Goli is a village in

Palnadu district Palnadu district is a district in coastal Andhra Region in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. With Narasaraopet as its administrative headquarters, it was formed on 4 April 2022 to become one of the resultant twenty-six districts The distric ...

of the Indian state of

Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (ISO 15919, ISO: , , AP) is a States and union territories of India, state on the East Coast of India, east coast of southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, seventh-largest state and th ...

. It is situated on the right bank of the river Goleru, which joins the

Krishna River The Krishna River in the Deccan Plateau, Deccan plateau is the third-longest in India, after the Ganga, Ganga and Godavari. It is also the fourth-largest in terms of water inflows and river basin area in India, after the Ganga, Indus and Godav ...

two miles to the north. It is located in Rentachintala mandal of

in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is situated 5 km away from sub-district headquarters Rentachintala (tehsildar office) and 120 km away from Guntur. It is 49.7 km downstream of

Nagarjunakonda Nagarjunakonda (ISO: Nāgārjunikoṇḍā, meaning Nagarjuna Hill) is a historical town, now an island located near Nagarjuna Sagar in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of India's richest Buddhist sites, and n ...

(by road) and 113 km upstream of

Amaravathi Amaravati ( , Telugu: ) is the capital city of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Guntur district on the right bank of the Krishna River, southwest of Vijayawada. The city derives its name from the nearby historic site of ...

. As per 2009 statistics, Jettipalem is the Gram Panchayat of Goli village. The total geographical area of the village is 2759 hectares. As per the 2011 census, Goli has a total population of 5,726 people, out of which male population is 2,890 while female population is 2,836. The literacy rate of Goli village is 39.94% out of which 48.44% males and 31.28% females are literate. There are about 1,484 houses in Goli village.

Macherla Macherla is a town in Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Macherla mandal in Gurazala revenue division. History Macherla is capital of the region Palnadu. The name ''Macherla'' originated from ...

is the nearest town to Goli for all major economic activities, which is approximately 18 km away.

Goli archeological excavation

Goli was the site of

archaeological excavation In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains. An excavation site or "dig" is the area being studied. These locations range from one to several areas at a time during a project and can be condu ...

in 1926 by Gabriel Joveau-Dubreuil. The remains of a

stupa In Buddhism, a stupa (, ) is a domed hemispherical structure containing several types of sacred relics, including images, statues, metals, and '' śarīra''—the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns. It is used as a place of pilgrimage and m ...

were found, clad in Palnadu limestone panels. Scenes from the

Jataka tales The ''Jātaka'' (Sanskrit for "Birth-Related" or "Birth Stories") are a voluminous body of literature native to the Indian subcontinent which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form. Jataka stories we ...

and the

Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was ...

's life are prominent themes. The archeological evidence of a

Vihāra Vihāra generally refers to a Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery for Buddhist renunciates, mostly in the Indian subcontinent. The concept is ancient and in early Pali texts, it meant any arrangement of space or facilities for dwellings.

consisted of two carved pillars and a votive stupa, which may have been part of a monastic establishment. A solitary seven-hooded

Mucalinda Mucilinda (; Pali: ''Mucalinda'') is a nāga who protected Śākyamuni Buddha from the elements after his enlightenment. It is said that six weeks after Gautama Buddha began meditating under the Bodhi Tree, the heavens darkened for seven da ...

panel has been enshrined ''in situ'' in the village as Nagamayyā. It is non-figural, i.e.

is represented as a

, not an image.

References

{{reflist Villages in Palnadu district