Tag: history

Located along the busy RK Beach Road in Visakhapatnam is a grand structure that speaks to the heritage and history of the city: Hawa Mahal. If walls could talk, this ...

Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) recently bagged the Swachh Bhagidari award, making the city the best-performing in the State in the nationwide Swachhata Hi Seva campaign, which was organised from ...

People often ask, 'What's in a name?' For Visakhapatnam, the well-known quote by Shakespeare doesn't seem to do justice, for the city's names speak for its history and culture. The ...

The Simhachalam temple is one of the most revered religious sites in Visakhapatnam today. In addition to its sanctity, the place stands out for its architectural wonder, fascinating historians like ...

History is full of important lessons that remain important to this day. In the lives of kings, conquerors, soldiers and even common people from the past, there lies a wealth ...

In a world where everyone is in search of a fast track to success, in search of quick fixes and in search of a better tomorrow, we have nearly forgotten ...

Observatories are what help us look beyond what the naked eye can see. From comets, meteor showers, planetary movements and everything else that happens in the sky, Observatories play an ...

Waltair, famously divided as Chinna and Pedda Waltair is the residential area in Visakhapatnam. It is very well known for the Waltair Club established by the British and the numerous ...

As times move forward, we see a lot of changes around us. Somewhere within the change, we seem to lose a few amazing artifacts. Such items, when found today, act ...

Lost Treasures of Vizag: Brass Toy Soldiers: In the mid-1800s, GL Narasinga Row Garu of Vizagapatam presented the Madras Museum with a set of Brass Toy Soldiers that he claimed ...