Anantapur

Anantapur is a city (population: 466,359) and a municipal corporation in Anantapur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is the headquarters of the Anantapur District. Anantapur is the hometown of former President of the Republic of India, Shri Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy & Shri Tarimala Nagi Reddy, often called "TN". He was an icon of the communist ideology and a founder of revolutionary communism in the country. We provide tourist transport in India.

Geography
Anantapuram is located at 14°41'N 77°36'E / 14.68°N 77.6°E[1]. It has an average elevation of 335 metres (1099 feet).

Demographics
As of 2006 India census[2], Anantapur has a population of 360,951 (agglomeration 466,359)in City Corporation and has around 6 Lakhs along with Raptadu Tapovanam Sk University and other extensions. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Anantapur has an average literacy rate of 69%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 10% of the population is under 6 years of age. Telugu and Kannada are the predominant languages of this city. We provide tourist transport in India.

Anantapur city
The city of Anantapur has a population of 360,951 (agglomeration 466,359) as per the 2006 census. Anantapur is known for its tourist attraction. Bhagvan Satya Sai Baba is born in Anantapur District near puttaparthy and studied in Uravakonda in Anantapur district. We provide travel & tours in India.

History
Anantapur offers some vivid glimpses of the prehistoric past. It is generally held that the place got its name from 'Anaatasagaram' , a big tank, which means "Endless Ocean". We provide travel & tours in India.The villages of Anaantasagaram and Bukkarayasamudram were constructed by Chilkkavodeya, the minister of Bukka-I, a Vijayanagar ruler. Some authorities assert that Anaantasagaram was named after Bukka's queen, while some contend that it must have been known after Anantarasa Chikkavodeya himself, as Bukka had no queen by that name. Anantapur is familiarly known as "Hande Anantapuram" Was named after the Hande family who ruled Anantapur and Bukkarayapatnam.The Hande family belonged to the Balija/Kapu/Naidu Community. Anantapur and a few other places were gifted by the Vijayanagar rulers to Hande Hanumappa Naidu of the Hande family. We provide travel & tours in India.

The place subsequently came under the Qutub Shahis, Mughals, and the Nawabs of Cuddapah, although the Hande chiefs continued to rule as their subordinates. It was occupied by the Palergar of Bellary during the time of Ramappa but was eventually won back by his son, Siddappa. Morari Rao Ghorpade attacked Anantapur in 1757. Though the army resisted for some time, Siddappa ultimately bought off the enemy for Rs.50,000.

It then came into the possession of Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan. We provide travel & tours in India.Tipu hanged all the male members of the
Siddappa family except Siddappa who escaped from his confinement at Srirangapatnam. After Tipu's death, it was once again taken back by Siddappa. Siddappa submitted himself to Nizam because of the treaty of 1799, who took the total control of the area. He was later pensioned off when British occupied the territory.

Universities
1. Sri Krishnadevaraya University
2. University College of Education, Sri Krishnadevaraya University (University Campus)
3. Javaharlal Nehru Technological University (Covers Rayalaseema and nellore district's engineering colleges from 2008-09)
4. Govt Arts College (Autonomous)
5. Satya Sai Deemed University, Anantapur Campus.
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Institutions
1. Sri Sathya Sai Arts & Science junior college for women-Anantapur
2. Govt., ITI for women, Anantapur.
3. Govt., ITI for boys, Anantapur - www.itibatp.com
4. SSBN PG and Degree College (Autonomous)
5. Sri Sai College of Nursing
6. Government Medical College
7. Government Junior College for Boys, New Town
8. Kasturba College of Physiotheraphy
9. Sri Balaji Educational Society, with over 20 institutions in Anantapur District
10. PVKK Institute of Technology (Starting 2008)
11. PVKK PG College
12. Ragavendra college of Pharmacy
13. Little flower group of schools and B.E.D college
14. Police Training College
15. Govt Polytechnic College
16. Sri Satya Sai baba BEd College, Penukonda
17. Anantapur Development Initiative
18. Sri Krishnadevaraya Engineering College (University Campus)
19. Moula Ali Engineering College
20. INTELLECTUAL Engineering College, (formerly INTELL engineering college)
21. Sri Balayesu Educational Institutes,Hindupur.
22. Gates Institute of Technology, (Gooty,47 km away from Anantapur)
23. Sri Krishnadevaraya Engineering College, Gooty
24. SV Degree & PG college
25. Sri Satya Sai Educational Institutions
26. INTELL M.C.A College
27. Sri Vani PG College
28. CVLNR PG College
29. Sri Balaji pg college
30. Besant PG College
31. CMI Degree College
32. Sri sai degree college
33. Corporate Colleges like Nalanda, SriChaitanya, Narayana etc
34. ViswaBharathi English medium school
35. Vivekananda Educational Academy Chittoor, Anantapur, Kadapa etc
36. Concept schools like Narayana e-techno schools,Keshava Reddy Talent Schools etc
37. Sri Rama Rural Development And Educational Soceity Anantapur,Andhra Pradesh,India.
38. SPVM degree college, Gorantla (Anantapur dist) by Mr.Bhakthavatsalam (principal)
39. The greater gownipalli Z.P.High school
40. Medhavi Jr College, Anantapur
41. Baba Residential Learning Centre, Brahmanapalli,Puttaparthi

