Andhra Pradesh

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Asia : South Asia : India : South : Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh is a state in the South of India. Andhra Pradesh lies in the south eastern region of India, with Bay of Bengal on the east and shares boundaries with Orissa on the north, Tamilnadu on the south and Karnataka on the west.


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Regions

  • Telangana
  • Rayalaseema


Cities

Other destinations

Understand

Climate

Weather is extremely hot for the most part of the year with high humidity along the coast and relatively dry in the interior areas. The monsoons in June and the return monsoons in October provide adequate rain fall for the rain dependent agriculture in the state. The best time to visit is November till February when it's relatively cooler.

Talk

Telugu is the official language and is spoken by the majority of the populace, although one can get along fairly well in the cities with a knowledge in English. Telugu, incidentally is the second most spoken language in India after Hindi. Other major languages spoken are Hindi and Urdu, Tamil in the south and Kannada on the west.


Get in

Get around

Learn

  • Lunar calendarcalender of telugu people
  • Schools
  • carnatic music-carnatic music is born in the rich telugu language i must say because great saints like thyagaraja,many of whose compositions,annamacharya kritis,originated from the mother tongue of this place.

in music,when we learn any other music light music or western,the origin or base is the carnatic music for most of them,and many songs in this language are huge in number praising many gods and goddesses.

some of the best universities in education.

  • Hyderabad University
  • Venkateshwara University
  • Osmania University
  • Libraries
  • Music colleges
  • dance schools for kuchipudi

See

  • tirupathi
  • kaalahasthi
  • srisailam
  • badrachalam
  • vishakapathnam port

Do

Eat

Like almost every other state in India, Andhra pradesh has a rich variety of cuisines and change widely from region to region. The Vijayawada/Guntur region is known for extremely spicy dishes. Rice is the staple food and is eaten pretty much with every meal along with a variety of vegetable and meat curries. The capital city, Hyderabad is known for it's Biriyani and one would do very well to savour it.

Drink

soft drinks like

  • lime juice with ginger
  • lime juice with honey
  • fresh fruit juices

like suppotta,orange(green they call muzambi in hindi exclusively),grape,pineapple

  • ready juice

fanta,coke,mazza

Get out

Kutchery Sabhas

  • cinema studios
  • Theatres
  • Dramas
  • Parks
  • Meuseums
  • Hotels
  • Embassies
  • Consulates
  • hospitals,apollo hospital famous pratap.c.reddys
  • charitable trust & service organisations
  • bus facilitiesto chennai and other places like b'lore,coimbatore etc
  • train facilities
  • airline facilities
  • ship cargo operating overseas for export import business from vizag port,seaway export
  • shopping complex for pearl jewellery since hyderabad is famous,necklace etc

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