driving maps Another Buddhist site 10km from the launch point is the peaceful Anupu with remains of a stupa, univ

907BUSES FROM HYDERABAD DESTINATION FARE ( ) DURATION (HR) FREQUENCY (DAILY) Bengaluru 480-775 12-10 7 (evening) Bidar 80 4 half-hourly Chennai 550-880 12-14 3 (evening) Hospet 280 9 2 Mumbai 550-985 14-12 6 (evening) Mysore 599 15 1 Nagarjuna Sagar 85-116 4 8 Tirupathi 435-735 12 12 Vijayawada 197-390 6 hourly Visakhapatnam 470-865 14 12 Warangal driving maps 77 3 half-hourly and Kacheguda, which is convenient driving maps for Abids. See p908, for key routes. You can book at Hyderabad and Secunderabad stations from 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday (to 2pm Sunday). Both stations driving maps have a tourist counter. For general enquiries, phone %139; for reservation status, %135.

Once the Andhran capital and a significant Buddhist centre, Amaravathi is India s biggest stupa (Indian/foreigner 5/100; h8am6pm), measuring 27m high and constructed driving maps in the 3rd century BC, when Emperor Ashoka sent monks south to spread the Buddha s teaching. Located 60km west of Vijayawada, all that remains are a mound and some stones, but the nearby museum (admission 5; h8am-5pm) has a small replica of the stupa, with its intricately carved pillars, marble- surfaced dome and carvings of scenes from the Buddha s life (no photography allowed in the museum). In the courtyard is a reconstruction of part of the surrounding gateway, which gives you an idea of the stupa s massive scale. It s worth the trip, but many of Amaravathi s best sculptures are in London s British Museum and Chennai s Government driving maps Museum in Tamil Nadu.

Another Buddhist site 10km from the launch driving maps point is the peaceful Anupu with remains of a stupa, university and amphitheatre; likewise driving maps relocated piece by piece prior to the construction of the dam. A tree here was planted by the Dalai Lama during his visit in 2006.

Just west of the bridge is the spectacular Osmania General Hospital (Map p900), on the north side, and, on the south, driving maps the High Court (Map p900) and Government City College (Map p900), all built under the seventh nizam in the Indo-Saracenic style. driving maps