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VivekanadaswamyNarumanchi,livesinBengaluru,Karnataka,India
UpdatedNov9,2015

Vijayawada area 61.88 sq k.m

Population 2011 census 10039318
Urban aglomaration population 1491202
Municipality created 01 04 1888
Every day water supply 39 million US gallons
Mckinsey quarterly recognized as "future global city"

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According to India study centre Com having about 200 schools, 7 junior colleges, 10
colleges and 18 engineering colleges , 1 medical college, 9 nursing school /college, 1
law college, 1 ayurvedic college, school of planning and architecture, IT training
institute (benz circle), Master IT
Vijayawada, second largest railway junctiony, through which 175 daily, weekly,
passenger,express trains pass thro', making it busy station.
According to wikipedia , 320 trains (includes goods trains) handled every day and
busy next only to Mumbai and howrah (Kolkata). 100 Electric locomotives handled
in loco shed. INDIA'S second largest Wagon repair workshop also located in
Rayanapadu.
Kondapalli industrial estate having about 800 industries, employees about, 100000
workers . Vijayawada auto nagar is largest auto nagar in asia, with body building and
other activities.
72% of population in VIJAYAWADA engaged in tertiary sector, thus indicating power
of growth city has experienced.
Trains to name important city In India, there is a chance it touches Vijayawada,
jammutavi to guwahathi, kanyakumari to ahmedabad, Tatanagar to aleppy etc.
About 10/15 years back only night times station was busy and now almost 24 hours.
Vijayawada Airport witnessed 100% increase in trac in last one year as per reports.

Coastal airways, travel, spices, Air India running services to Hyderabad, new Delhi,
Bangalore , Tirupathi, coimbattore.
Apsrtc having 3rd largest bus tetminus in India along side Koyambedu, Chennai at
VIJAYAWADA. 450 buses operated in city and rst city to use cng in JNURM
(jawaharlal Nehru urban Renewal project) buses.
While other answer covered historical importance of Vijayawada, we can also what is
present (excluding CAPITAL plans, which media covering widely)
Vijayawada is place, from where newspapers like Indian express , Andhra prabha,
Andhra Patrika, Andhra Jyothi, Visalandhra, prajasakthi were published. While
Andhra Patrika is now closed, other papers now published from multiple locations.
1. Having mango gardens around Vijayawada, exporting mangoes to various
destinations, by train load, Lorries etc.
2. Sometime back I remember having read, train load of fertilsers received by fertilizer
dealers , as supplies to be made to nearby villages.
3. Apart from mangoes, ower market, fruit market cater to needs of retailers, like any
other city. Supplies from villages start by about 4 am.
4. Though Vijayawada developed , Besant road is still special, may be compared to T
nagar. vastralatha in one town (a well known usage for residents, it means old city,
where whole sale markets, durga mata temple are located) sales per day 10.00 cr.
5. Wholesale Cloth market, wholesale iron market, fertilizer market (canal road),
wholesale fruit market, wholesale ower market make it a trade centre of all sorts.
Footwear also witnessed good growth in business.
7. Politically active from days of freedom ghting. Sri Pingali Venkaiah garu, who
designed Indian National Flag is from Vijayawada.
8. Center for decision making by political parties , but who could not make
investment ow to come to Vijayawada, thus developed by private investment.
9. Sri Kanaka Durga temple, Mogalrajapuram caves, Mary Matha temple (gunadala),
Laksmi Narasimha temple (mangalagiri), Amaravathi (capital), Kondapalli khilla
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NitinK.Parekh,AMultipotentialite...
WrittenMay30,2016

What is so special about Vijayawada? . . .

Well, lots of things are special about Vijayawada; most of them, including the history
and culture of it, have already been highlighted by other writers. So, I will not repeat
what is already said about Vijayawada.
But, rst, a caveat: I was not born in Vijayawada; but my anity is no less deep
because I have spent a major part of my life there: starting as a student to becoming a
leader of trade and industry at the national level. Vijayawada has oered me enough
challenges to become smart and sensible - only the Vijayawadians have a rare
business acumen. But, ofcourse, most of the Vijayawadians became successful after
moving outside as the town can not absorb them beyond a point. In a sense, it has
been the spring board for many lm personalities (both on screen and behind it),
dramatists, musicians, singers, hoteliers, technical super heroes, political leaders,

