Bojjannakonda & Lingalakonda, Andhra Pradesh, India (Dec 2022)
Bojjannakonda and Lingalakonda are two Buddhist sites on adjacent hillocks near a village called Sankaram in Andhra Pradesh. The hills contain numerous monolithic stupas, rock-cut caves, chaityas, and monasteries that flourished between 4th-9th Century CE. (source)
Bojjannakonda |
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Caves and a monastery
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On a hill top (more)
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Buddhas on the konda
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Main statues on site
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Stupa, lower cave (more)
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Stupa, lower cave (more)
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Exterior, upper cave
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Exterior, upper cave
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Wasp's nest
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Maha Stupa (more)
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Dome was made of brick
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Maha Stupa (more)
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Maha stupa and vihara
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Rock-cut stupas
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Visitors
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Two-tiered monastery
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Monastery (more)
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Chaitya & central hall
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Maha stupa from vihara
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Lower tier with rooms
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Monks' rooms (more)
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Countryside (more)
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Posing lizard
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Lingalakonda |
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View of Lingalakonda
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Path up to the ruins
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Rock-cut stupas (more)
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Rock-cut stupas
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Rock-cut cave
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Badly eroded
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Another rock-cut cave
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Roots of a tree
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Rock-cut stupas
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Stupa graveyard
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Stupa graveyard (more)
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Lizard (more)
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