kethavaram is a small hamlet situated about 16 kilometres south -east of kurnool town the district headquarters. the site proper is located about 2kms to the south -east of the village. this site totally 13 rock shelters10 have paintings. local people called 1 shelter China chitrala gundu 2 peedda chitrala gundu 3 mekalolla gundu 4 chinna enugu gavi peedda enugu gavi. enugulagavi. when the present investigator, explored. the region in 1984, the cave areas revealed substantial artiftactual material of the mesolithic phase. when the multi disciplinary team visited the same site in 2008, the habitation deposits infornt of the cave was thoroughly disturbed as a result of the quarring activity. kethavaram rock paintings the thematicemphase an animal's in the rock paintings at kethavaram is obvious. the deer species accupy a prominent palace in the animal like hyena, monkey, dog, tiger humped bulls, Fox, rabbit reptiles like the lizard a bird and human figures are also depicted. historical paintings of this phase ocuar in only one rock shelter and they comprise 5paitend. labale inscriptions and a couple of religious symbols is such as swastik and eternal Kant the inscriptions brahmi alphabets probably of 5 6 century ad kusa panjara guha Telugu meaning chinna enugu gavi as like aswathama kunjaraha in mahabaratha. kethavaram village guide Sri c naganna
