Bavikonda

Tour to Bavikonda, which is significant as a Buddhist heritage destination, situated towards the northeast from the city of Visakhapatnam. Bavikonda is set on a hilltop lying at distance of about 15kms. In Telugu, Bavikonda stands for “hill of wells�. Get to see a small area of about 40 acres flat-terraced land, which is filled with Buddhist occupancy.

It is said that Buddhist monasteries flourished here during the period of 3rd Century B.C. and 3rd Century A.D. Bavikonda is left with a Buddhist compound where about 26 structures in three phases can be evidently seen. It is said that one can trace the existence of Buddhism with its earthly remains of a bone piece piled within an urn. Check out for huge measure of ash, charcoal, and ceramic products along with the presence of abandoned water tanks around the region of Bavikonda.

The name Bavikonda came into existence due to the path, which leads to the beach road of Bheemunipatnam (Bhimli) where the existence of wells along the hill accumulates rainwater, which is used for the purpose of drinking. Bavikonda stands as one of the ancient sanctified Buddhist centres in Asia. Check out the Roman coins and Satavahana coins along with pottery that belong to the 3rd century BC to the 2nd century AD. Watch out of sequences of hills that are carved into stupas, which can be well related to the Borobudur in Indonesia. This proves that Buddhist civilization seems to have flourished in Southern India once upon a time.

Enlighten yourself with the Buddhist possessions of viharas, potteries, relic caskets, Mahachaitya, stupas, chaityagrihas, congregation hall, platforms, tiles, stuccos, iron objects, molded bricks, coins and other objects that were found out during an archeological digging along the peak of Bavikonda. So the next time you are on a vacation to Hyderabad visit this attractive destination that informs you about the Buddhist establishment in Bavikonda.