A small coast town just south of Simhachalam, the Ganga limit by the temple inscriptions.
Tradition ties its name to a Vaisakha shrine built by a Chola king of the eleventh century (from memory); it is not the port of later centuries. Which of Ganga and Velanati holds it is not recorded.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or keeper of Visakhapatnam
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Not pinned.
Overlord
Disputed
How things stand that morning
On the seam between Ganga and Telugu country.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: From memory and the OMNIA board's lead; no source read this session gives the position on 1 January 1200 for this place.
Sources and studies
- General knowledge of the medieval Deccan (Bhandarkar, Altekar, Sastri, B. R. Gopal, Suryanath Kamath): from memory, not re-read
- OMNIA board notes for this place (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.