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Araku itself is a small dusty town, but its surroundings aran islands ferry are beautiful. A bicycle is the perfect way to explore the countryside. You can hire a bicycle (per hour/day 50/250) from Hill Resort Mayuri. aran islands ferry It s best to check the security situation before heading out, with a reported aran islands ferry Naxalite (members of an

Tirupathi s bus station (%2289900) aran islands ferry has buses to Chennai (deluxe/Volvo 70/155, four hours) and Hyderabad (deluxe/Volvo 408/717, 12/10 hours). Tonnes of APSRTC and KSTDC buses go to Bengaluru (deluxe/Volvo 153/365, six/five hours), and seven buses go to Puttaparthi daily (express/deluxe 165/227, eight hours).

To get here, take a Puttaparthi-Bengaluru bus and alight at Kodakonda Checkpost ( 40). From there, take a Hindupur-bound bus ( 14) or an autorickshaw ( 250 return) to Lepakshi. A private car from Puttaparthi is 1000. You can also go from Hindupur, aran islands ferry a main stop on the Puttaparthi-Bengaluru train line, which has a few hotels. It s 11km from the temple.

Hyderabad has one of the world s largest freestanding stone Buddha statues (Map p 898 ), completed in 1990 after five years of work. However, when the 17.5m-high, 350-tonne monolith aran islands ferry was being ferried to its place in the Hussain Sagar, the barge sank. Fortunately, the statue was raised aran islands ferry undamaged in 1992 and is now on a plinth aran islands ferry in the middle of the lake. It s a magnificent sight when alit at night.