List of Pushkar Nagars
Pushkar Nagar is a facility providing Shelter, resting space for the visiting pilgrims of Krishna Pushkaram. An Open space adjacent to the Bathing ghats shall be converted into a Pushkar Nagar with full roofing above. A Pushkar Nagar shall have the following facilities for the pilgrims:
- Reception
- Parking
- Accommodation
- Wash Rooms
- Dress Changing Rooms
- Drinking Water
- Food Stalls
- Lighting facilities
- Medical Camps
- Fire Safety Equipments
- Bus Stands
- Public Address System
- LCD TV/Projection Points
- Cloak Room
- Chappals Stand
- Information Desks
Pushkar Nagars are established by the district administration near important ghat points in and around the city of Vijayawada where more than 1 lakh pilgrims are expected to visit – to facilitate comfortable staying and visit the pilgrims. Pilgrims can arrive in the city, stay overnight at the Pushkar Nagar, have holy dip the next day and leave back to their places. Food shall be served three meals a day free of cost. Tea and snacks may also be provided. There are facilities for transport as all Pushkar Nagar will be connected by road transport. Buses shall ply free of cost from Pushkar Nagars to ghats and back to Pushkar Nagar. The Pushkar Nagars shall be a comfortable place of accommodation, resting, feeding for the visiting pilgrims. A total of 38 Pushkar Nagars is established in and around Vijayawada.
List of Pushkar Nagars
| S.No | Name of the Mandal | Name of the Pushkar Nagar | No.of Pushkar Nagars Proposed |
| 1 | Jaggaiapet | 1. Mukteshwarapuram | 2 |
| 2. Vedadri | |||
| 2 | Chandralapadu | Gudimetla Pushkar Nagar – 1 & 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Ibrahimpatnam | 1. VTPS Colony Ground | 5 |
| 2. Truck Terminal | |||
| 3. Dr.Jakhir Hussain College | |||
| 4. ZP Boys High School | |||
| 5. Don Bosco High School | |||
| 4 | Vijayawada (Rural) | Central WarevHouse Godown at Rayanapadu | 3 |
| Land opp. to Padmavathi Kalyana mandapam – Gollapudi | |||
| Nallakunta Pushkar Nagar | |||
| 5 | Vijayawada (Urban) | 1. Punnami Ghat | 15 |
| 2. Bhavani Ghat | |||
| 3. Sitammavaripadalu | |||
| 4. Rajiv Gandhi Park | |||
| 5. Old RTC Bus Stand(Nearby Police control room) | |||
| 6. Gunadala Railway Station | |||
| 7. Madura Nagar Railway Station | |||
| 8. Basava Punnaih stadium, Sing Nagar | |||
| 9. Y V Rao Estate | |||
| 10. opp. Y V Rao Estate | |||
| 12. Doordarshan Area | |||
| 13. VUDA Park (Kanaka Durga Varadhi) | |||
| 14. Near Skew Bridge | |||
| 15. Siddartha Medical College | |||
| 6 | Penamaluru | Siddartha Engineering College (Kanuru) | 1 |
| 8 | Mopidevi | 1. BC Gurukula Patasala, Mopidevi | 2 |
| 2. SDNDS Orient High School, Pedakallepalli | |||
| 9 | Avanigadda | Avanigadda Govt. Degree College | 1 |
| 10 | Nagayalanka | Santha Market | 1 |
| 11 | Koduru | Dolphin Hamsaladevi | 1 |
| 12 | Machilipatnam | 1. Bala Nageswara Swamy Temple, Chinnayadara | 2 |
| 2. Bogireddypalli Village (Karakatta), Sundarayya Nagar | |||
| 13 | Vijayawada Rural/Gannavaram | Opp. Eenadu,Gudavalli limits,VJA Rural | 1 |
| Total Pushkar Nagars – 36 | |||
