Country India District Guntur Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Population 1,682 (2011) | State Andhra Pradesh Talukas Karlapalem PIN 522111 | |
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Buddam (or Buddham) is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Karlapalem mandal of Tenali revenue division.
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Map of Buddam Village, Andhra Pradesh 522111
History
The name Buddam historically emerged from Bouddha Aramam (Monastery). The archaeological department located many Buddhist relics in and around this village and a few of them are preserved in Amaravati and Hyderabad. A large hoard of bronze Buddhist sculptures dating from the 8th Century AD was found in Buddam in the nineteenth century and is now in the British Museum.
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Buddam, India Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA