budagavi is a small village situated
in the uravakonda talk of anantapur district, about 6 km from the talk headquarters on the anantapur -Ballari road. the granite hillock at many places on its flat top and slopes revealed evidences of mesolithic and Neolithic tools. the site was discovered by Robert Bruce Foote. after ramireddy sir chandramouli the Neolithic habitation site thought no excavation were conducted here a large surface collection of Neolithic artifacts pottery and mesolithic tools was reported. the to tal number of rock paintings in all the four rock shelter is 20.
rock shelter 2 are in white colour. the white paintings comprise drawings of two human figures one in flat wash and another in outline, in a standing posture side by side. the paintings in red ochre depict a deer humped bulls handprints geometric figures and human figures. (local people called is paintings rathapatallu )budagavi is a beautiful rock shelter
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