Vizianagaram Coast

The coast of Vizianagaram faces the Bay of Bengal below the hills of northern Andhra. Inland, the Pusapati rulers established Vizianagaram as the capital of their estate, while merchants used the port of Visakhapatnam to the south. Ships anchored offshore and loaded cargo carried out in small boats. In 1794 the ruler of Vizianagaram fought the East India Company at Padmanabham, a struggle that changed the fortunes of the coastal estate.