Vizagapatnam is at a distance of 602 km from Hyderabad, 355 km from Vijayawada, 168 km from Kakinada, 203 km from Rajahmundry and 444 km from Bhubaneswar, Visakhapatnam (also called Vizag) is a coastal & port city in the state of Andhra Pradesh, located on the shores of Bay of Bengal.
Meanwhile it is the headquarters of Visakhapatnam district and is the base for Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. Vizag is also one of the top places to experience Andhra Pradesh tourism. The city of Vizag, as Visakhapatnam is popularly called, derives its name from the Hindu God of valour, Visakha.
Further the city is located beautifully among the hills of the Eastern Ghats
with facing towards the Bay of Bengal. According to the Archaeological records,
Visakhapatnam was built by Kulotunga Chola between the 11th and 12th centuries
AD and the religious Hindu texts mention that the region of Visakhapatnam in
the 5th century BC was part of the vast.
