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The Best Attractions In Nagarjuna Sagar

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Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, one of the world’s largest and tallest Masonry dam built across the Krishna river at Nagarjuna Sagar which is in Nalgonda District, Telangana State. Construction was between 1955 and 1967,the dam created a water reservoir with gross storage capacity of 11.472 billion cubic metres . The dam is 590 feet tall from its deepest foundation and 0.99 miles long with 26 flood gates which are 42 feet wide and 45 feet tall.Nagarjuna Sagar was the earliest in the series of large infrastructure projects termed as modern temples initiated for achieving the Green Revolution in India. It is also one of the earliest multi-purpose irrigation and h...
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  • 1. Ethipothala Falls Nagarjuna Sagar
    Ethipothala Falls is a 70 feet high river cascade, situated in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Located on the Chandravanka river, which is a tributary of River Krishna joining on its right bank. The waterfall is a combination of three streams namely Chandravanka Vagu, Nakkala Vagu and Tummala Vagu. It is situated about 11 kilometres from Nagarjuna Sagar Dam. The river then joins the Krishna river after the dam after travelling about 3 kilometres from the falls. A strategic view point was created by the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Department from the adjacent hillock. There is a crocodile breeding centre in the pond formed by the waterfall. Water from the Nagarjuna Sagar right bank canal is released in to the above streams to keep the waterfall alive and flowing throughout the year for t...
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  • 2. Nagarjunakonda Nagarjuna Sagar
    Nagarjunakonda is a historical town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is 160 km west of another important historic site Amaravati Stupa. The ruins of several Mahayana Buddhist and Hindu shrines are located at Nagarjunakonda. It is one of India's richest Buddhist sites, and now lies almost entirely under the Nagarjunasagar Dam. It is named after Nagarjuna, a southern Indian master of Mahayana Buddhism who lived in the 2nd century, who is believed to have been responsible for the Buddhist activity in the area. The site was once the location of many Buddhist universities and monasteries, attracting students from as far as China, Gandhara, Bengal and Sri Lanka. Because of the construction of the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, the archaeological rel...
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  • 3. Nagarjuna Sagar Dam Nalgonda
    Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, one of the world’s largest and tallest Masonry dam built across the Krishna river at Nagarjuna Sagar which is in Nalgonda District, Telangana State. Construction was between 1955 and 1967,the dam created a water reservoir with gross storage capacity of 11.472 billion cubic metres . The dam is 590 feet tall from its deepest foundation and 0.99 miles long with 26 flood gates which are 42 feet wide and 45 feet tall.Nagarjuna Sagar was the earliest in the series of large infrastructure projects termed as modern temples initiated for achieving the Green Revolution in India. It is also one of the earliest multi-purpose irrigation and hydro-electric projects in India. The dam provides irrigation water to the Nalgonda, Suryapet, Krishna, Khammam, West Godavari, Guntur and Pr...
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  • 4. Bhongir Fort Bhuvanagiri
    Bhongir Fort is a Fort located in Bhongir, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri District, Telangana, India. This fort was ruled and renovated by Musunuri Nayaks. It is located on a huge rock at a commanding height.
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  • 5. Chaya Someswara Temple Nalgonda
    Chaya Someswara Swamy temple, also known by the name Thrikutalayam, is a Hindu temple located in Panagal, Nalgonda district, Telangana, India. It is a popular site during Sivarathri.
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  • 7. Qutb Shahi Tombs Andhra Pradesh
    The Qutb Shahi dynasty was a territory in south India. It was initially a highly Persianate Muslim Turkic dynasty established in the 16th century that eventually adopted the regional culture of the Deccan . Its members were collectively called the Qutub Shahis and were the ruling family of the kingdom of Golkonda, in and near the modern-day states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The Golconda sultanate was constantly in conflict with the Adil Shahis and Nizam Shahis. In 1636, Shah Jahan forced the Qutb Shahis to recognize Mughal suzerainty, which lasted until 1687 when the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb conquered the Golcondan sultanate.
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