3rd century Buddha sculpture unearthed in Guntur | Vijayawada NYOOOZ – NYOOOZ

• | Wednesday | 19th December, 2018

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GUNTUR: A Buddhist sculpture of Naga Muchulinda carved on a Palnadu limestone was found in Guntur city on Wednesday. Dr Reddy said that it was heartening to see that devotees were engaged in worshipping the Buddha Padas (Buddha’s foot prints). Dr Reddy asserted that old Guntur served as a Buddhist site and contemporary to Nagarjunakonda, 1800 years ago. Dr E Sivanagi Reddy, a Buddhist scholar and CEO, The Cultural Centre of Vijayawada and Amaravati visited the Agasthyeswara temple, in old Guntur and noticed the sculpture erected on a pedestal in the south-west corner of the temple. He was surprised to find the historical sculpture and studied its features.Dr Reddy said that the sculpture represented Naga Muchilinda, the mighty king of serpents, who protected the Buddha while in meditation under the Bodhi tree , four weeks after the enlightenment, from the prodigious rain with his hood.


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