This set of three Horizontal paintings is original pencil sketch by Richa Mehta. The sketches are based on the old builing ruins in Vijaywada.

Vijaywada is one of oldest cities of India. The discovery of Stone Age Artifacts remains along the banks of the river from Machilipatnam to Nagarjuna Sagar indicates that this area was inhabited at that time.

The Chalukyas of Kalyan once conquered this place, and the famous Chinese Xuanzang (Hsuan-tsang) had visited this place in 639 AD when Buddhism was at its zenith in the region. Kings Choda Gangadeva and Ananga Bhimadeva of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty in the 12th century whose capital was in modern Bhubaneswar and who built the Lingaraj temple had re-annexed considerable part of modern Andhra region and marched up to Godavari but could not cross the wide river bed.

He established a town 'Vijaya Bahuda' (Oriya) which means 'return after winning' which became known as Vijayawada. According to Vishnu Puranam, King Madhava Varma built the kingdom of Vijayawada and he was the ancestor of Poosapati Kings of Vizianagaram. He also built the Holy Temple of Kanaka Durga in INDRAKILADRI.