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Buddhavanam – a Buddhist theme park is a prestigious project taken up on the northern bank of river Krishna in Nagarjunasagar by Telangana Government with a view to develop tourism in the State. Government of India has sanctioned the project as part of developing an integrated Buddhist Circuit with a vision to attract large number of domestic and international tourists particularly from South - East Asia. Buddhavanam is one of its kind and the largest Buddhist heritage theme parks withan extent of 279 acres. It is developed to showcase theglimpses of the glorious, and humble life of Gautama, the Buddha featuring at the Entrance plaza, Buddhacharitha Vanam (Life of Buddha), Jataka Park, Dhyana Vanam, Stupa Vanam, Maha Stupa and an in-house Buddhist Heritage Museum. The intricate carvings on the drum and drome portionsof the Mahastupa and a virtual hanging sky with lotus petals under the sky inside the Mahastupa offers a breath-taking view. Located just beside Nagarjuna Sagar a reservoir formed due to the construction of the dam across the river Krishna was known as Nagarjuna Konda or Sriparvata - Vijayapuri, served as capital city of the Ikshvaku dynasty, which ruled Andhradesa during the 3rd and 4th centuries A.D. Nagarjunakonda was named after the famous Buddhist scholar and Madhyamika philosopher Acharya Nagarjuna. Nagarjunakonda was a centre of Mahayana Buddhism, where many Buddhist sects had their monasteries, shrines and Stupas built to propagate the Dhamma. Excavations conducted at Nagarjunakonda between 1954 and 1960 have revealed the existence of a Maha Stupa, Votive Stupas, Chaityas, Silamandapas and a good number of Buddhist sculptural panels and antiquities. The structures exposed also included a palace complex and a few Brahmanical temples built of bricks. The sculptural panels were depicted with the major events of the life of the Buddha and Jataka stories. As these vestiges were threatened for the submergence in the Nagarjunasagar reservoir, most of the structures were reconstructed on the Nagarjunakonda Island and at Anupu, a ferry point on the right bank of the river Krishna. The antiques including the holy relics of the Buddha recovered are displayed in the Island Museum for the benefit of the visitors.