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Anantapur is a city in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the mandal headquarters of Anantapuramu mandal and also the divisional headquarters of Anantapur revenue division. The city is located on National Highway. It was also the headquarters of the Datta Mandalam in 1799. It was also a position of strategic importance for the British Indian Army during the Second World War.
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  • 2. Lepakshi Anantapur
    Lepakshi is a village in the Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located 15 km east of Hindupur and approximately 120 km north of Bangalore. Lepakshi is culturally and archaeologically significant as it is the location of shrines dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and Veerabhadra which were built during the Vijayanagara Kings' period . The temples are the location of mural paintings of the Vijayanagara kings and Kannada inscriptions. Near the temple complex is a large granite Nandi bull. On a hillock known as Kurma Saila, tortoise shaped hill, are other temples to Papanatheswara, Raghunatha, Srirama, and Durga. Lepakshi is also famous for puppet show based on Hindu mythology
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  • 4. Mounagiri Hanuman Temple Anantapur
    Mounagiri is a Hindu temple near Bengaluru Highway in Anantapur, India. The temple displays millennia of traditional Hindu and Andhra culture, spirituality, and architecture. The temple was inspired and developed by Sri Eswaraiah Swamy, the spiritual head of the Mounagiri Global Trust and Philosophical Society, whose 500 volunteers helped 1,000 artisans construct the Mounagiri Hanuman Temple. The Hanuman idol cost around ₹40 lakh to sculpture.
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  • 6. Thimmamma Marrimanu Anantapur
    Thimmamma Marrimanu is a banyan tree in Anantapur, located about 25 kilometers from Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is probably a specimen of Ficus benghalensis. In the Telugu language, marricode: tel promoted to code: te denotes banyan and manucode: tel promoted to code: te denotes trees. Its canopy covers 19,107 m2 , and it was recorded as the largest tree specimen in the world in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1989.
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  • 7. Penukonda Fort Anantapur
    Penukonda is a town in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is 70 km away from Anantapur town. This town is different from similar-sounding Penugonda. This town contains approximately 365 temples built during Vijayanagara rule. It was the second capital of Vijayanagara kingdom and served as a summer capital. Today, the place is famous for its Sri Kaleswar Swamy Ashram that draws people from world over. The ashram houses a training centre for advanced spirituality, Sri Kaleshwar Soul University. It is located with in the ancient fort complex, beneath the backdrop of Penukonda Mountain with its dozen temples and hidden meditation caves.Penukonda-Hindupur stretch can become a counter magnet for automobile, pharmaceutical industries,I T , tourism perspectives as it is geographic...
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  • 10. Sri Sathya Sai University Anantapur
    Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning is an institute of higher education located in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was founded by Sri Sathya Sai Baba in 31 October 1981 Sathya Sai Baba is the founding chancellor of the institute, while the current chancellor is M.N. Venkatachaliah who was a former Chief Justice of India. The Institute was inaugurated on November 22, 1981 by Justice YV Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India. Air Marshall OP Mehra, Governor of Maharashtra was the Guest of Honour. There are four campuses of the university, three for men at Prashanthi Nilayam in Puttaparthi; Whitefield near Bangalore; and Muddenahalli, Karnataka and one for women at Anantapur.The university is based on the gurukula system of ancient India wherein education is provided free f...
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  • 14. Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy Temple Tadipatri
    Bugga Ramalingeswara Swamy temple is a Siva shrine situated in Tadipatri , Anantapur District of Andhra Pradesh, India. The temple lies on the bank of the Penna river.
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