Bavikonda Buddhist Ruins Photo Calender 2013

A Monthly Photo Calender of Bavikonda Buddhist Monastic Ruins at Visakhapatnam, 

Andhra Pradesh, India.

Bavikonda Buddhist Complex is about 16 km from Visakhapatnam city on a hill about 130 meter above Mean Sea Level. The term Bavikonda in Telugu language means a hill of wells. As per its name, Bavikonda is a hill which has wells for the collection of rainwater. Bavikonda Monastery dates back to the 3rd century BCE.

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Happy New Year 2013

View from an Apsidal Stupa at Bavikonda

Brick Remnants on a Votive Stupa

Stone path at Buddhist Viharas

Rock cut and Stone path

Maha Stupa and Stone Stupa view

Maha Stupa at Bavikonda

Rock cut steps at Viharas

Interior hall of Apsidal Stupa

Top view of a Votive Stupa

Stone Stupa at Bavikonda

Vihara Remnants at Bavikonda

A Votive Stupa at Bavikonda