industrialists, top notch doctors. A large number of them (except the politicos) who
left the town are abroad - particularly in USA and Europe.
The most important aspect and beauty of Vijayawada is the perennial water resource
in the shape of the river Krishna and the wonderful sight of three canals with their
serpentine movement through Vijayawada and the Buckingham Canal on the
Southern side o the river. Thats why Vijayawada is called as the Venice of the East.
These canals take plenty of water to the elds and thats how the hinterland of
Vijayawada has become very rich with agricultural diversity.
Then there are beautiful mountains around Vijayawada town, particularly on the
Western side where the Indrakeeladri mountain majestically stands. Its here that the
presiding deity (Gramadevatha) of the town, Sri Kanaka Durga Devi overlooks the
entire populace and continues to shower her choicest blessings to all. There are
several other important temples; but Sri Kanaka Durga temple is the second largest in
Andhra Pradesh.
With the highest inow of passengers daily from across the State and India,
Vijayawada is a bustling city oering lots of entertainment and business
opportunities to all. Over the decades, the city has been famous for its delicacies whether you savour them in a star restaurant or at a street corner. I am yet to hear a
single complaint on the taste as also the cost of the food in Vijayawada. In fact, many
of my friends and colleagues grab even the smallest opportunity to go over to
Vijayawada - just to enjoy the food - vegetarian or otherwise.
Vijayawada could have been several times better and bigger had its political leaders
(whatever be their political aliations) exhibited more sagacity and sincerity to
develop the city. If Vijayawada continues to be special across the world, it is inspite of
these leaders and their lethargy. At one time, we had stalwarts like, Dr KL Rao as the
MP who rose to become the Union Minister for Irrigation, Government of India, Dr
TVS Chalapathy Rao, Sri Marupilla Chitti as the MLAs. Today we are not fortunate
enough to have such leaders.
In the eighties, we had suggested the Municipality and the State government to move
the sluice gates/locks on the canals to about 25 Kms away from Vijayawada to enable
retention of water level in the canal alround the year. As canals are abutting the
arterial roads of the city, commuting on them (on boats) would be extremely pleasant,
cheap, environment friendly, reduce congestion on the roads and help the city grow
faster by giving birth to satellite towns. It would have made Vijayawada truly the
Venice of the East. Even now it can be done, instead of going for capital intensive
BRTS or Metro . . . but who cares?!
In one go, Vijayawada oers historical and mythological back ground, excellent
connectivity through roads, railways and now air; an unending delight to
connoisseurs of good food; fair health care; wide educational avenues; engaging
business opportunities. It is very dicult to name any other place which oers so
much for so less, that too with a smile. Vijayawada shall remain special for all the time
to come because of the intense emotional touch the Vijayawadians give to life and
living!
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SasiRekha,studiedatVijayawada,AndhraPradesh,India
WrittenOct15,2015

There are many legends behind the origin of the name Vijayawada.Goddess Durga
killed the demon and relaxed in this place for some time. As she was victorious
(vijaya), the place came to be known as Vijayawada (vijaya translates to victory and
wada as place/location, literally "The Place of Victory"). The epic Mahabharata
refers to the Indrakiladri hills as the place where Arjuna

secured Pashupatastra

from Lord Shiva . The city thereafter came to be known as Vijayavatika and later as

Vijayawada. In some legends, Vijayawada was referred to as Rajendracholapura. A

tale behind its acquiring the name "Bezawada" is that Goddess Krishnaveni (River
Krishna ) requested Arjuna to make a passage for her to merge into the Bay of
Bengal . Hence, Arjuna made a bejjam (hole) through the mountains and the place
came to be known as Bejjamwada which later changed to Bezawada.
History
Vijayawada history reveals that Bezawada (Vijayawada) was ruled by King Madhava
Varma (Ancestor of Pusapatis of Vizianagaram).
Major projects during british rule are, the Prakasam Barrage , was completed and a
railway bridge over the River Krishna that connected Guntur City and its district was
one of many improvements constructed.
Culture
The city has good history in art, literature and culture. There exists many religions,
languages with dierent traditions and festivals. Dussera

celebrations are

noticeable which involves Durga Pooja , Theppotsavam

mainly due to the

existence of self manifested Kanaka Durga Temple , other festivals like Ganesh
Chaturthi , Diwali

etc., of Hindus , Eid ul-Fitr

of Muslims and Christmas

Christians . The clothing includes traditional men wearing dhoti

wearing saree

and salwar kameez . Western clothing

of

and women

is also predominant in the

urban areas.
Arts, crafts and artifacts
Vijayawada Art Society promotes Telugu arts. The city had hosted Poetic Prism-2015,
a multi-lingual poets meet in the city on 19 September 2015. All these activities are
organized in collaboration with organisations like the Cultural Centre of Vijayawada.
Kondapalli Toys

are an example handmade toys by local artisans at Kondapalli

village, a suburb of Vijayawada. Victoria Jubilee Museum

museum

is an archaeological

which has sculptures, paintings and artifacts ofBuddhist

and Hindu

relics , dated back to 2nd and 3rd centuries.

