Vijayawada: A sea of people gathered at Manginapudi beach to spend some time there and experience various adventure water sports, on the last day of the four-day Masula beach festival. It was organised by the tourism and sports authority of AP, along with Krishna district administration.The crowd turnout was relatively high as Sunday was a holiday, and tens of thousands of people arrived to attend the beach festival and took a dip in the sea. The festival, organised after a hiatus of nearly six years, exceeded expectations, with around 12 lakh people expected to visit the beach festival over the last four days. They immersed themselves in beach volleyball, beach kabaddi, heli rides, para gliding, sea kayaking, and other water sports competitions.Aiming to develop Manginapudi Beach into a world-class beach, attract international tourists, and promote tourism, state govt organised the four-day beach festival in the coastal town of Machilipatnam from June 5 to June 8. A host of celebrities from the Telugu fraternity attended the beach festival. There were singers, musicians, and dancers who performed at the music concerts and dance performances organised as part of the beach festival.Additionally, the local residents recognised the huge tourism potential at Manginapudi beach, and requested govt to make the beach festival a regular affair. They urged excise minister and Machilipatnam legislator Kollu Ravindra to conduct the beach festival every year henceforth.
