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Andhra Pradesh
Amararama at Amaravati is the foremost of the Pancharama Kshetras — five ancient Shiva temples of coastal Andhra said to enshrine pieces of a single sacred…
A bone fragment kept in an urn, recovered on this hill and taken to be a relic of the Buddha himself, is why the site matters more than its modest ruins…
Chandragiri was the last capital of the Vijayanagara empire — the Aravidu kings ruled from here after the fall of Hampi, and it was in the Raja Mahal that the…
A district headquarters on the Tammileru, and a working town rather than a sightseeing one — worth an hour if you are already crossing this part of…
Gandikota, the 'Grand Canyon of India', is a dramatic gorge where the Pennar River cuts through red sandstone cliffs beside a historic fort.
Kondapalli Fort sits in the Kondapalli hill range west of Vijayawada, in NTR district, Andhra Pradesh, featuring three successive gateways, fortified walls…
Five groups of rock-cut caves, scattered across different parts of Vijayawada rather than gathered at one site, which is the main practical difficulty in…
What survives up here is mostly floor plan: foundations of viharas, circular chaityas, votive stupas and hall outlines, two Brahmi label inscriptions, and…
This is a made place rather than an old one, a crafts village the state government laid out in 2009 across 28 acres at Madhurawada, a few kilometres out of…
Srikalahasti, near Tirupati, is one of the Pancha Bhoota Sthalams of Lord Shiva, representing the element of wind (Vayu).
The name means hill of cisterns, and the cisterns are what to look for: rock-cut tanks hewn straight into the bedrock to hold rainwater for the monks who…
Tirupati, in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, is one of the great pilgrimage destinations of India: the Sri Venkateswara Temple stands above it on the…
Vijayawada works for a living. It is the second largest city in Andhra Pradesh and its main commercial hub, sitting on the Krishna River with the Eastern…
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