temple · Palnadu
Kotappakonda Maha Shivaratri Prabhalu
Villages across Palnadu build towering electric 'prabhalu' floats and bring them in procession to the three-peaked hill on Shivaratri night — a spectacle of light and several lakh people.
February–March (Maha Shivaratri)Free entry
Highlights
- Giant illuminated prabhalu
- All-night jagaram on the hill
- Ghat-road processions
Dates that follow the lunar calendar are announced by the organisers each year — confirm before you travel. Found an error? Tell us.
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Temple
Kotappakonda
Three peaks, one Shiva — and the tallest Shivaratri prabhalu in Andhra
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Buddhist site
Amaravathi Mahastupa & Dhyana Buddha
The great stupa of the Satavahanas and a 125-ft meditating Buddha
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Waterfall
Ethipothala Waterfalls
A 70-ft fall on the Chandravanka, near Nagarjuna Sagar
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Lake
Nagarjuna Sagar
One of the world's largest masonry dams and an island of Buddhist history
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