Hyderabad: Archaeologists explore historical remains and over a 1,000-year-old rare statue at Bhattugudem at Peddavura Mandal from the Nalgonda district.
Archaeological sites are filled with neolithic, megalithic, and satavahana, according to e sivanagi reddy, archaeologists.
Two fans, TG Saidareddy and K VenkataSe, along with Sivanasgi Reddy conducted a broad survey in the fields and saw a stone ax belonging to the Neolithic period of 4,000 BC.
They also found the iron slag from the megalithic period of 1,000 BC and red-polished red equipment fragments from the first and second century Satavahana Period.
Sivanagi Reddy found a rare stone statue of Bhairdava and Brahma in the form of Trimurti and Valli Subrahmanya, Surya and Mahishasuramardini who represented Rastrakuta’s style and Kalyani Chalukyan lying in negligent in the location of the Isthakameswara temple.
Some Heroes from the 13th century Kakatiya period were also excavated during exploration.
It was described installed on elephants and those who held the sword revealed that these heroes lost their lives in a local fight and were welcomed by the servant celestial rambha and urvation.
According to Sivanagi Reddy, the statue of Bhairava and Brahma rarely occur in their form and iconography.
“It was found lying in negligent while the panel sculpture was dumped in a garbage hole located near the temple,” he added.
Rare stone statues found in the Nalgonda district
