Tag: vizag heritage

Imagine Vizag being a colonial town with the only light source being dim oil lamps. These were the scenes in the City of Destiny over 100 years ago when coal ...

Maps fascinate most people, and what started this Vizag mapping quest was the enthusiastic Vizag Heritage Narrator, Jayshree Hatangadi, who recounted how the most recent map of Vizag fell into ...

Though exploring the natural beauties and wonders is an exciting thought, the experience of going through the lanes of an old city and learning about the past has a different ...

Visakhapatnam, dearly called Vizag by its denizens, has a long list of monuments, age-old sites, and vintage architectural structures etched in its history. Despite being proud symbols of the past ...

The International Day for Monuments and Sites, also known as World Heritage Day is celebrated every year on 18 April. First celebrated in 1983, this day signifies the importance of ...

The Andhra Pradesh State Government has proposed to conserve some of the structures and sites, within the state, to acquire a heritage tag from UNESCO. This decision came after Ramappa ...

There was no uniform regulation of lighthouses in British India until the passing of the Lighthouse Act of 1927. Before 1947, there were only 17 lighthouses in India and their ...

Nestled in a valley of the Yarada Konda range across the entrance to Vizag’s harbour, a picturesque garden was nurtured by its owner – Maharajah Sir Goday Narayan Gajapathi Rao ...

A single man’s dream augmented by the combined efforts of Visakhapatnam's stalwarts, culminated in the rising of an edifice, in Visakhapatnam, solely committed to showcasing cultural arts, the Kalabharati. “Back ...

Even after all these years, the Waltair Club has an aura of grandeur and elitism that no other club in Vizag could ever match. Our feature writer, G V Ramesh delves into the history of this regal institution. ...