Visakhapatnam

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Dated : 26/03/2008

It was our B.Tech third year.....Everybody was busy with the paper presentations....that scheduled in a college near to vizag. So, we also took a tour for the vizag aas-pas......

 We first planned to visit the Simhachalam Temple...

Simha: Lion ; Adri or Achala: Hill (one which cannot be moved, viz. hill).
Atop the hill is a famous temple said to be the abode of Varaha Narasimha Swami, and hence the hill itself is called (nara) simhachalam. The temple is situated in the city of Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh.









And then to Kailashgiri.....









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