Vijayawada is a city on the banks of Krishna River, arranged in Krishna region of the Indian province of Andhra Pradesh.It is one of the twelve urban nearby bodies in the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region.The city is the second biggest city in the state by populace and third most thickly populated urban developed territories in the world.Vijayawada is regularly alluded as the Commercial capital of Andhra Pradesh and is named a Y-grade city by the Sixth Central Pay Commission.The city is the second most crowded in the state with a populace of more than one million.It was perceived as a "Worldwide City of the Future" by McKinsey Quarterly, which anticipated that an expansion should GDP of $17 billion by 2025. In October 2018, it was granted with ISO 37120 platinum level affirmation and has been added to the "Worldwide Cities Registry".
There are numerous legends behind the inception of the name Vijayawada. Goddess Durga murdered Mahishasura and loose at this spot. As she was triumphant, the spot came to be known as Vijayawada (vijaya means victory and wada as spot, truly meaning The Place of Victory).The slope was called as Indrekeeladri since it was often visited by Indra and his affiliates.The epic Mahabharata alludes to the Indrakiladri slopes as where Arjuna verified Pashupatastra from Lord Shiva. The city from that point came to be known as Vijayavatika ('Vatika' means place in Telugu) and later as Vijayawada.
In certain legends, Vijayawada was alluded to as Rajendracholapura as Virarajendra Chola won a fight against Chalukyasin 1068 and administered vijayawada over this place A story behind its securing the name Bezawada is that Goddess Krishnaveni (River Krishna) mentioned Arjuna to make an entry for her to converge into the Bay of Bengal. Henceforth, Arjuna made a bejjam (gap) through the mountains and the spot came to be known as Bejjamwada which later changed to Bezawada. Other names of Vijayawada were being Vijayavata, Beejapuram, Kanakaprabha, Kanakapuram, Kanakawada, Jayapuri, Vijayapuri, Phalguna Kshetram and Jananathpura.
Bezawada(as Vijayawada was known at that point) was established around 626 A.D. by Paricchedi Kings. Vijayawada history uncovers that Bezawada (Vijayawada) was led by King Madhava Varma (one of the lords of Vishnukundina dynasty). Chinese Buddhist researcher Xuanzang remained a couple of years in Bezawada (Vijayawada) in around 640 A.D. to duplicate and concentrate the Abhidhamma Pitaka, the remainder of the three pitakas (Pali for crates) establishing the Pali standard, the sacred writings of Theravada Buddhism.
Mogalrajapuram slopes have five shake cut sanctuaries, worked during the fourth ninth hundreds of years. A portion of the caverns can be credited to Vishnukundina tradition. Akkana Madanna Caves, at the foot of Indrakeeladri Hill, is a landmark of national importance.
At the foot of Indrakeeladri slopes is the sanctuary of Malleswara. The sanctuary has engravings going back to ninth century AD to sixteenth century AD by different lords. There are ten columns and a damaged chunk (perceived as landmarks by Archeological Survey of India) with engravings in the Telugu language. Of them, the engravings issued by Yudhamalla I and II of Eastern Chalukyas are important.
In the mid sixteenth century, during the rule of Qutb Shahi tradition (otherwise called Golconda Sultanate), jewel mines wee foud close Vijayawada on the banks of Krishna River
