Nagarjuna Sagar Dam, Masonry dam in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, India.
Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is a masonry wall and hydroelectric plant on the Krishna River in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The barrier stretches 4,865 meters (about 16,000 feet) across the riverbed and forms a large reservoir that provides water supply for agriculture and power generation.
Construction started in 1955 under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and finished in 1967. At that time, the facility was considered the tallest masonry dam in the world.
The structure takes its name from the Buddhist philosopher Nagarjuna, whose teachings once flourished in this region. Visitors can walk along the top and watch water flowing into the canals that irrigate wide stretches of the surrounding countryside.
The dam wall offers a pedestrian path along the top that provides wide views over the reservoir and the river plain. Visitors should come early in the day, as the open location can become very hot at midday.
When the reservoir was filled, the ancient Buddhist settlement of Nagarjunakonda disappeared underwater. Archaeologists then moved many sculptures and ruins to a nearby island that can still be visited today.
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