Kalingapatnam Beach is located on the coast of
Kalingapatnam
Kalingapatnam is a village in Srikakulam district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Gara, Srikakulam, Gara mandal of Srikakulam revenue division. It has one of the major beach sand deposits of the state. In medieval era it ...
, where
Vamsadhara River empties into
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line betwee ...
. It is located at a distance of 30 km from
Srikakulam in
Srikakulam district of the
Indian state
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, with a total of 36 entities. The states and union territories are further subdivided into districts and smaller administrative divisions.
History
Pre-indepen ...
of
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
. Kalingapatnam Beach has been recognized by the State Government, with the state tourism board
APTDC promoting it as a tourist destination.
As it was an ancient harbor, it is equipped with a
lighthouse where exporting of goods such as perfumes and textiles took place, before being closed during
British rule
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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The beach is also known as ''Open Road Sea'', due to the road ending in the sea shore bed.
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See also
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List of beaches in India
There are many beaches on the Indian coast which stretches for 7517 km both on the eastern and western coast. This is a list of the notable beaches in India sorted by states anti-clockwise.
Blue Flag beaches
As of October 2022, India has follow ...
References
Beaches of Andhra Pradesh
Geography of Srikakulam district