hoboken pier from the 3rd century AD and depict scenes from the Buddha s life, interspersed with mithuna (paired

The old beach-resort vibe exists despite the fact that Vizag is Andhra Pradesh s second-largest city, famous for shipbuilding, steel manufacturing and now, call centres, software and film production. It s a big, dusty city, but it s surrounded by little gems:

from the 3rd century AD and depict scenes from the Buddha s life, interspersed hoboken pier with mithuna (paired male and female) figures languorously looking on. The reassembled monuments are spread around the hilltop outside.

Look for the 9m-long monolithic Nandi India s largest at the town s entrance. From here, you can see the temple s Naga-lingam (a phallic representation of Shiva) crowned with a seven-headed cobra. The temple is known for its unfinished Kalyana Mandapam (Marriage Hall), depicting the wedding of Parvati and Shiva, and its Natyamandapa (Dance Hall), with carvings of dancing gods. The temple s most stunning features, though, hoboken pier are the Natyamandapa s ceiling frescoes.

ered in 1926 by archaeologist AR Saraswathi in the adjacent valley. In 1953, when it became known that a massive hydroelectric project hoboken pier would soon create hoboken pier the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir, flooding the area, a six-year hoboken pier excavation was launched to unearth the area s many Buddhist ruins: stupas, viharas (monasteries), chaitya-grihas (assembly halls with stupas) and mandapas (pillared pavilions), as well as some outstanding examples of white-marble depictions of the Buddha s life. The finds were reassembled hoboken pier on Nagarjunakonda.