Buddam, India

Buddam
బుద్ధాం
Village

Bronze statue of Buddha in museum (8th Century AD)
Buddam
Buddam

Location in Andhra Pradesh, India

Coordinates: 15°57′20″N 80°34′06″E / 15.9556°N 80.5683°E / 15.9556; 80.5683Coordinates: 15°57′20″N 80°34′06″E / 15.9556°N 80.5683°E / 15.9556; 80.5683
Country India
State Andhra Pradesh
District Guntur
Talukas Karlapalem
Population (2011)[1]
  Total 1,682
Languages
  Official Telugu
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN 522111[2]
Vehicle registration AP
Sex ratio 1.08 /

Buddam (or Buddham) is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Karlapalem mandal of Tenali revenue division.[3][4]

History

The name Buddam historically emerged from Bouddha Aramam (Monastery).[5] The archaeological department located many Buddhist relics in and around this village and a few of them are preserved in Amaravati and Hyderabad. A large hoard of bronze Buddhist sculptures dating from the 8th Century AD was found in Buddam in the nineteenth century and is now in the British Museum.[6]

References

  1. "Census 2011". The Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  2. Indian Postal PIN codes
  3. "Mandal wise villages" (PDF). Revenue Department - AP Land. National Informatics Center. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. "Adminsistrative divisions of Guntur district" (PDF). guntur.nic.in. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  5. "Alphabetical List of Monuments - Andhra Pradesh". Archaeological Survey of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  6. British Museum Collection
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