📍 Dam🏞️ Lake📍 Landmark

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

Nalgonda, Telangana, India

4.5 (0)

Overview

The world's largest masonry dam — a 1.6-km wall of stone taming the Krishna, its 26 crest gates a monsoon spectacle above a 285-sq-km lake.

Why visit: Nehru's 'modern temple' in full flood is unforgettable.

Things to do

›Crest-gate release viewing
›View Point park
›Launch to Nagarjunakonda island

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Travel Information

Best time

Aug–Oct (gates open), Oct–Feb

Entry fee

Free (viewpoints)

Est. budget

₹500–1,500

Duration

1 day

Nearby attractions

Within

0.1 km

🏛️ Historical

4.3

Nagarjunasagar & Nagarjunakonda

Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

One of the world's largest masonry dams on the Krishna, and the island museum of Nagarjunakonda — the relocated relics of a great 3rd-century Buddhist university.

Oct–Mar1 dayExplore

1.5 km

📍 Buddhist Site

4.3

Buddhavanam

Nagarjuna Sagar, Telangana

A 274-acre Buddhist heritage theme park on the Krishna's left bank — Jataka sculpture trails, a Maha Stupa and the story of Acharya Nagarjuna's university.

Oct–Feb2–3 hrsExplore

10.7 km

💧 Waterfall

4.1

Ethipothala Waterfall

Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

A 70-ft triple-stream waterfall on the Chandravanka near Nagarjunasagar, plunging into a crocodile-lagoon amid the Nallamala foothills.

Jul–Feb1–2 hrsExplore

17.2 km

💎 Hidden Gem📍 Nature

3.9

Kotilingala-side Kotappakonda & Guntur Falls

Guntur, Andhra Pradesh

The forested hill-and-stream country of the Guntur-Nallamala edge — seasonal waterfalls, hill shrines and picnic valleys near Macherla and Durgi.

Jul–FebHalf dayExplore