Pydithalli Ammavari Yatra

Paiditalli Ammavari Vaibhavam

Culture 

                      The social customs in Vizianagaram district are mainly South Indian style. The local people are soft spoken with strong family traditions. Prominent religion is Hinduism. The major festivals are Shankranti, Ugadi, Rama Navami, Maha Sivratri, Deepavali, Ganesh Chaturthi, Dussehra and Vijayadashmi. The nine -day celebration of Ramnavami and Ganesh Chaturthi is very popular in several towns associated with many cultural events including stage programmes, dramas and Harikatha. Festivals of Gramdevatha are held annually at Vizianagaram. The most popular is the Pydithalli Ammavari Yatra, is celebrated in Vizianagaram on Vijayadashmi

Visiting places of Vizianagaram 

Paiditalli Ammavari Kovela temple is very famous in Vizianagaram. The Vizianagaram town is full of forts and the Ghantastambham (the clock tower) is also a popular place.

Ramatheertham is hundred-years-old temple of Lord Rama. The temple situated in Bavlikonda Hill. The unique feature of the temple is that it is built entirely upon a huge rock. Near the temple there is a beautiful lake called Koneru Lake, which is built by Pusapati King during 1650-1696A.D.

Near by temple there is also a hill known as Gurubukhatakonda, where we can find the remains enormous Buddhist Mahasthupa, 19 feet high and 65-meter diameter, a monastery. 

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