Tapeswaram

Tapeswaram is best known for its sweet delicacy called Kaja.^[1] The place is also famous for making the largest individual laddu. The place is also famous for various other sweets like Pootharekulu, Bobbatlu etc.

This variant, originating from Tapeshwaram, is also known as Madatha Kaja. It features a perfectly layered structure, made by rolling the maida-and-ghee dough into thin sheets, folding them into diamond shapes, and cutting them into smaller pieces before frying and soaking them in sugar syrup. Unlike the Gottam Kaja, this version retains sugar syrup within its layers. Although Madatha Kaja is slightly different from Tapeswaram Kaja—with the former being drier—it is often conflated with the latter.^[2]

SH 102 that runs between Dwarapudi and Yanam passes through Tapeswaram. This road also connects Tapeswaram to Mandapeta.

The nearest railway station is at Dwarapudi which is 4.57 km away.