Visakhapatnam
Largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, and its proposed administrative capital.
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Visakhapatnam district
Visakhapatnam district (formerly known as Vizagapatam district ) is one of the nine districts in the Coastal Andhra region of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, headquartered at Visakhapatnam.
Andhra University
Andhra University (IAST: Āndhra Vișvakalāpariṣhat) is a public university located in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Eastern Ghats
The Eastern Ghats are a discontinuous range of mountains along India's eastern coast.
Madhurawada Dome in the Eastern Ghats mobile belt is formed by a tectonic arrangement with the khondalite suite and quartz Archean rocks along the Eastern Ghats north of Visakhapatnam.
South Coast Railway zone
South Coast Railway Zone (SCoR) has been announced as the newest railway zone of the Indian Railways and is headquartered at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Eastern Naval Command
One of the three command-level formations of the Indian Navy.
It is headquartered in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
Andhra Pradesh
State in the south-eastern coastal region of India.
It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of 162975 km2 and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants, with the state capital being Amaravati and the largest city being Visakhapatnam.
Eastern Ganga dynasty
The Eastern Ganga dynasty also known as Rudhi Gangas or Prachya Gangas were a large medieval era Indian royal dynasty that reigned from Kalinga from as early as the 5th century to the early 15th century.
The Korni and Vishakhapatnam copper plates of 1113 AD and 1118/1119 AD respectively both of Anantavarman Chodaganga, the Dasgoba copper plate of Rajaraja III of 1198/99 AD and the Nagari copperplate of Anangabhima III and other such records trace the ancestry of the Eastern Gangas to Kamarnava I. The Kendupatna copper plate of Narasimhadeva II and the Puri copper plate of Narasimhadeva IV also state that Kamarnava came from Gangawadi province.
Gajapati Empire
Empire established by the Suryavamsa dynasty who were a medieval Hindu dynasty from the Indian subcontinent, which originated in the region of Trikalinga (most of present-day Odisha and Northern coastal Andhra) from 1434 to 1541 CE and succeeded the reign of the Eastern Gangas.
Narasingha Deva built the Sun Temple at Konark and Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha temple, Simhachalam at Visakhapatnam.
Bay of Bengal
Northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
Buddhist heritage sites of Pavurallakonda, Thotlakonda and Bavikonda lie along the coast of Bay of Bengal at Visakhapatnam in India.
Vizianagaram
City and the headquarters of Vizianagaram district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
It is central Eastern Ghats, about 24 km west of the Bay of Bengal and 40 km north-northeast of Visakhapatnam.