Nelakondapalli Buddha Stupa, Telangana

Address

Nelakondapalli Buddha Stupa, Near Nelakondapally village mandal, Khammam district Telangana

Diety

Buddha

Introduction

Nelakondapally is a town and headquarters of a mandal in Khammam district, Telangana, India, located twenty-one kilometres from Khammam. Nelakondapalli is located at a major road junction on the routes from Khammam. Nelakondapalli is a historic site encompassed by a mud fortification wall covering nearly one-hundred acres (approximately 0.40 km square kilometres). Excavations there have unearthed several foundations of brick-built viharas, wells, cisterns, a mahastupa, terracotta figurines, a bronze idol of Buddha, a miniature stupa carved in limestone and other materials from the 3rd and 4th centuries. opposite of this stupa there is a big tank named Balasamudram. Transportation by bus and car facilitates travel from Nelakondapalli to several villages in close proximity, such as Bodulabanda, Mandrajupally, Anantanagar, Aregudem and Kattukachavaram.