Buddhist Amaravati and Vijayawada
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This Amaravati Buddhist tour package is a 3-day, 2-night private trip in Andhra Pradesh: one night in Vijayawada and one in Amaravati. It covers the Amaravati Stupa, the Undavalli caves and Kanaka Durga Temple. It suits history and heritage travellers, and October to February is the comfortable season.
Visitors who prefer ruins, rock-cut caves and temples to big-ticket sights, and enjoy short drives at an unhurried pace
Highlights
Good to know
The stupa is a ruin
A low mound with a few railing pieces and a site museum, since most carved slabs are in Chennai and LondonTemple etiquette
Footwear comes off at temples and shoulders and knees should be coveredDay 3 flight time
The airport drive is about 50 km, so a midday or later departure suits bestSummer heat
Mornings are the cooler hours for the caves and the stupa outside October to FebruaryDay-by-Day Itinerary
Arrive at Vijayawada and see Kanaka Durga Temple
- Meet your driver at Vijayawada Airport and drive about 17 km to the city
- Check in and rest
- In the afternoon, the hill shrine of Kanaka Durga Temple on Indrakeeladri, about 3 km from the centre
- Watch the light on the Krishna from the Prakasam Barrage
- Dinner at leisure
Undavalli caves, then the Amaravati Stupa
- Morning at the Undavalli caves, about 7 km from the centre, to climb the four rock-cut storeys
- See the 5 m reclining figure cut from one block of granite
- Drive on to Amaravati, about 31 km from Vijayawada
- Afternoon at the Amaravati Stupa mound and its site museum
- Check in for the night beside the Krishna
Dhyana Buddha, Amareswara Temple and departure
- Start at the Dhyana Buddha statue, which stands 125 feet tall
- Continue to the Amareswara Temple, the village's Shiva shrine
- Spend a final moment on the river bank
- Then drive about 52 km to Vijayawada Airport to catch your flight
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Trip Facts
Local Activities & Events
Updated Oct 7, 2026Andhra Pradesh — across your trip
Vijayawada Utsav
culturalA ten-day state tourism festival beside the Krishna River, with classical and folk shows, devotional programmes, Dandiya nights, a carnival and fireworks.
Dasara Mahotsavam, Indrakeeladri
festivalNavaratri worship of Goddess Kanaka Durga on Indrakeeladri hill, with a new alankaram each day, building to Vijayadashami.
Proddatur Dussehra
festivalNine Navaratri nights at the Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari Temple in Proddatur, nicknamed the second Mysore, with a mass procession on Vijayadashami.
Navaratri Brahmotsavam, Tirumala
festivalNine days of processions at the Venkateswara Temple, the deity carried on a different mount each day, closing with a ritual dip in the temple tank.
Dwaraka Tirumala Brahmotsavam
festivalDwaraka Tirumala's Venkateswara temple, called Chinna Tirupati, stages vahana processions from the flag hoisting to the closing chakra snanam.
Sirimanotsavam (Pydithalli Ammavari Jatara)
festivalVizianagaram's main festival for the goddess Pydithalli, built around a procession in which a priest rides a tall wooden log through the town.
Andhra Pradesh Day
culturalRemembers the 1 November 1956 merger of Andhra State with Hyderabad State, which followed the States Reorganisation Act.
Deepavali
festivalA regional holiday in Andhra Pradesh, marked with lamps, sweets and fireworks.
Events are reviewed by our team before publishing and drop off after they end. Please confirm timings and availability with us before your trip — local schedules can change without notice.
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