GODAVARI !! GODAVARI!!!! ---RAJAMUNDRY

Rajahmundry (Telugu: రాజమండ్రి) is a city and a municipal corporation in East Godavari district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.It is the fifth largest city in Andhra Pradesh. It is located on the holy banks of River Godavari. It is known as cultural capital of Andhra Pradesh. It has a rich cultural past with a flourishing present and a promising future. The population is 6,13,347 (agglomeration 7,08,341) (2006 census). It is located 16°58′60″N, 81°46′60″E at the top of the Godavari River delta.

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Sir Arthur Cotton had great plans for Rajahmundry but he decided to build a dam in Dowleswaram due to its proximity to a hill that suited his purpose. The dam consisted of four divisions: Dowleswaram Division, Ryali Branch Division, Madduru division and Vijeswaram division. This was in all 900 yards long and 9 feet high. It was a great moment in the life of this great man to achieve this rare feat. The Godavari lost a lot of its fury and was able to generate fourfold revenue through irrigation and Godavari district suddenly jumped from being a poor district to one of the richer ones, second only to Tanjore. Asia's largest rail-cum-road bridge on the river Godavari linking Kovvur and Rajahmundry is considered to be an engineering feat. The Dowleswaram bridge across the Godavari is seven kilometres south of Rajahmundry. Rallabandi SubbaRao museum has an amazing collection of artifacts including coins, sculpture, pottery, inscriptions and palm-leaf manuscripts.