Known as the
"Rice Granary of India", the state of Andhra
Pradesh has a coast line of 1000 kms with
eight of its 23 districts having direct
access to the sea. Andhra Pradesh is
recognized for the lacquer toys of
Kondapalli; beautiful Pochampalli
weaves; rich literature and the
vibrant Kuchipudi dance.
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Hyderabad
Tirupati
Vishakhapatnam
(Vizag)
More about Andhra
Pradesh
Climate
Andhra Pradesh has extremely
hot and dry summers (with
temperatures shooting upto 45 deg. celsius)
and cool winters.
Language
The official language of
the state is Telugu, while
English is also commonly spoken in major
towns. Various dialects of Telugu like
Telengana; a local slang
Hyderabadi (a mix of Urdu, Hindi &
Telugu), Urdu and Hindi are
the main languages.
Connectivity
The state has several
airports and all the cities are well
connected by trains. The national
highways running through Andhra Pradesh and many of
the state highways are smooth and
wide, making road travel a pleasure.
The medieval city of
Hyderabad with the
Charminar, Salar Jung Museum
and Golconda Fort is the capital. It also has
also the largest IT parks and largest
Film City in Asia - Ramoji Film
City , on
the outskirts of Hyderabad . Hyderabad /
Secunderabad, the state capital has grown by leaps and bounds
in the last decade, due to the information technology boom,
making it one of the top metros in
India.
Tirumala Hill in Tirupati (the holy
city), has a temple dedicated to the Hindu god,
Sri
Venkateswara or Balaji, and is believed
to be the busiest Hindu pilgrimage centre in
the world and draws thousands of pilgrims everyday.
Warangal, the capital of the
Kakatiya rulers was once the heartland of
Telugu culture .
The golden beaches at
Vishakhapatnam
(Vizag), the one million-year
old limestone caves at Borra, picturesque
Araku Valley, hill resort of Horsley
Hills, river Godavari racing through
a narrow gorge at Papi
Kondalu , waterfalls at
Ettipotala,
Kuntala and rich bio-diversity at
Talakona, are some of the
natural attractions of the state.
Telengana cuisine, apart from
the spicy pickles, has a variety of dishes in
vegetarian and non-vegetarian like
pulusu (a tamarind based liquid
gravy), pappu (essentially lentils),
gonghura mamsam (tangy
mutton curry with a predominant flavour of
ghongura, the local plant leaves used in cooking the
curry) and of course, the hyderabad
biriyani and mirchi ka
salan , available exclusively in this
state.
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