Government Arts College(affectionately known as The Grand Old Lady of Rayalaseema) Anantapuram, established in the year 1916. The college boasts a long list of high profile alumni including India’s former presidents, Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan and Dr. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy; Former Chief Ministers of Andhra Pradesh like Sri Damodaram Sajeevaiah and Kotla Vijayabhaskar Reddy; and other persons like Dr U.R. Rao, former Chairman, ISRO and Y. Venugopala Reddy, the present Governor of Reserve Bank of India. We provide travel & tours in India.

Sports
Anantapur has many sports facilities and has played host to Irani cup in 1963-64 when Rest of India scored their lowest total of 83 against the then Ranji trophy winners Bombay played at Sanjeeva Reddy stadium. Several Ranji trophy matches and other regional tournamants for basketball, bll badminton, etc. have been hosted in Anantapur. We provide travel & tours in India.

Places of interest in and around Anantapur
1. Mallapuram mountains at 68 km from Anantapur
2. Anantapur Clock Tower is in the heart of the city which brings back the memories of the Independence days during which it has been built.
3. Lepakshi Temple (is renowned as the repository of the best mural paintings of the Vijayanagar Kings. Lepakshi consists of three shrines dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu and 'Virabhadra'). The temple is decorated with superbly sculptured pillars on which are carved life-size representations of musicians and dancers in various poses displaying spirit and vigour. One can also see the world's largest Nandi (stone sculpture of the bull which Lord Shiva rides and the gate keeper of the Shiva) lepakshi is 14 km from Hindupur
4. Puttaparthi, Prasanthi Nilayam (Home of Sri Satya Sai and to many facilities such as super speciality hospital, educational institutions, founded by Sri Satya Sai)
5. Thimmamarri manu (A large Banyan tree spread over 5 acres (20,000 m2) of land near Kadiri. This tree was recorded as the biggest tree in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1989)
6. Venkateswara Swamy Temple & Shiva Temple in Tadipatri. Architectural beauty.
7. Hanuman temple, Kasapuram, near to Guntakal
8. Belum Caves (natural Caves), 15 km from Tadipatri.
9. Sri Nallalamma swamy Temple in the village Kanampalli, approximately 22 km from Anantapur.
10. Sri Nagalingeswara swamy Temple in the village [[Neelampalli]], approximately 12 km from Anantapur.
11. Buttre pally waterfall near kadiri 15 km from kadiri which falls only in rainy season.
12. Lakshmi Narasimha swamy temple Pennaohbulam which is 35 km from Ananthapur.
13. Kadiri Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple famous for the idol sweating(Official website: 14. Devarakonda only hill in Anantapur has a temple at the top.
15. ISKCON temple on the outskirts of the city on NH 7.
16. Temple of Lord Siva and Parvathi in Kuderu 20 km from Anantapur.
17. Temple of Sri Subramanyeswara Swamy in Pampanuru 20 km from Anantapur.
18. Temple of Sri Shiva in Kandukaru village 10 km from Anantapur (Old temple found in diggings).
19. Penukonda (Ghanagiri) 70 km from Anantapur and 120 km from Bangalore Air port]] : Hazrat Baba
Fakroddin Dargah,Biggest Hanuman Statue laid from 14th century at entrance of Penukonda, Port wall, Timmarusu Samadhi, Big Narasimha swamy temple and big tank at hill top, One of the oldest Jain temple in the world ( Pache Parswanatha swamy temple ), Gagan Mahal ( Summer resort for empire Krishna devaraya ) are located in only Spiritual Town
20. hanuman temple near somuladoddi
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Transportation
Anantapur City is well connected to most major cities in India by the National Highways 7 and 205. Anantapur also has direct train connection to Hyderabad, Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jaipur,

Bhubaneswar, Pune, Vishakapatnam, etc. Puttaparthi which is 80 km south of Anantapur is the nearest airport with scheduled air services while Bangalore, 215 km away has an international airport and is well connected to rest of India. Indian packages with Indian Travel Agent.