Sri Bhagavan Mahavir Government Museum

Established in 1982, Sri Bhagavan Mahavir Govt. Museum is an archaeological museum in Kadapa that comprises of four galleries. One of the galleries is dedicated to stone sculptures of gods and goddesses from the Hindu pantheon; another to the Jain Tirthankaras; the third to artefacts from pre-historic eras to the late Vijayanagara period and the fourth to hero stones, that is, slabs memorialising martyred heroes. The exhibits in these galleries include tools, Megalithic pottery, objects illustrating the material culture of early humans, coins, terracotta figurines, bronze and bidri ware to name a few. The museum is also home to Buddha Pada that can be dated to 2nd Century AD and sculptures of Annapurna and Surya.