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 |
On a hill top (more) |
Buddhas on the konda |
Main statues on site |
Stupa, lower cave (more) |
Stupa, lower cave (more) |
Exterior, upper cave |
Exterior, upper cave |
Wasp's nest |
Maha Stupa (more) |
Dome was made of brick |
Maha Stupa (more) |
Maha stupa and vihara |
Rock-cut stupas |
Visitors | |
Two-tiered monastery |
Monastery (more) |
Chaitya & central hall |
Maha stupa from vihara |
Lower tier with rooms |
Monks' rooms (more) |
Countryside (more) |
Posing lizard |
Lingalakonda |
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View of Lingalakonda |
Path up to the ruins |
Rock-cut stupas (more) |
Rock-cut stupas |
Rock-cut cave |
Badly eroded |
Another rock-cut cave |
Roots of a tree |
Rock-cut stupas |
Stupa graveyard |
Stupa graveyard (more) |
Lizard (more) |
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