baylink schedule Sankranti (Jan, statewide) This important Telugu festival marks the end of harvest season. Kite-flyi

Warangal is a major rail junction. Trains go regularly baylink schedule to Hyderabad (2nd class/chair 67/229, three hours), baylink schedule Vijayawada (2nd class/ chair 79/278, four hours) and Chennai (sleeper/3AC/2AC 277/723/979, 11 hours). Many trains go to Delhi daily.

Salar Jung Museum MUSEUM (Map p900; www.salarjungmuseum.in; Salar Jung Marg; Indian/foreigner 10/150; h10am-5pm Sat- Thu) The huge and varied collection, dating back to the 1st century, baylink schedule was put together by Mir Yusaf Ali Khan (Salar Jung III), the grand vizier of the seventh nizam, Osman Ali Khan (r 1910 49). The 35,000 exhibits from every corner of the world include sculptures, wood carvings, ivory (including a sadly ironic set of carved elephants), baylink schedule devotional objects, Persian miniature paintings, illuminated manuscripts, weaponry, toys and more than 50,000 books. The impressive nizams jewellery collection baylink schedule is sometimes on display. Cameras are not allowed. Avoid Sunday, when it s bedlam. From any of the bus stands in the Abids area, take bus 7, which stops at Afzal Gunj bus stop (Map p 900 ) on the north side of the nearby Musi River bridge.

Sankranti (Jan, statewide) baylink schedule This important Telugu festival marks the end of harvest season. Kite-flying abounds, women decorate their doorsteps with colourful kolams (or rangolis rice-flour designs), and men decorate cattle baylink schedule with bells and fresh horn paint. baylink schedule

1 Sights Undavalli Cave Temples HINDU SITE (Indian/ foreigner baylink schedule 5/100; h8am-5.30pm) Four kilometres southwest of Vijayawada, these stunning cave temples baylink schedule cut a fi ne silhouette against the palm trees and rice paddies. Shrines are dedicated baylink schedule to the Trimurti Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva and one cave on the third level houses a huge, beautiful statue of reclining Vishnu baylink schedule while seated deities and animals stand guard out front. The caves, in their Hindu form, date to the 7th century, but they re thought to have been constructed baylink schedule for Buddhist monks 500 years earlier. Bus 301 ( 9, 20 minutes) goes here.