Places covered in this tour - Nagarjuna Konda, Museum, Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Ettipotala Waterfalls.

Nagarjunakonda
150 km fron Hyderabad was discovered in 1926. The great Buddhist scholar, Nagarjuna, founded a Buddhist University here. On the tour of this ancient city, you will come across the remains of stupas, viharas, chaityas and mandapas along with white marble carvings and sculptures depicting the life of the Buddha. Nagarjunakonda was one of the greatest center of Buddhist learning. The stupas here have dainty sculptures depicting scenes from the Buddha's life. The main stupa is called the Mahachaitya and contains the sacred relies of the Buddha, namely, a small tooth and an earring.

Nagarjuna Sagar is famous for the Nagarjuna Dam. While the dam is one of the largest, the site also presents some of the most antique items of Buddhism. More than that it represents a lost civilization, rich and excellent, thousand years ago, in the same place where Nagarjuna Sagar dam is now situated. The excavations led to the findings of ruins of a university, some statues of Buddha, relics and other pieces of Buddhist origin. The museum at Nagarjuna konda houses all these precious findings which, are considered priceless, in terms of Buddhist sentiments and, not to forget, for the rest of the artistic people too.

Lunch at APTDC Vijay Vihar Complex.

Ettipotala Water falls

The waterfalls are natural and the scenic beauty of the place is mesmerizing, the Chandravanka river flows down straight from a height of 70 ft, with hammering sounds and swift speed, and thrashes on to a lagoon which, serves as a crocodile breeding centre. So, you get another attraction for the time and price of one. The flow rushes in to a deep green forest.

Ettipotala is a popular picnic spot, not only for the reptiles, but also for the tourist folk.

Nagarjuna Konda museum
The museum houses all the important excavated items including relics by Buddha himself, stone images, Jataka tales encrypted panels and many other inscriptions.