ANGKOR WAT SPLENDOUR IN DEVUNIGUTTA, BUT IT'S OLDER.

In one of the biggest archaeological finds in recent times, the exploration of a sixth century Buddhist Vajrayana temple on 06th October, 2017 (Friday) at Devunigutta in Jayashankar Bhupalapally district of Telangana revealed that the temple precedes the world's biggest religious monument - the 13th century Angkor Wat temple in Cambodia and the 9th century Barabudur Mahayana temple at Magelang in Java. And the ruins don't just predate Angkor Wat, they also bear a striking recemblance to the splendour of the sprawling Cambodian shrine. Historians and archaeologists have now asked the state government to restore the unique temple built with stone and bricks in deep in the forests.
Speaking to Times of India, well-known historian Sriramoju Haragopal, said, "The temple was recently discovered by villagers and a Telangana Jagruti team led by Sadiq Ali. We revisited the temple and did research on the architectural style and other historical aspects. It was found that the Buddhist arama, also called chaityalaya, dates back to the 06th century and resembles Cambodia's Angkor Wat and Java's Barabadur Buddhist temple".
24-feet high architectural wonder is crumbling, needs restoration: The Angkor Wat temple's magnificence bears resemblance to the 06th century temple ruins unearthed at Devunigutta in Telangana. The 24-foot high Buddhist shrine was sculpted in stone like the Cambodian temple. Devunigutta is located near Kottur in Bhupalapally. "The temple's pinnacle resembles a pyramid and has been damaged, with its over 6-foot sculptures crumbling. This has to be restored. There are distinct resemblances between Angkor Wat and the temple at Devunigutta, though the latter is smaller in size. There's no foundation and the structure was built on two-layered nine-foot walls. The entrance to the temple has three stone brick walls. "We found a beautiful lake 100 feet away from the temple", said Haragopal.
The team of historians, including V. Muralikrishna, K. Srinivas, Aravind Arya, V. Sameer Kumar and A. Karunakar found a marble stone stupa with four half-padmas and lions, which appear to be from first or second century B.C. "These stupas would have been a place of worship for monks before the chaityalaya was built. The entrances to these stupas are adorned with Vajrayana statues. "Local villagers installed a Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy statue recently and began worshipping it. The temple has a series of descriptive sculptures that depict Buddha's life, including his teachings. The Amithabha head on the top of the wall resembles huge sculptures of stone-brick found on Angkor Wat. Most statues resemble other Buddhist temples in Amaravathi, Nagarjunakonda and Skandagiri and Udayagir", said Haragopal.
Historians said Vajrayana spread to the world from Nagarjunakonda in Andhra and Telangana. "A Taradevi statue was also found. The Shaiva culture in Buddhist chaityalaya has Vajraya roots", he said.
-Challpalli Srinivas Chakravarthy-
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