Visit to R K Beach Road - Museums.
The taxis took us to the Welcome Group, Deevee Grand Bay Hotel.
After check-in, we went to our rooms.
We were to stay here for two nights.
A review of Welcome Group, Deevee Grand Bay Hotel is given HERE
Settled in the room, refreshed and gathered in the lobby to proceed to RK Beah Road, our first tourist attraction.
About RK Beach Road:
The start of RK Beach Road is quite close, within walking distance of our hotel. It is called RK Beach Road due to the location of the famous Rama Krishna Mission Ashram located on this road.
This made things easier for the project executors.
Andhra Pradesh Government and Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA). Had conceived a very ambitious Smart City programme, a project to develop and transform a 31 km stretch of the Visakhapatnam ordinary beach road into a world-class tourist attraction. The planners had a huge asset working for them. A beautiful beach with golden sands. By itself, a huge crowd puller.
Over a period of time, Vishakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority, VMRD, has done a fair job; it has succeeded admirably in transforming a stretch of about 3 to 3.5 kilometres, called RK Beach Road, into a first-rate tourist attraction.
There are parks and children's play areas scattered along this stretch.
There are numerous statues and art installations scattered along its stretch; the number keeps varying as some are taken off, and some new ones are added. At any given time, there are more than 50 odd statues and artworks on display.
Statues include prominent political and social figures like N.T. Rama Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Subhash Chandra Bose, and Mahatma Gandhi, etc. Literary icons and poets like Sri Rangam Srinivasa Rao (Sri Sri), Gurram Jashua, and Gurajada Apparao.
In artworks, notable pieces include sculptures of mermaids, maidens, and Buddhist-themed artworks.
The complete area is brightly lit with colourful electrical displays and fairy lights.
Hawkers selling their wares and the 'foodee' stalls, all nicely decorated with fairy lights and colourful lights and playing popular hit songs. All this gives the RK Beach Road a very festive look and indeed makes it a must-visit place in Visakhapatnam.
However, in the success of the government plan, the Indian Navy has played a stellar role in turning that vision into reality. The Indian Navy brought its decommissioned war machines, which in their heyday had served valiantly in defending the sovereignty of the Nation, to Visakhapatnam, disassembled them in the Naval Station, and transported them to RK Road and reassembled them on the land allotted to create four magnificent museums with these war machines as their respective themes.
Thanks to the Indian Navy, today, RK Road is a world-class and a must-visit tourist attraction of Visakhapatnam. These museums create some awareness of Indian Naval Air and Sea Power.
These museums are the Kursura Submarine Museum, the TU 142 Aircraft Museum, the
UH 3 H Museum (Sikorsky UH-3H helicopter museum, and lastly the Sea Harrier Museum.
A review of the Kursura Submarine Museum is given HERE
A review of the TU 142 Aircraft Museum is given Here.
A review of the UH 3 H Museum is given Here.
A review of the Sea Harrier Museum is given Here.
It was great fun and a nice experience going around the RK Beach Road.
Returned to the hotel and went to a well-earned sleep 
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