I have been planning to go to this place from the past 3years...:)but it was postponed for soo many reasons..finally I went there in 2008..I went with my relatives...;)we are a team of 20mems..some are coming up from hyderabad, some from vijayawada & others from palakollu...finally we all met at Polavaram in the morning time..
Our boat named "Godavari Vihari" a steamed boat with a capacity of 200 people..the boat started from Polavaram roundly at 9.30am in the morning..So we joined the rest of the group traveling with us. They were bunch of family. This family was all talking and having fun through out the ride...We took a break at a temple place called "gandi pochamma talli" a tribal village...there were a few tribal villages along the way on banks of the river...these are small villages with population ranging from 20 to 200 families, some of them are well connected, some are just connected by river and with no electricity. Around 200 and more villages are going to be submerged forever once this proposed "polavaram"project finally comes into existence as told by our guide. Even this very famous temple will no longer exist...So we were traveling upstream to this beautiful river whose breadth and depth of flow was amazing:) As it is upstream ride we took 5 hours to reach our destination.
ur next stop was "Devi patnam" it was customary stop for security checking which was normal for all rides here. One of the interesting facts about this police station was an old building belonging to British raj time. Famous rebel leader of this area in that period, Alluri sitharamaraju, who attacked a police station near to this patnam was kept in confinement in devipatnam. Ok thanks to our travel Guide:)I was sitting outside watching all the beautiful Godavari and those interesting villages passing by wishing that how beautiful it would have been if the weather was "cool".:)So lunch arrives and another juggle to swim through the crowd and finished lunch..There came One turn in river which was so narrow and beautiful and our guide told us that it was known as a dangerous turn especially during flood time. Here water depth reaches 250 feet making it more dangerous during rainy season. Godavari seems to be very vibrant and calm from outside.
When once we reached our destination "papikondalu", a pair of mountains standing tall, close to each other . From distance it seems that there is a curve in between the mountains from where the river is disappearing as it has got no place to flow. once we reach the place then we realize how wide it is. I cant really go into whole story told by my guide.From here we reached a place where bamboo tents were built on sand dunes..atlast we reached a place called "perantapalli", a small village of hardly 20 tribal families. There was a matt established by Ramakrishna mission in its beautiful backdrop. one small lagoon famous for its medicinal values, a small siva temple were the main attractions. These villagers are craftsmen and they make beautiful handicrafts out of bamboo...When we reached the temple water puddle there was a bliss..I splash some water on my face and for first time I feel like really "freshed up" :). ..we had our darshan inside the temple.
It was high time by then as it was already 3 pm, and we had a long journey to be back homeLots of pics. we totally enjoyed ourselves with a conversation and nature was glowing to compensate all the hard ride. :) i really cant explain how beautiful it was, making our team think to just jump on one island and stay back:) But we stored those memories in a digi cam:) they can just capture moments, but a ride can only be stored in your heart, the whole experience of watching the sun set behind those mountains. cool air, and its NATURE after all. So we took leave from the scene only when it was dark. It was quick and happy ride back to starting point.
Our boat named "Godavari Vihari" a steamed boat with a capacity of 200 people..the boat started from Polavaram roundly at 9.30am in the morning..So we joined the rest of the group traveling with us. They were bunch of family. This family was all talking and having fun through out the ride...We took a break at a temple place called "gandi pochamma talli" a tribal village...there were a few tribal villages along the way on banks of the river...these are small villages with population ranging from 20 to 200 families, some of them are well connected, some are just connected by river and with no electricity. Around 200 and more villages are going to be submerged forever once this proposed "polavaram"project finally comes into existence as told by our guide. Even this very famous temple will no longer exist...So we were traveling upstream to this beautiful river whose breadth and depth of flow was amazing:) As it is upstream ride we took 5 hours to reach our destination.
ur next stop was "Devi patnam" it was customary stop for security checking which was normal for all rides here. One of the interesting facts about this police station was an old building belonging to British raj time. Famous rebel leader of this area in that period, Alluri sitharamaraju, who attacked a police station near to this patnam was kept in confinement in devipatnam. Ok thanks to our travel Guide:)I was sitting outside watching all the beautiful Godavari and those interesting villages passing by wishing that how beautiful it would have been if the weather was "cool".:)So lunch arrives and another juggle to swim through the crowd and finished lunch..There came One turn in river which was so narrow and beautiful and our guide told us that it was known as a dangerous turn especially during flood time. Here water depth reaches 250 feet making it more dangerous during rainy season. Godavari seems to be very vibrant and calm from outside.
When once we reached our destination "papikondalu", a pair of mountains standing tall, close to each other . From distance it seems that there is a curve in between the mountains from where the river is disappearing as it has got no place to flow. once we reach the place then we realize how wide it is. I cant really go into whole story told by my guide.From here we reached a place where bamboo tents were built on sand dunes..atlast we reached a place called "perantapalli", a small village of hardly 20 tribal families. There was a matt established by Ramakrishna mission in its beautiful backdrop. one small lagoon famous for its medicinal values, a small siva temple were the main attractions. These villagers are craftsmen and they make beautiful handicrafts out of bamboo...When we reached the temple water puddle there was a bliss..I splash some water on my face and for first time I feel like really "freshed up" :). ..we had our darshan inside the temple.
It was high time by then as it was already 3 pm, and we had a long journey to be back homeLots of pics. we totally enjoyed ourselves with a conversation and nature was glowing to compensate all the hard ride. :) i really cant explain how beautiful it was, making our team think to just jump on one island and stay back:) But we stored those memories in a digi cam:) they can just capture moments, but a ride can only be stored in your heart, the whole experience of watching the sun set behind those mountains. cool air, and its NATURE after all. So we took leave from the scene only when it was dark. It was quick and happy ride back to starting point.
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