Navy Day - "the" day for Visakhapatnamese! (actually, they're called Vizagites)

I actually made up the word Visakhapatnamese.... pardon me... haha

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There is a navy base in Visakhapatnam and it was Navy Day today.

I went to my host family's friend's house which is located ON the Beach Road - it has a spectacular view.

The event started at 4PM but the Beach road was blocked from 3:30.

It lasted for about 3 hours, with helicopters and planes flying everywhere and "crackers" going off every other second.

Here are some pictures -