About 75km from Puttaparthi is Lepakshi, site of the Veerbhadra interstate 64 traffic Temple (admission free). The town gets its name from the Ramayana: when demon Ravana kidnapped Rama s wife, Sita, the bird Jatayu fought him and fell, injured, at the temple site. Rama then called him to get up; Lepakshi derives from the Sanskrit for Get up, bird.
The old beach-resort vibe exists despite the fact that Vizag is Andhra Pradesh s second-largest city, famous for shipbuilding, steel manufacturing and now, call centres, software and film production. It s a big, dusty city, but it s surrounded by little gems:
Warangal, Hanamkonda and Kazhipet are sister towns. The Warangal train station and bus stand are opposite each other, and the post office and police station interstate 64 traffic are on Station Rd. Main Rd connects Warangal and Hanamkonda. It can be easily visited as a day trip.
MMTS trains (www.mmts.co.in) interstate 64 traffic are convenient, particularly for the three main train stations. There are two main lines: Hyderabad (Nampally) to Lingampalli (northwest of Banjara Hills) has 11 stops, interstate 64 traffic including Lakdikapul, Khairatabad, Necklace interstate 64 traffic Rd, Begumpet and Hitec City; the Falaknuma (south interstate 64 traffic of Old City) to Secunderabad line passes by Yakutpura, Dabirpura, Malakpet and Kachiguda among others. Trains will be labelled with their start and end point: HL is Hyderabad Lingampalli, FS is Falaknuma Secunderabad and so on. Trains are efficient but only run every 30 to 40 minutes. Tickets are 3 to 10.
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