Srisailam

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Route

Hyderabad - Mannanur - Srisailam(230km) - 45km - Dornala (very good to stay) - 130km - Nagarjunasagar - 180km - Hyderabad Total: 485km (round trip)

Places to see

1. Srisailam Dam.
2. Shiva Temple (one of the 12 jyotirlingam).
3. Srisailam Tiger Sanctuary (though u may not be able to venture inside the forest due to Naxal problem), but the drive through the sanctuary and the krishna valley are alone much
4. Drive to Nagarjuna sagar, see Nagarjunasagar Dam, world's biggest masonery dam. Also to see buddhist excavations at NagarjunaKonda, hill in the middle of the world's biggest man made lake created by the dam water.