Guntur District
Guntur District is one of the 9 districts in the Coastal Andhra region of Andhra Pradesh, with its administrative headquarters at Guntur. Mangalagiri, within the district, is described on the official district tourism page as famous since pre-historic times and as “a hill of bliss” owing to the Panakala Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple located there.
Places to visit in Guntur District
- Sri Amareswara Swamy Temple — Amaravathi.
- Panakala Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple — Mangalagiri; the deity is noted for consuming about half the jaggery water offered by devotees, leaving the rest as prasadam.
- Sri Trikoteswara Swamy Temple — Kotappakonda.
- Sri Sri radha krishna Chandra Temple, ISKCON — Guntur.
- Vykuntapuram Venkateswara Swamy Temple — Tenali.
- Jillellamudi Amma Temple
- Suryalanka Beach — Bapatla.
- Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary — Guntur.
- Amaravati Sthupam — Guntur.
- Kondaveedu Fort
- Undavalli Caves — Guntur.
- Ponnur — about 29 km from Guntur on the Guntur–Chirala highway, known for the Bhavanarayana Swamy temple and for the Sri Anjaneya Swamy and Garutmanta temples, noted for their giant-sized (about 30 ft) statues.
For the current list of tourist places, see the official Guntur district tourism page.
