a sit out along with dining space on the deck. These boats can house a maximum of 12 people, where each bedroom accommodates 4 adults, if the number of members in the group is more than 4 then some surcharge amount will be charged. APTDC is very nicely taking care of these houseboats and the surroundings. The hospitality in the houseboats by the well trained attendants is given prime importance.

The cruise usually starts at 10 am, and sails along the winding tributaries of Godavari-Vynateyam and Vasista. It sails upstream to Rajolu and downstream to Narsapur town. The vegetarian breakfast and lunch are served on the boat, whereas dinner (veg or Non veg) is served on the island in a very ethnic style having a lingering taste of Andhra.

The tourists can stay in the boats anchored near the resort. After a daylong cruise on the boat, a pleasant scene of sun setting down over the western horizon and later gazing the stars coming out relaxes you completely.

So now pack your baggage and head for your destination Dindi in Andhra Pradesh for a relaxing weekend.

Accommodation:

For booking your stay in Dindi contact APTDC offices in your city. You can even book your stay in the private resorts, which are located close by to Haritha resort.

For further Information:

Telephone Numbers:

APTDC:  040-66746370

                  040-66745986

                  09848540371

Konaseema Tourism:  91-40-69998111, 91- 8008727111, 91-8008727222

Dindi Resorts:  08862-226662, 91- 9951355005

Getting There:

Dindi by train:

There are daily trains from Hyderabad, Chennai, Bhimavaram and Visakhapatnam to the nearest station to Dindi--Palakollu. From Palakollu you can go to Dindi by road.

Nearest stations are Palakollu and Narsapur.There are daily trains even for Narsapur from Hyderabad, Bhimavaram and Visakhapatnam.

Hyderabad to Dindi by road:

Hyderabad - Suryapet - Khammam - Ashwarapet - Kovvur - Rajahmundry - Amalapuram - Razole - Dindi.

This place is 30 to 35 Km from Bhimavaram, travelling from Bhimavaram to Dindi by private vehicle is preferable.

The Distance from
Hyderabad to Dindi:    373 Km
Rajahmundary to Dindi: 80 Km

Kakinada to Dindi: 74 Km

Dindi by air:

The nearest airport to Dindi is Rajahmundry airport.

Pongal (Makara Sankranthi) in India

Pongal (Makara Sankranthi) is one of the major festivals of India.This is the only one Indian festival which falls on the same date i.e January 15th of every year.From this day The Sun moves from the Tropic of Cancer to the Tropic of Capricorn or from Dakshinayana to Uttarayana. Many people believe that Uttarayana is very good season.Legend Bheeshma (Grand father of both Pandavas and Kauravas) wanted to die only in this Uttarayana and for that he waited for nearly 21 days on the bed of arrows. I can say that this is a festival of Farmers ( of course all the people celebrate this festival). It was very good when I was in the school because we used to get 15 days holidays for this festival.Ladies put rangoli in front of their houses for one month during this season. They decorate this rangoli very well.

People celebrate this festival for 3days.
1.Bhogi
2.Sankranthi
3.Kanuma
Bhogi: First of these 3 days is Bhogi. People light the fire in wee hours of this day in front of their homes, with some wood, cow dung and all the unwanted material like papers, old items in their home.Then they will have hair wash and pray to god. We should eat a curry with mix of 5 vegetables and some of moong dal should add to the regular rice on this day.This type of rice is called pulagam in telugu. There is a custom that for the children below 5 years, all the elders pour some fruits on their head. Fruits like regipallu(plums), chana and some other ones are used for this one. This is called Bhogi pallu. Makara Sankranthi: Second day is Sankranthi. This is more important day in these 3 days.Paayasam(rice, milk and sugar) is the main dish on this day.This is the harvest season for the paddy. People prepare paayasam with this new rice.

Kanuma: Third day is Kanuma. People worship their cows, oxes on this day. These are the main sources of farming in the olden days, now machines replaced these ones, but for one thing (I didnt get that one exactly) we should use oxes.
As per the Legend Lord Krishna lifted the Govardhan hill to protect the people of Gokulam from the cyclone poured by Lord Indra on this day. The festival is dedicated to cows, bulls and other animals that are part of rural economy in Andhra Pradesh.