Kotturu Dhanadibbalu

Kotturu Dhanadibbalu is an ancient Buddhist site in the hilly forest near Kotturu village in Rambilli mandal, Anakapalli district, about 8 kilometres from Yelamanchili towards Atchutapuram, beside the Sarada River. Buddhist monks used it between the 1st century BC and the 2nd century AD.

At the entrance to the hillock stands a great stupa with small rock-cut cisterns close by. Further on are ruined mounds of viharas strewn with bricks, and beyond them small rock-cut caves with about five cells, known locally as Pandavula Guha after the five Pandavas. More excavation is still needed to reveal the viharas and minor inscriptions. Many of the old bricks have been carried off by local people, but the site is now fenced, with a garden and signboard kept by the archaeology department.