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Tourists bask a speedboat thrust astatine Rushikonda Beach successful Visakhapatnam. | Photo Credit: V. RAJU
District Tourism Department officials are exploring the improvement of a caller tourism circuit astatine Padmanabham, aimed astatine offering visitors an acquisition that highlights the region’s humanities and archaeological value successful Visakhapatnam. At a caller gathering of the District Tourism Council (DTC), chaired by District Collector M. N. Harendhira Prasad, tourism authorities were instructed to analyse the feasibility of creating a clump that covers Padmanabham and Anandapuram—both known for their affluent heritage. The projected circuit is expected to see Pandrangi colony successful Padmanabham mandal, the birthplace of state combatant Alluri Sitarama Raju; the centuries-old Siva temple astatine Gudilova, popularly known arsenic Gudilova Sivalayam; and the historical Victory Pillar, oregon Vijaya Stupam, erected astir 500 years agone by Emperor Sri Krishnadevaraya astatine Potnuru village. The program besides proposes including the past Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple successful Padmanabham mandal to further heighten the circuit’s taste appeal. “We person shared the Padmanabham tourer clump connection with INTACH officials. After receiving their feedback, it volition beryllium forwarded to higher authorities for development,” said District Tourism Officer Madhavi. During the meeting, respective members of the tourism fraternity requested the Collector to let visitors entree to cardinal attractions specified arsenic the Beach Road agelong adjacent aft midnight. They pointed retired that existing constabulary restrictions unit tourists to instrumentality to their hotels earlier midnight, though galore similar to bask the Beach Road astatine nighttime for leisure and celebrations. The treatment besides emphasised boosting h2o sports on metropolis beaches, resolving onshore issues affecting tourism projects, and processing eco-friendly facilities astatine attractions specified arsenic Thotlakonda and Bavikonda. The authorities are yet to finalise the day for the yearly Visakha Utsav, which is apt to beryllium held astatine the extremity of this month. A connection to docket it betwixt Christmas and New Year is nether consideration, arsenic the metropolis typically sees a precocious influx of tourists during that period.
Published - December 02, 2025 06:58 p.m. IST
