Papanasi Temples

Alampur Papanasi Temples are a group of twenty three Hindu temples dated between 9th- and 11th-century. They have been moved and restored from their ruins by the Archaeological Survey of India after 1980. They were threatened by the Srisailam hydroelectric project, but they were moved to higher grounds and a barrage built to protect them which has saved them from further damage. The Papanasi temples exhibit the Nagara architecture with a square plan. The Papanasisesvara temple is the largest of Papanasi group. It has a square plan, a phamsana superstructure with a brahmachchanda-griva sikhara, plain outer walls and rangamandapa inside. The temple is dedicated to dancing Shiva, Nataraja.