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Nagarjunakonda (ISO: Nāgārjunikoṇḍā, meaning Nagarjuna Hill) is a historical town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is one of India's richest Buddhist sites, and now lies almost entirely under the lake created by the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam .
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry dam across the Krishna River at Nagarjuna Sagar which straddles the border between Nalgonda district in Telangana and Palnadu district in Andhra Pradesh. [2] The dam provides irrigation water to the districts of Krishna , Guntur , Palnadu , Prakasam and parts of West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh and also ...
Buddhavanam is a tourism project in Nagarjuna Sagar, Telangana created by the Telangana Tourism Development Corporation. [1] The project was sanctioned by the Government of India viz., Integrated Development of Nagarjunasagar as part of Lower Krishna valley Buddhist circuit with a view to attract large number of domestic and foreign tourists particularly from the South-East Asian countries.
Mylavaram Dam, Mylavaram: 9.96 Penna River: 1981-82 Dowleswaram Barrage, Rajahmundry: 5.14 Godavari River: 1850 Mid Pennar Dam, Marutla village: 5 Penna River: 1980 Veligallu Dam Reservoir, Galiveedu: 4.64 Papagni River: 2008 Rajolibanda Dam, Kurnool: 4 Tungabhadra River: 1956 Gundlakamma Reservoir Project, Chinnamallavaram: 3.85 Gundlakamma ...
Nagarjuna Sagar tail pond is a multipurpose reservoir located 21 km downstream from the Nagarjuna Sagar Dam across the Krishna River near Satrasala in Nalgonda district, India. Its gross water storage capacity is 6 Tmcft. [1] The reservoir water spread area extends up to the toe of the Nagarjuna Sagar dam. The project was completed by July 2014 ...
Goddess Deity relief near Nagarjunakonda Nalgonda District 1905 to 1953. Nalgonda district is an agrarian district with water resources from the rivers, lakes, canals and ponds. The wells and borewells also support farming in the district. The farmers mainly grow crops such as paddy, and cotton.
The specific epithet refers to Nagarjunakonda, near Nagarjuna Sagar Dam where the bulb is first identified; bulbs of the new species had been collected in a "medico-ethnobotanical survey". [2] Hemadri and Swahari's differentiation of D. nagarjunae from D. indica was initially not accepted, but it is now considered to be a separate species. [1]
In 2009, the dam, designed for a maximum flood of 19 lakh cusecs, endured a flood of 25.5 lakh cusecs. According to a survey conducted in the summer of 2018, the scouring resulted in the formation of a huge pit in the apron downstream the dam. And a structure protecting the ‘toe’ and foundation of the main dam has weakened.