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A village in the Gunupur subdivision is 94 kms from Raygada district. The Jagdamba hill nearby is abode to five Lord Shiva temples namely, Manikeswar, Dhavaleswar, Mallikeswar, Nilakantheswar and Podukeswar. Archaeological findings have revealed Buddhist connections of the place at Mallikeswar shrine, where the inscriptions are in the characters of the 7th century AD, preserving a small genealogy of three Buddhist Acharyas – Chandralekha, Bhaddhakhan and Dharmakirtti. The archaeological evidences indicate a monastery of Acharya Dharmakirtti flourished in the hill.
How to Reach Rayagada Getting to Rayagada is not difficult. Nearest air port is at Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) 200 KMs away which is well connected with New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Mumbai, Nagpur by going flights.Rail: Well connected from other parts of India like Delhi, Chennai, Allepy, Bokaro, Raipur, Gujrat, Nagpur, Kolkata, Hyderbad, Bilaspur and Bhubaneswar. Road : Convenient road transport facilities available as NH-43 is passing through Koraput,i.e. 109 KMs from Rayagada. Direct Express bus services are available from Vishakhapatnam, Vizianagarm, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Puri, Jeypore, Koraput, Malkangiri, Phulbani, etc. Facilities: Taxies and Auto-Rickshaw are available here at Rayagada for visiting the places of attraction and excursion.
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