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Visitors made a beeline for Gandikota, known arsenic a geological wonderment arsenic good arsenic a affluent spot with centuries of recorded history, arsenic portion of the Gandikota Festival-2026 that began connected Sunday evening.
The spot successful Jammalamadugu constituency of Kadapa territory became rather popular, with visitors from the neighbouring States of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Telangana thronging it during the weekends.
Though the tourer footfall was much to witnesser the gorge, which is India’s equivalent to the Grand Canyon of the USA, the historical fort, the past Madhavaraya temple, and the Jama Masjid had besides turned retired to beryllium a must-visit for the past and architecture lovers.
Ministers Kandula Durgesh (Tourism) and S. Savitha (Handloom and Textiles) formally inaugurated the lawsuit connected a colourful note.
The festival, which had been discontinued for a fewer years, was backmost with renewed vigour aft the NDA authorities came to power, the Ministers said.
Government Whip and section legislator C. Adinarayana Reddy recalled the steps initiated to make the duplicate reservoirs of Mylavaram and Gandikota, with an oculus connected gathering the region’s h2o needs and besides to pull tourists.
“The chopper thrust launched connected the juncture is appreciable, arsenic taking a glimpse of the gorge from supra is simply a priceless experience,” Mr. Reddy said.
Collector Sridhar Cherukuri announced that the lawsuit would person peculiar sessions connected Gandikota’s history, cookery competitions to churn retired the champion of autochthonal delicacies, and photograph exhibitions highlighting the region’s beauty.
Watching the sunrise from the gorge was a tourist’s delight, helium said, recalling that visitors progressively preferred to enactment overnight to ticker the sunrise.
TDP territory president C. Bhupesh Reddy, erstwhile MLC V. Narayana Reddy, Superintendent of Police Nachiket Vishwanath Shelke, in-charge Joint Collector Visweswara Naidu took part.
Earlier, a ‘Sobha Yatra’ was taken retired by participants donning humanities characters and reflecting the affluent Telugu culture.
