This site is deserving of much better preservation by the Archaeological Survey of India. It is stunning, especially the frescoes. This is world heritage, set in a wonderful landscape. Please, GOI, take care of these treasures. Travellers should visit & blog so that something is done about the appalling state of preservation , and lack of contextual information... More

Lepakshi is a small village near hindpur, ap. This place has a beautiful temple dedicated to veerabhadraswamy. One of the largest bull statues is also found here. Driving Directions from Bangalore: From Bangalore take NH 7 towards Hyderabad. About 70 kms from Devenahalli is the Karnataka-AP state border. There is a toll booth just before you enter AP. As soon... More

Lepakshi is located about 125 Kms from bangalore. I live in Whitefield area and hence we took the bypass to the new airport. (we avoided the Hebbal route, by taking Whitefield station - NH4 - NH207 - NH7 (after new airport)) One important point is not to trust Nokai maps. It pointed me to a completely different place (which was... More

Lepakshi Temple (AP) 110 Km drive from bangalore to hindupur using devnahalli anantpur express highway. its 500 yrs old historical lord shiva temple, and also india's biggest nandi bull statue, the temple consist of marvelous stone sculpture and design. Must visit temple in south. More

Once again the restless traveller in us saw us leave for Lepakshi at 6am. I had been there over 25 years ago, but Ranga had not and we decided to visit this temple on Sankranti. Lepakshi is a town that is fighting a hard and brave battle against obscurity. Despite being a contemporary of its more famous cousin of the... More