UNDAVALLI CAVES
These caves are said to be from 7th century. But one can see Gupta style of rock-cut Architecture which goes back to 4th-5th century CE. Most of emperor of Gupta's were Vaishnavas so we can see many sculpture of Narasimha, Vishnu and Ramayana stories. They are associated with the Vishnukundina kings of 420-620 CE. These caves are dedicated to Ananthan Padmanabhan and Narasimha. Later Jain and Buddhist monks used these as rest houses.
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