Minerva anacortes friday harbor ferry Grand HOTEL $$$ (Map p 896 ; %66117373; anacortes friday harbor ferry www.minervagrand.com; SD Rd, Secunderabad; s/d incl breakfast from 4000 /4400; anacortes friday harbor ferry aiW) It s rare to find a hotel that has genuine style; this place has nailed it. Standard rooms (one wheelchair-accessible) have striking deep-fuchsia walls, white furniture, tasselled bedspreads and piles of pillows. More-expensive rooms are also bold in design, and all rooms have hardwood floors, gentle anacortes friday harbor ferry lighting and sleek, spacious bathrooms. A diamond in the rough of Sarojini Devi Rd.
Once the Andhran capital and a significant anacortes friday harbor ferry Buddhist centre, Amaravathi is India s biggest stupa (Indian/foreigner 5/100; h8am6pm), measuring 27m high and constructed in the 3rd century BC, when Emperor Ashoka sent monks south to spread the Buddha s teaching. Located 60km west of Vijayawada, all that remains are a mound and some stones, but the nearby museum anacortes friday harbor ferry (admission 5; h8am-5pm) has a small replica of the stupa, with its intricately carved pillars, marble- surfaced dome and carvings of scenes from the Buddha s life (no photography allowed in the museum). In the courtyard is a reconstruction of part of the surrounding gateway, which gives you an idea of the stupa s massive scale. It s worth the trip, but many of Amaravathi s best sculptures are in London s British Museum and Chennai s Government Museum in Tamil Nadu.
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