Education
Vijayawada, also called "Vidyala wada" (Place of Education), occupies a large amount
of the education infrastructure of Andhra Pradesh. The city was named "The
Educational Sahara". Both government and private institutions operate in the city to
provide standard education. Vijayawada Municipal Corporation(VMC) takes care of
the government educational institutions. They run many Government schools with
many High schools and also English / Telugu, Urdu medium schools as well.[citation
needed ] There are many Upper primary and Elementary schools as well alongside
some aided schools. Andhra Pradesh Library Association

has its headquarters

located at Vijayawada.
Colleges & Universities
Andhra Loyola College Entrance Bridge
The rst college built in Vijayawada was SRR & CVR Government College. Andhra
Loyola College

was established in 1953. The Govt Polytechnic College

was

established here in 1960. The rst private engineering college in Andhra Pradesh, V R
Siddhartha Engineering College , is located here. School of Planning and
Architecture,Vijayawada

(SPAV) was established in 2008, a higher education

institute in Vijayawada. It is one of the three School of Planning and Architecture

(SPAs) established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development

in 2008 as an

autonomous institute and a fully Central funded Institution.

There are many other colleges namely MIC College of Technology, Prasad V. Potluri
Siddhartha Institute of Technology, Nalanda Degree College, Maris Stella College,
P.B.Siddhartha College of Arts and Sciences, Andhra Loyola Ins... (more)
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SasankSamudrala,livesinVijayawada,AndhraPradesh,India
UpdatedDec12

Vijayawadas Central location (It is a connector between North and South India).

Any city would require Land, Water, Air, Road and Rail connectivity for it to develop
as a World class city.
Vijayawada has all of these (Valid plans from both State and Central government):
Land - National highways 5 and 9, Inner and Outer ring roads, Bridges and yovers
connecting CRDA region(Vijayawada, Guntur, Tenali, Mangalagiri, Amaravathi)
Air - Gannavaram International airport
Water - Machilipatnam port and Buckingham canal development.
Road - One of the Biggest Bus station among Asia, BRTS(Bus Rapid Transit System)
Rail - Biggest Railway junction classied as A1 status. Metro rail
Other investments like AIIMS hospital, International schools, Adventure sports in
Bhavani islands, etc.
(Vijaywada's Family Destination for water sports & fun adventures )
Now that Vijayawada is declared as Capital of Andhra Pradesh, we see many
companies registering their Head oces here to maintain their companies in both
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh states.
Also there are lot of investments from Seemandhra people to this new Capital city.
I feel that Hyderabad will see reduction in real estate prices (around 40% reduction)
and Vijayawada will see increase in prices (around 50%) after the immediate news of
Bifurcation which is justiable.
Also, international investments from Chinese and Japanese investors will be towards
Amaravathi because of Buddhism etc
But the long-term beneciary would be Vijayawada city even if few plans materialize
like Special status to AP state, Shifting of all government employees (huge number if
their families are included which brings in few secondary jobs to the city), etc
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NikhithaRajanala,livesinVijayawada,AndhraPradesh,India
WrittenSep15,2015

Vijayawada is one of the part of the Andhra's capital region and the head quarters of
Andhra's capital region and development authority. It has it's own specialty about
weather it's warm in all seasons and blazing hot during summer (but no complaints it
has its own specialty) . The landscape is really fascinating it is situated on the bank of
Krishna river and the city is blessed with maa Durga called as Kanaka Durga Temple
which is very famous. Vijayawada is a city which attracts tourists so it is one of the
tourist hub , educational hub and industrial hub . It is center of real estate and small
scale industries , textile and automobile buildings.
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HarshiniTammareddy,livedinVijayawada,AndhraPradesh,India
WrittenSep19,2015

An ancient city with picturesque landscape with Krishna river surrounded by huge
mountain ranges on either ways of the river.. it is very ancient town where one nd
remains of ancient habitations related to pre buddhist and buddhist era.. In the
present times the city boasts about one of the largest bus stations in the country with
two national highways (one connecting mumbai-Machilipatnam & chennai - kolkatta)
passing through the heart of the city and it is also a major railway junction.. The city
appears cleaner compared to many other cities in the country but it has narrow roads
and horrible summers.
Also there needs a special mention about the villages nearby..

