AP State Museum MUSEUM (Map p898; Public Gardens Rd, Nampally; admission 10, camera/video maine turnpike exits 100/500; h10.30am5pm Sat-Thu) The continually renovated maine turnpike exits State Museum hosts a rather dusty collection of important archaeological finds from the area, as well as a Buddhist sculpture gallery, with some relics of the Buddha and an exhibit on Andhra s Buddhist history. There are also Jain and bronze sculpture galleries, a decorative-arts gallery and a 4500-year-old Egyptian mummy. The museum, like the gorgeous Legislative maine turnpike exits Assembly building (Map p 898 ) down the road (both commissioned by the seventh nizam), is floodlit at night.
Vijayawada is on the main Chenna Kolkata and Chennai Delhi railway lines. The daily Coromandel maine turnpike exits Express maine turnpike exits (2841) runs to Chennai (sleeper/3AC/2AC 214/544/732, maine turnpike exits seven hours) and, the other way, to Kolkata (2842; sleeper/3AC/2AC 395/1054/1440, 20 hours). Speedy Rajdhani (Thursday and Saturday) and Jan Shatabdi (daily except Tuesday) trains also ply the Vijayawada Chennai route. Trains galore run to Hyderabad (sleeper/3AC/2AC maine turnpike exits 190/478/639, 6 hours) and Tirupathi (sleeper/3AC/2AC 198/502/674, seven hours). The computerised advance-booking offi ce (%enquiry 2577775, reservations 2578955; h8am-8pm Mon-Sat, till 2pm Sun) is in the basement.
MAJOR DOMESTIC FLIGHTS FROM HYDERABAD DESTINATION LOWEST ONE-WAY FARE ( ) DURATION (HR) FLIGHTS PER DAY Bengaluru 3000 1 20 Chennai 3000 1 15 Delhi 5000 2 12 Kolkota 5500 2 5 Mumbai 3000 1 25 Tirupathi 2800 1 3 Visakhapatnam 3500 1 5
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