ANDHRAPRADESH

vijayawada

"VIJAYAWADA" THE CITY

Vijayawada is one of the citie in Andhra Pradesh it is located in Krishna district.It is the second most popular city in navya Andhra Pradesh according to the 2011 census the population 1,034,358.It is 12 miles away from the AMARAVATHI.Vijayawada is beside the river Krishna.Vijayawada is classified as a Y- grade city as per 6th central pay commission. Bejawada is the commercial headquarters of andhra.it was recognized as a GLOBAL CITY.
In Bejawada city have
history

Bezawada was ruled by Madhava Varma king he is one of the king of Vishnukundina dynasty. Chinese Buddhist scholar 'Xuanzang' stayed in Vijayawada in around 640 A.D. to study the Abhidhamma Pitaka, the last of the 3 pitakas constituting the Pali canon, the scriptures of Theravada Buddhism

Mogalrajapuram hills have five rock cut mandirs, built during the fourth–ninth centuries. Some of the caves can be attributed to dynasty Vishnukundina. Akkana Madanna Caves at the Indrakeeladri Hill,

At the Indrakeeladri hills is the temple of Durga Malleswara Swamy. The temple has inscriptions dating back to ninth th century AD to sixteenth th century AD by various kings. There are 10 pillars and a mutilated slab diamond mines were found near Vijayawada beside Krishna River.

FAMOUS PLACES

Prakasham Barrage
Kanaka Durga Temple
Krishna River

TRANSPORT FACILITY

Airport
Railway station
Bus station
Cab services
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Goods services

Capital of Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati is the capital of Andhra Pradesh it could be a city in Guntur District. it's set close to by Guntur town. it's also famous Amareswara temple dedicated to Lord Siva, that is one amongst the known Pancharamas. it had been erstwhile referred to as Andhra script. stream avatar is passes through the east of Amaravati.

The recorded history of Amaravati & near Dharanikota dates to ordinal century BCE.It was the capital of Satavahanas United Nations agency dominated from secound century BCE to 3rd century metallic element. when the decline of Satavahanas, Andhra Ikshvakus and later Pallava kings dominated avatar stream vale. afterward, japaneseChalukyas and Telugu Cholas control sway over the region. Kota Kings were up to the mark of Amaravati throughoutthe medieval times. Kota kings were subdued by Kakatiyas in eleventh century metallic element and Amaravati became a part of the unified Telugu empire. The Skanda Sanskrit literature offers an image of the place and also theSiva temple set here.
Holy relic sites map of state
Amaravati Stupa relief at city deposit, Bharat The stupa The region between avatar and Godavari rivers was a crucialplace for Buddhism from the ordinal century BCE with Amaravati being one amongst them. Buddhist stupa was engineered throughout the reign of Ashoka in two hundred BCE, was graven with panels that tells the story of Buddha. the invention, misuse and destruction of the sculptures, preservation, distribution to numerous museums (Chennai, Calcutta, London, Masulipatnam etc.) are touchingly delineate by Shimada. throughout the amount of the decline of Buddhism, this stupa was conjointly neglected and it had been buried below rubbish. there's a 14th-century inscription in country that mentions repairs created to the stupa and then it had been forgotten. The stupa is expounded to the Vajrayana teachings of Kalachakra, still practiced these days in Buddhism.Dalai Lama of Asian nation conducted a Kalachakra initiation at this location in 2006.
Distribution of the Edicts of Ashoka Ancient art[edit] Art historians regard the Amaravati art mutually of the 3 major designs or faculties of ancient Indian art, the opposite 2 being the Gandhara vogue and also the Mathura vogue. a number of the Buddhist sculptures of Amaravati betray a Greco-Roman influence that was the direct results of the shut trade and diplomatic contacts between South Bharat and also the ancient Romans. Indeed, Amaravati has itself yielded many Roman coins. the govt deposit at Egmore (Madras deposit) and British Museum, London host the "Amaravati Gallery".
Chinese soul and Buddhist monk Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang) visited Amaravati in 640 metallic element, stayed for someday and studied 'Abhidhammapitakam'. Xuanzang wrote an excellent account of the place, Viharas and monasteries that existed.

Amaravati School[edit] In Amaravati, settled within the japanese Deccan, a unique form of sort evolved and flourished for nearly six centuries commencing from 200-100 B.C.. patronized initial by the Satavahanas and later by the Ikshvakus and conjointly by alternative teams (feudatories, officials, and merchants), four periods of activity square measure simply discernible.
The Amaravati college of art occupies a pre-eminent position within the history of Indian Art. With its starting in thirdcentury B.C. the Amaravati unfolds its chapters through the galaxy of sculptural wealth that when adorned the Mahachaitya the majestic monument of the Buddhists settled here with its history extending over a amount of a millennium and a 0.5.
Geography[edit] town is found at 16°34′N 80°22′E on the south bank of avatar stream.
Demographics[edit] As of 2011 Census of Bharat, the city had a population of thirteen,400. the overall population represent, 6,432 males and half-dozen,968 females —a sex quantitative relation of 1083 females per one thousandmales. 1,321 kids square measure within the cohort of 0–6 years, of that 647 square measure boys and 674 square measure ladies —a quantitative relation of 1042 per one thousand. the common acquirement rate stands at seventy one.34% with 8,617 literates, considerably over the state average of sixty seven.41%.
Tourist places
Front read of Amareswara temple Gopuram The Amareswara (Siva) temple walls have ton of inscriptions that offer dataconcerning the kings United Nations agency dominated over the realm. this holy shrine of Amaralingeswara (Lord Siva) temple is related to the reign of Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu United Nations agency dominated the region before the appearance of Brits rule (See Amararama). He was documented for his benevolence, magnanimity and construction of an outsized range of temples and education centers within the avatar stream delta.
Dhyana Buddha sculpture of Amaravati Transport[edit] it's approachable by road or by boat / small boat on the avatarstream. it's connected by the Amaravati road from the center of Guntur. it's forty six klick south west of Vijayawada. Gannavaram, north of Vijayawada is that the nearest airfield.
Culture[edit] The folks speak Telugu. The common ancient covering for girls could be a dress and for men a Panche or a longyi and Uttariyam. The city was given a hagiographic portrayal within the known story series Amaravati Kathalu by Satyam Sankaramanchi. The stories describe the up to date culture of native folks throughout the reign of Vasireddy Venkatadri Nayudu and conjointly post-independent times.
The city could be a center of pilgrim's journey to each Hindus and Buddhists. Amaravati is additionally known for the temple dedicated to the god Siva. the most Hindu festivals celebrated square measure Mahasivaratri and also theNavaratri. The thirtieth Kalachakra competition, a preferred Buddhist ritual was control at Amaravati within the initialweek of Jan 2006.