అమరావతీ నగర అపురూప శిల్పాలు (Amaravati's unique sculptures)

Suddenly, out of nowhere, I want to visit Amaravati. Amaravati was the capital of Satavahana kings and is famous for Buddhist architecture. Amaravati now also reminds me of Shyam Benegal's tele-series (Amaravati ki kahaniyan).

Just like in the lines from Andhra Pradesh's state song (మాతెలుగు తల్లికి మల్లెపూదండా maa-telugu-talliki-malle-poodanda), Andhra's cultural fervour is reverberating in my head.

"మా చెవుల రింగుమని మారు మ్రోగే దాక (maa chevulu rringu-mani mrogeedaaka)
నీ ఆటలే ఆడుతాం (nee aaTalee aaDutaam)
నీ పాటలే పాడుతాం" (nee paaTalee paaDutaam)

Maybe using the phrase "Andhra's culture" is no longer politically correct. After all, Telangana and Rayalaseema might get offended. In a funny take on Telangana struggle, this blogger here suggests, renaming Andhra Pradesh as Telangana itself, as Telugu was earlier called Telangu. And it seems to make logical sense to call the state speaking Telugu as Telangana. There would be no bifurcation or trifurcation then! He titled his post, మాతెలుగు తల్లికి ముళ్ళపూదండా (maa-telugu-talliki-muLLa-poodanda)!!

On another note, I didn't know who had written AP's state song. Apparently it was Sankarambadi Sundaraachari.