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The Best Attractions In Anantapur District

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Anantapur district is a district in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is located at Anantapur city. As of 2011 Census, the district had a population of 4,083,315, of which 28.09% is urban and a literacy rate of 64.28%. It is the largest district in terms of area in Andhra Pradesh and 7th largest district in India respectively.
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  • 1. Prasanthi Nilayam Puttaparthi
    Prasanthi Nilayam is the main ashram of Sathya Sai Baba located in the village of Puttaparthi in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Sathya Sai Baba was born in Puttaparthi. Prasanthi Nilayam means literally Abode of the Highest Peace. Sathya Sai Baba gave daily darshan to his devotees in this ashram. Sathya Sai Baba was usually present in Prasanthi Nilayam from early June to the middle of March.
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  • 2. Veerabhadra Temple Lepakshi
    The Veerabhadra temple is in Lepakshi in the Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Built in the 16th century, the architectural features of the temple are in the Vijayanagara style with profusion of carvings and paintings at almost every exposed surface of the temple. It is one of the centrally protected monumemts of national importance. The fresco paintings are particularly detailed in very bright dresses and colours with scenes of Rama and Krishna from the epic stories of the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Puranas and they are well preserved. There is a very large Nandi , mount of Shiva, about 200 metres away from the temple which is carved from a single block of stone, which is said to be one of the largest of its type in the world.
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  • 3. 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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  • 5. Sri Sathya Sai Hill View Stadium Puttaparthi
    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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  • 7. 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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  • 9. Veerabhadra Swamy Temple Complex Lepakshi
    Sri Veerabhadra Swamy Temple is a Hindu pilgrimage center located at the middle of River Godavari on Pattiseema island of West Godavari district.
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  • 10. 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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