Kakinada (Telugu: కాకినాడ) pronunciation is a city and a municipal corporation in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located 465 kilometres (289 mi) east of the state capital, Hyderabad. It is also the headquarters of East Godavari district. It is nicknamed "Fertilizer City" (owing to the large concentration of fertilizer plants), "Pensioner's Paradise" and "Second Madras" (as it is well planned and peaceful).[citation needed] The city had an urban population of 312,255 in 2011, making it the sixth largest city by area and the ninth largest city by population in Andhra Pradesh. It is spread over an area of 190 km2.Kakinada is part of a Special Economic Zone and a proposed "Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region (PCPIR)". It is a hub to all the deep sea exploratory activity in the region due to its deep-water sea port and its proximity to the gas fields.
Distances to other cities in Andhra Pradesh
Hyderabad: 500 km
Vijayawada: 210 km
Visakhapatnam: 160 km
Rajahmundry: 60 km
Tirupati: 600 km
Warangal:390 km
Entertainment and attractions
The city has many cinema theatres and multiplex theaters[44] and constructing a new inox theater at gudarigunta, a couple of parks, a cosmopolitan club apart from beaches and other natural scenic attractions.The city has many shoping malls M&M, Spencers, Sona, Raju Bhavan, Landmark, Planet Fashion & Laxons Baby World . The city has all new branded showrooms like VILAN STYLO, H&A, K-Lounge (Killer), Lee, Wrangler, Pepe & the newly opened United Colors of Benetton at Kakinada Central Mall People here are just catching up with the mall culture and as such no major pan Indian mall can be seen here.
Cinema Theatres: Sri Priya
Padma Priya
Anand (will be made into multiplex from sept svsc release)
Geeth
Sangeeth
Anjani
Tirumala
Mayuri
Devi Multiplex (Screens I,II &III) (Prior to renovation they were Devi, Sri Devi, Rukmini & Padma)
Chanakya
Chandragupta
Veer kamal
Chandrika
Lakshmi
Satya Gouri (Famous for its sound system with 20000 MW PMPO output, Surround Speakers are mounted on ceiling as well)
Palace
Inox (under construction)
Kakinada City was well planned, where the new comer can easily understand the City. Most of the Cinema Theatres can be seen on same road for which that road was named as Cinema Road.
Surya Kala Mandir in the Cinema road is Famous Auditorium.
Kakinada is well known for the Famous Hotel " Subbayya Hotel". It is famous for "Butta Bhojanam" which satisfies with its taste & quantity. It's catering was spread around 200 KM radius for Functions and Marriages.
Hotels
The city is home to several three star and other lower range of hotels and resorts. Three-star hotels include Ishwarya Grand,Royal Park, Jaya Residency of Dasapalla Group, Oak Tree Hotel, Hotel ARKA and the Paradigm Sarovar Portico (from India's third largest chain of hotels, The Sarovar Hotels and Resorts). Halycon times is a popular resort in the city. The Green Park hotel chain is constructing a new hotel near ADB road
East Godavari is famous for traditional Andhra cuisine and Kakinada is no different: pickles (aavakaaya) made from mangoes, vegetables (e.g. cauliflower aavakaaya), chicken, shrimp, mutton or even fish. Some people here swear by the pungent aroma and the lingering taste of dried fish (Endu Chepa) and shrimp (Endu Royya).
This city is also famous for its unique Kakinada Kaaja, a sweet made from maida and dipped in sugar syrup.[48] This sweet was very popular not only in Andhra but also in far away places like Bihar and U.P.[49] Kotiah Sweets (founded in the year 1900) is locally the most famous and possibly the earliest known maker of Kakinada Kaaja.
Locals frequent the innumerable carts strategically located on populous street corners to purchase bhajis and a delicious mixture of onions, toasted rice, and sev (Pidatha Kindha Pappu).
Kakinada is also one of the few regions in the entire Andhra Pradesh where Chekkarakeli aratipandu (banana) and Kothapalli kobbari maamidipandu (mango) are available. Kakinada is also famous for its delicious pesarattu, a breakfast or brunch item formed into crêpes from moong daal (pesara pappu), green chillies, ginger and cumin. These are sold in restaurants as well as street stalls. Pootarekulu is a sweet in coastal Andhra, made of thin sugar wafers.
Kakinada is also famous for Udupi Vegetarian hotels. There are nearly half a dozen of the Udupi restaurant in the city, some of them provide even boarding & lodging.
More recent food attractions include Yati foods and its restaurants at several locations in Kakinada. The Hyderabadi Dum Biryani recipe made at the Bhanugudi location is said to rival the famous Bawarchi biryani of Hyderabad, Other famous restaurants include Dakshin, Haveli and Varmas.
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