PLACES
TO SEE
Sankaram
Discover this lovely Buddhist site located 41kms.from Visakhapatnam. The name
Snakram comes from the term Sangharama.
Numerous monolithic votive stupas, rock-cut caves, brick-buit structural edifices,
early historic pottery and Satavahana coins dating back to the 1st century
AD, have been discovered here.
The main stupa was first carved out of a rock and then veneered with bricks.
Close by, you can visit other Buddhist site like Bojjanalonda, which has numerous
images of Buddha carved on the rock-face of the caves.
At Lingalametta, there are innumerable rock-cut monolithic stupa in rows,
spread all over the hill. Other attractions are a relic casket, three chaitya
halls, votive platforms, stupas and Vajrayana sculptures. The vihara was active
for about 1000 year, spanning the Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana phases
of Buddhism.
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