Lepakshi is the nice paradise so sculptors and it is beautiful place to visit in Andhra Pradesh. It is located 124 kilometers away from Bangalore. This place has population of 7148. It can be reach easily by road from B.T. Road. The languages spoken here are Telugu, English, Tamil and Kannada. It is one of the religious centres in AP.
It has huge collection of temple architecture and mural paintings. It is situated on a distance of 480 kilometers from Hyderabad in Anantapur district. The place is easily reached from Tirupati.
It is a place connected with the legend of 'Lord Rama' as it is believed that 'Jatayu', the vulture, who confronted Ravana and after a prolonged resistance, Jatayu fell down on earth at this place. The bird then passed on the message of Ravana passed from there to Rama and Rama said Lepakshi means 'Get up Bird!', and then onwards this place is named as Lepakshi.
This small village has the famous Veerabhadra Temple, which is built in 1538 in the Vijayanagar style. It also has sculptures preserved, but all the the mural paintings found here are striking and depicting legends from Puranas. The Kalyana Mandapa is having 38 carved monolithic pillars of grey stone.
How to reach
- By Air - The Bangalore airport is 100 kilometers away from this place and Puttaparthi Airport is 65 kilometers away.
- By Rail - The nearest railway station is Hindupur on a distance of 16 kilometers.
- By Road - It is well connected to Hindupur and Ananthapur by regular buses.
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