Sri Sampath Vinayagar Temple
Akkayyapalem,
Visakhapatnam
Tourism
Sri Sampath Vinayagar is the prominent deity of Visakhapatnam locals. The temple is located in Asilmetta of Visakhapatnam city. This temple was built in 1962 by T.S. Rajeshwaran and T.S. Selvaganesan later it comes under Endowments Department of Andhra Pradesh. Local people still believe that Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 this temple saved the city from the attack of PNS Ghazi and sank that submarine in the coast of Visakhapatnam.