VENKATESHWARA CAVE, Amravati: Vaikuntapuram

(Amaravathi mandal - IN)
16.583300,80.366700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A man-made cave temple or rock-cut chamber used for religious purposes, which is dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara (Venkateshvara, Venkateswara, Venkatesvara) is situated at a certain village of Vaikuntapuram (note 1), which is said to lie about 5 km in an unspecified direction from that town of Amravati (N16°35': E080°22'; not shown on the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006) map 102 D5), which lies in Andhra Pradesh and at a distance of 50 km along the National Highway NH5 from Vijayawada (N16°31': E080°37') south-west via Guntur (N16°18': E080°27') to Madras / Chennai.A man-made cave temple or rock-cut chamber used for religious purposes, which is dedicated to Lord Venkateshwara (Venkateshvara, Venkateswara, Venkatesvara) is situated at a certain village of Vaikuntapuram (note 1), which is said to lie about 5 km in an unspecified direction from that town of Amravati (N16°35': E080°22'; not shown on the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006) map 102 D5), which lies in Andhra Pradesh and at a distance of 50 km along the National Highway NH5 from Vijayawada (N16°31': E080°37') south-west via Guntur (N16°18': E080°27') to Madras / Chennai.

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History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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