Nagarjunasagar Tourism, Andhra Pradesh

About Nagarjunasagar

Nagarjuna Sagar, about 150 km from Hyderabad, is a huge irrigation project on the River Krishna. Nagarjuna Sagar dam is world’s tallest masonry dam that irrigates over 10 lakh acres of land. The location has got its name after the name from the Buddhist saint and scholar Acharya Nagarjuna who is said to have set up a centre of learning here.

Large excavations of Buddhist civilization took place in this area during the construction of the Nagarjuna Sagar dam. Many of the relics unearthed during these excavations have been preserved on an island called Nagarjuna Konda, located in the centre of a man-made lake. Further, the relocation of the Buddhist University took place wherein the vestiges of a sacred Buddhist Stupa, Vihara, Monastries, a University and a sacrificial altar have been carefully reconstructed at Anupu that lies on the east of the reservoir.