Andhra Pradesh

festival

Banni festival is held in Devaragattu and surrounding villages in Kurnool district and as part of this festival, people fight with sticks to get hold of ceremonial idols of local deities. - NDTV

Indian Navy's tug ship 'Balwan' sails on Eastern Naval Command during International Fleet Review in Andhra Pradesh.

The modern day statues of India are not a patch on Bahubali at Shravanabelagola, but they still occur in the lives of our urban people on a daily basis, and are recognizable! The Ramco Cements Limited billboards are everywhere on the street…

fort · river

Aerial view of Gandikota gorge along river Pennar in Andhra. Gandikota is a small village on the right bank of the river Pennar, 15 km from Jammalamadugu in Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Tropical cyclone Titli made landfall north of Mandasa, Andhra Pradesh, India on 11 October with maximum sustained winds of 165 km/h.

Andhra Pradesh·dance

Tholu Bommalata is the shadow puppet theatre tradition of the state of Andhra Pradesh in India.

India's Rajput-class destroyer INS Ranvir D54 participates in International Fleet Review in Andhra Pradesh. INS Ranvir is the fourth of the five Rajput-class destroyers built for the Indian Navy. Ranvir was commissioned on 28 October 1986.

coastline · politics

INS Kursura S20 Submarine Museum gives an idea of how Indian naval officers live inside a submarine. Their dining, sleeping, work and recreational spaces are clearly shown, in realistic proportions.

river · monsoon

The flood situation in Andhra Pradesh turned grim as the Godavari river flowed above the danger mark while incessant rains for the fourth day inundated dozens of villages and damaged crops.

politics

In an eagerly awaited session, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu made a spirited presentation to delegates at IT World 98 / Comdex India as it entered the second day here.

river · boats

Viewer discretion advised due to possible graphic content. Around eighty tourists on a river cruise to Papikondalu on Godavari River were rescued when the tourist boat they were travelling in caught fire.

Andhra Pradesh·coastline

Fishermen hauling a huge fishing net out of Bay of Bengal with their catch at Yarada Beach in Andhra Pradesh.

monsoon

Cyclone Gaja inches close to the Indian coast. States of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh experience heavy to very heavy rainfall. Majority of districts in Andhra Pradesh experienced heavy rainfall. especially Nellore and Prakasam district.

festival · river

The Godavari Maha Pushkaram, the Hindu tradition associated with worship of River Godavari, got off to a devout start in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana with lakhs of pilgrims thronging the Pushkar ghats along the over 1,000-km stretch of the…

Tribal Museum of habitat showcases the lifestyle of the tribals who inhabit the Araku valley. The museum, housed in a charming red-roofed bungalow, depicts scenes from the daily lives of the tribals.

forest · farmland

It was a providential escape for a baby elephant, which fell into a 30-feet deep dried-up farm well after straying into the fields from forests at Chikkapalle Thanda hamlet of Veernamala panchayat of Ramakuppam mandal, 30 km from Kuppam, on…

ceremony · festival

Bizarre festival of each other. Men gather with their each other on the occasion of Bani festival in Devargattu.

Andhra Pradesh·politics

The heat wave conditions that claimed numerous lives in Andhra Pradesh during the summer months last year, has pushed the Government to initiate measures in advance to prevent large scale deaths in the event of similar conditions repeating…

A herd of wild elephants went on rampage, damaging houses and crops in Andhra Pradesh. Mud and brick houses could be seen damaged and crops trampled upon. The evidence that left were footmarks and dung.

ceremony · festival

While Vijayadasami is celebrated with religious fervour all over, thousands of persons of Nerani thanda and Kothapet and adjoining villages resort to a fierce stick fight called Banni utsavam around midnight on Vijayadasami festival in Deva…

politics

The electoral verdict in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka may have major ramification in shaping the country's immediate political scenario.

dance · festival

Kaushlya Reddy, the famous Kuchipudi dancer is more than just great dancer, she torch bearer of a great art form, harbingers of a dying tradition, which a few years ago was confined only to Andhra Pradesh.

coastline

During an operational demonstration Indian marine commandos slip down by Indian Navy's Sea-link 42 helicopter at International Fleet Review in Visakhapatanm, Andhra Pradesh.