Nagarjunasagar

In the mid-1950s a major hydro-electric project was planned on the River Krishna at Vijayapuri. It was then found that an ancient Buddhist site would be submerged by the water of the reservoir and hence a special project was taken up to excavate the site and transplant the structures to the hill called Nagarjunakonda.
Nagarjuna-sagar, as it was previously known as a small town situated between Guntur and Hyderabad. The erstwhile name of the town indicates “the town of victory” while the existing name is resulting from Acharya Nagarjuna, a Buddhist saint.

Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is the biggest brickwork dam designed across Krishna river in Nagarjuna Sagar, Nalgonda region of Andhra Pradesh. The development duration of the dam was between the years of 1955 and 1967. The dam contains the Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir with a potential of up to 11,472 thousand cubic metres.