Places to visit in Yanam
Aerial View of Yanam
Yanam has got a very beautiful view. It is covered withfull
of coconut trees.
We can have fresh iodinised air since it is located over the Banks
of the Gauthami Godavari River.
Humidity is high in this region.
The Dariyala Thippa Road
Yanam consists of 8 villages namely,
1. Kanakalapeta
2. Mettakur
3. Kurasampeta
4. Farampeta
5. Dariyalathippa
6. Dommeti Peta
7. Guireyampeta
8. Savithri Nagar.
This is actually the river bank road of Gauthami Godavari. This road
was constructed by the Andhra Road & Buildings Dept. They had given
the maintenance of this Road to Yanam Public Works Dept. This road ends
with SavithriNagar village. After Savithri Nagar, the river goes into the
Sea.
During 1995-96 Cyclone, the road was badly damaged. Almost 50% of the
road was destroyed due to heavy tides of the sea. The road is having 8
mts. width and 16 Kms.The total cost
of the construction of the road was nearly 3 crores.
Now the Govt. has taken steps to make this area as one of the tourist
spots of Yanam Region because it has a very good River View. There is a
proposal to have a boat
house in this area
The Agriculture Dept. has already started the Afforestation programme
along this Road side.
Yanam Ferry Road
The Yanam Ferry Road was inaugurated by the Hon'ble Chief Minister of
Pondicherry Shri R.V.JanakiRaman on 11.1.2000.
Now, there is a proposal for making the Ferry Road very beatiful by
putting important person's idols on the footpath of this Road.
The Yanam - Yedurlanka Ferry
Daily above Ten Thousand passengers are travelling to and fro on this
Pant. The people from Konaseema area under the Amalapuram Constituency
of East Godavari District are mainly using this river way for reaching
Kakinada, the District HeadQuarters.
This river called Gauthami Godavari is one of the branches of the main
river Godavari. It enters the Bay of Bengal after crossing around 12 Kms.
The minimum capacity of the Panti can hold is 15 Tonnes. It supports
the two wheelers, three wheelers as well as four wheelers excluding heavy
vehicles.
Per trip, it carries roughly 200 passengers along with vehicles. The
time of journey depends on the river flow. Generally, it takes 15 minutes
to cross from one end to another.
Now, the Govt. of AndhraPradesh with the assistance of ONGC, WorldBank
Funds, Pondicherry Govt., Central Govt. and the donations from the farmers
& markeing committies, is constructing a Bridge across this river.
The estimated cost of the construction is roughly 120 crores.
The Navayuga Engineering Constructions(NEC) of Visakhapatnam has taken
the contract to build the bridge in the stipulated time of 36 months. The
foundation stone was laid by Shri G.M.C.BalaYogi, Hon'ble LokSabha
Speaker.
Important Temples nearer to Yanam
Annavaram
The Lord Satyanarayana Swamy's Temple is located
in the Annavaram. It is around 80 Kms from Yanam towards East.
It is very famous for performing Vrathams especially
for newly married couples for getting blessings from the Lord Satyanarayana
Swamy.
It is the second important Temple in AndhraPradesh
after Tirupathi.
Draksharamam
It is one of the Jyothirlingas in India. The Shiva
here is called Bheemeswara Swamy. The height of the Linga is around 14
Ft. and it is one of the oldest temples in India. People say that it was
constructed by the Devathas.
There is one more temple called Manikyamabika
Devi Temple in the campus of this Temple. It is one of the Ashtadasa Pithas
in India. It is very famous as it has the Sakthi Chakra and the Parvathi
Goddess is sitting on this Chakra.
It is around 16 Kms from Yanam. There are frequent
buses running from Yanam to Draksharamam.
Pithapuram
Padagaya Temple
It is one of the oldest temples in India. It
is also called Second Kasi. The Shiva is in the form of Cock shape. We
can see the padas of the Gaya Rakshas here. It is very famous temple. The
shiva is called "Kukkuteswara Swamy" and the Parvathi is called "Raja Rajeswari".
The Nandi infront of the Shiva Linga is vert famous and it has the liveness
in it.
There is one Durga Temple in the campus of this
temple which is also one of the AshtaDasa Pithas of Durga Goddess. The
Pitham of the Lord Goddess is lying here and hence the name comes "Puruhuthika
Devi" and the town is called as "Pithapuram".
There is also one more temple of Shri Dattatreya
Swamy in this Temple Campus. It is very famous as the Dattatreya's next
incarnation is Shri Pada Vallabha Swamy was born in Pithapuram only. It
became very famous and people from all over India especially from West
and Notheren side of India used to come Pithapuram to have the Darshanam
of these Lords.
It is around 50 kms from yanam Region.