Bhairavakona is a holy place situated on the heart of Nallamala Hills in the Prakasam district of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh. This place is notable for eight different forms of cave temples of Shiva dating to 7th or the 8th century CE.
The rock cut cave temples here are quite similar to some of the rock cut temples in Mahabalipuram. Each temple presents Brahma-Vishnu-Shiva combination.
The name Bhairavakona originated from the fact that Kaala Bhairava Swamy guards the location which has temple of Sri Trimukha Durgamba Mahadevi in the background Bargheswara lingam in the foreground.
Bhairavakona is 15 km (9.3 mi) from Seetharamauram, 23 km (14 mi) from Chandrasekharapuram and 35 km (22 mi) from Pamuru in Kothapalli hill range. It is about 43 km (27 mi) from Udayagiri, a town in Nellore district. APSRTC's runs buses to Seetharamapuram from which share autos ply to Bhairavakona.