Akkanna Madanna Caves - Tourist attraction in Vijayawada - Krishna, India

I visited here with my family I can't understand why it's so commercial here for the lift they take charges and they don't see senior citizens they just push everyone inside the lift as if they are not human.

Nice caves, located near the lift area of Kanaka durga temple. We are not allowed to go inside, we have seen from outside.

You could be forgiven for missing this place since its gates are kept closed. It lies on the path to the holy Sri Ameya Durga Malleswari Kanaka Durga temple, and almost everybody just misses it. The caves have been run down due to vandalism and acute weathering yet one can still figure out the carvings of Hindu deities like Lord Ganesha on the cave's outer walls. The caves are *infested* with squirrels, so be prepared for them jumping out of the dark caves, only to scamper away! Do pay heed to the pillars of the portico at the end of the cave complex with inscriptions in Brahmi script. It's heart rending to see the dilapidated condition of the caves but imagining the effort invested in building them and carving them out of the hills is just mind boggling!

So,you are not allowed to enter inside as this place us just below the mandir,so it is covered with fencing all over

Akkanna Madanna caves are a group of rock-cut belonging to Hindu cave temple dedicated to Lord Shiva at Vijayawada, foot of the Indrakiladri Hill, here Sri Kanaka Durga Temple located. The cave is under the protection Monuments of national importance and managed by the Archaeological Survey of INDIA. Akkanna Madanna caves belong to the mid-7th century during the Eastern Chalukya Dynasty era. Visitors are not allowed in the caves.

Best place to visit, Devotional place, Kanaka Durgama Temple , Mobile phone not allowed, mobile and bag lockers available, Laddu price : 15rs, Pulihora price :15rs, Chakrapogali Price: 25

A magnificent Eastern Chalukyan hidden treasure. Monolithic caves dug and carved between 6th and 8th century CE. Divided into two complexes, the upper cave complex was once the abode of Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma (trimurti) temples. A monolithic piller still stands depicting Arjuna's yogic effort to attain Pasupatastra from lord Shiva.

Akkanna Madanna caves date back to 7th century AD. One can see the caves while on the way to Kanak Durga temple. You are not allowed to enter the premises as these are precious historical remains and need to be maintained.