Nagarjunakonda
A Buddhist city moved stone by stone to an island.
- Where
- Nagarjuna Sagar, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 16.5203, 79.2393
Get the Nagarjunakonda stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Nagarjunakonda. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Andhra Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Nagarjunakonda
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam 10.0 km
A masonry dam across the Krishna, standing on the line between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Ethipothala Falls 18 km
The Chandravanka falling into a lagoon above the Krishna, with a crocodile nursery.
Srisailam Dam 60 km
A gravity dam in a gorge of the Nallamala hills, below the temple town of Srisailam.
Chaya Someswara Temple 62 km
A temple at Panagal where a shadow of a pillar falls on the linga and nobody can say from where.
Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve 63 km
The largest tiger reserve in India, 3,728 square kilometres across five districts and two states.
Mallikarjuna Temple, Srisailam 63 km
A jyotirlinga and a shakti peetha on the same hill above the Krishna.
Rachakonda Fort 87 km
A fourteenth century fort of the Recherla Nayakas, east of Hyderabad.
Matsyagiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple 97 km
A hilltop temple to Narasimha at Vemulakonda, where the god is worshipped in the form of a fish. The fish in its pond are said to carry the white namam of Vishnu on their heads, and the pond is said never to run dry.
More national monuments in Andhra Pradesh
Questions
Where is Nagarjunakonda?
Nagarjunakonda is in Nagarjuna Sagar, Andhra Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Nagarjuna Sagar Dam (10.0 km), Ethipothala Falls (18 km), Srisailam Dam (60 km).
How do I get the Nagarjunakonda stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Nagarjunakonda and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Andhra Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Nagarjunakonda before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Andhra Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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