1) Srikakulam (capital of andhradesha in olden days) a village near to vijayawada has

Andhra Maha Vishnu temple(a very old temple related to pre satavahana period)
where Srikrishnadevaraya wrote his book "Amukthamalyada".Also there is a
Sivalayam on the banks of krishna river near this place which people say belongs to
Ravana's period and Ravana used to come here for oering his prayers..
2) Also the world famous Kohinoor and Hope diamonds were mined from a place
called Kollur(in guntur district)a village near to vijayawada and the surrounding
places are very famous for Diamond mining in the ancient days.Even today people
nd diamonds worth lakhs here and there.. U might try your luck ;)
3) Last but not least Amaravthi a noted name in buddhist societies is a famous
buddhist site with a stupa that belongs to the times of ashoka and it is also the capital
of satavahanas ..
Currently Vijayawada and its surrounding are renamed as Amaravathi (meaning an
eternal city ) and is the new capital of Andhra pradesh. it

has also become the

capital of Andhra people for the third time in the entire history..
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BeulahPasumarthi,JuniorResearchFellow
WrittenOct1,2015

What I feel great about Vijayawada is purely based on my interests and opinion.
Though Vijayawada is not my birthplace, whenever people ask me where are you from
I say it as Vijayawada. I had a great childhood here. Its a small and beautiful city as
per my view. It has the Krishna river the major drinking water source. This city is
beautifully surrounded by hills. It is known for its best education pool.
The street food here is very good and tasty. It has the biggest railway junction and 2nd
largest bus station in Asia.

It has great transport service with more number of city buses and its very easy to
travel around.
People are friendly and this city also has great political importance.
Concluding I can say that I'm happy to say that I'm a citizen of Vijayawada :)
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PoornimaJasti,BroughtupinVijayawada
WrittenMay30,2016

Vijayawada the name itself has victory in it.There are lot many things to say that it
is special..The rst thing to quote is the Durga Temple and the Krishna river. There
are so many sayings in puranas about the Durga Devi and origin of River Krishna.
Bhavani Island,Gandhi hill are some of the Scenic beauties. There are many political
leaders born here. it is the heart of Andhra Pradesh and is the place which witnessed
many political revolutions.Most of the successful Businessmen,Politicians,Sportsmen
are from this place.
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SeshagiriraoChepuri,workedatVijayawada,AndhraPradesh,India
WrittenJun6,2016

I think there are number of answers already given;I try to put my answer through my
personal experience: I am a hyderabadee and never visited Vijayawada like many in
Hyderabad.I have been promoted as Manager and posted@vijayawada ,in 1986which
Ive accepted half heartedly thinking to come back after few months. I made my self
to stay in a hotel Called Welcome Hotel in Gandhinagar,Vijayawad.First day I was
shocked at the taste of food and surprised that there is no meals like Plate-Meal which
is very common in Hyderabad and hardly there were any hotels serving full-meals
since that day I thoroughly enjoyed my breakfast and lunch;Even today Vijayawada
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idli,about which we used to hear stories that NTR always get Parcel and Indiragandhi
liked so on..
I have stayed in that hotel for 6 months ,as I was newly married I had a pressure from
home to rent a home instead of waiting for transfer.I have taken Rail dabba house
(linear 4 Rooms-Oce room Living room bedroom kitchen and toilets).The people
surrounding homes and the owners were so nice that they never allowed me to
change to a better house. I used to spend for petrol 1 ltre for whole week despite my
eld work because the city was in 5km radius.I used run my family very well
(compared to Hyd)with my Salary.
Conclusion:
I went to vijayawada to stay for 6 months but I left in 2002 that I was leaving for USA!
I have stayed 16 years in the same house,the owners never allowed me to leave and my
family members were not interested to change!!
Why? The people and the their Samskaram of course a beautiful cozy place to live
your life!
I miss Vijayawada and the people(no exaggeration please)
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YaswanthAnna,livesinGuntur,AndhraPradesh,India
WrittenDec26

Durga devi temple, ntps, Krishna river, godavari and Krishna sangamam, bhavani
island and places,tourism spots around vijayawada like amaravathi, mangalgiri
and many more. I love vijavijayawada very much
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