Once the Andhran capital tiburon ferry to angel island and a significant Buddhist centre, Amaravathi is India s biggest stupa (Indian/foreigner 5/100; h8am6pm), tiburon ferry to angel island measuring 27m high and constructed in the 3rd century BC, when Emperor Ashoka sent monks south to spread tiburon ferry to angel island the Buddha s teaching. Located 60km west of Vijayawada, tiburon ferry to angel island all that remains are a mound and some stones, but the nearby museum (admission 5; h8am-5pm) has a small replica of the stupa, with its intricately carved tiburon ferry to angel island pillars, marble- surfaced dome and carvings of scenes from the Buddha tiburon ferry to angel island s life (no photography allowed in the museum). tiburon ferry to angel island 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.
About 75km from Puttaparthi is Lepakshi, site of the Veerbhadra Temple (admission free). The town gets its name from the Ramayana: when demon Ravana kidnapped Rama s wife, Sita, the bird Jatayu fought him and fell, injured, at the temple site. Rama then called him to get up; Lepakshi derives from the Sanskrit for Get up, bird.
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