Undavalli Caves
Four storeys cut into a hillside in the seventh century, with a five metre reclining Vishnu on the second.
- Where
- Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 16.4967, 80.5817
Get the Undavalli Caves stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Undavalli Caves. 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 Undavalli Caves
Prakasam Barrage 2.7 km
Twelve hundred metres of barrage across the Krishna at Vijayawada, carrying a road as well as the water.
Kanaka Durga Temple 3.4 km
On Indrakeeladri, above the Krishna.
Bhavani Island, Vijayawada 3.5 km
One of the largest river islands in India, a hundred and thirty three acres of it in the Krishna at Vijayawada.
Panakala Narasimha Swamy Temple 6.7 km
A shrine on the slope of Mangalagiri hill where Narasimha is offered panakam, jaggery water, poured into the open mouth of the deity. It is said to take in half of whatever is offered and leave the rest, however much is poured.
Kondapalli Toy Village 15 km
Soft wood carved and painted for two hundred years.
Kondapalli Fort 15 km
A seventh century hill fort the British used as a barracks, above the village that makes the painted wooden toys.
Amareswara Swamy Temple 26 km
Amararama, one of the five Pancharama shrines of Shiva, and the only one on the Krishna rather than the Godavari. Its walls carry some thirty five inscriptions, the earliest from 1129.
Amaravati Stupa 26 km
A Buddhist stupa of the second century BCE whose carved railings are now largely in museums in Chennai and London.
More national monuments in Andhra Pradesh
Questions
Where is Undavalli Caves?
Undavalli Caves is in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Prakasam Barrage (2.7 km), Kanaka Durga Temple (3.4 km), Bhavani Island, Vijayawada (3.5 km).
How do I get the Undavalli Caves stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Undavalli Caves 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 Undavalli Caves 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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