The Buddhist excavation site is 16 km from Visakhapatnam. Magnificent Viharas and stupas have been unearthed here.
Bavikonda is a hill on the North west of Timmapuram is situated in between Visakhapatnam and Bheemunipatnam Beach road and located at 2 Kms. Interior from the beach road point. On the hill noticed a Buddist site in the middle of the plain with antiquities