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Sankaram
Travel Information
 Discover
this lovely Buddhist site located 41kms.from Visakhapatnam.
The name Snakram comes from the term Sangharama.
Numerous monolithic votive stupas, rock-cut caves, brick-buit structural
edifices, early historic pottery and Satavahana coins dating back
to the 1st century AD, have been discovered here.
The main stupa was first carved out of a rock and then veneered
with bricks.
Close by, you can visit other Buddhist site like Bojjanalonda, which
has numerous images of Buddha carved on the rock-face of the caves.
At Lingalametta, there are innumerable rock-cut monolithic stupa
in rows, spread all over the hill.
Other attractions are a relic casket, three chaitya halls, votive
platforms, stupas and Vajrayana sculptures.
The vihara was active for about 1000 year, spanning the Theravada,
Mahayana and Vajrayana phases of Buddhism.
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