Puttur, Andhra Pradesh

Puttur పుత్తూరు Putturu
town
The central view of the town
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Chittoor
Government
• TDP	Muddu Krishnama Naidu
Population  (2007)
• Total	33,000
Languages
• Official	Telugu
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	517583
Telephone code	+918577
Vehicle registration	AP-03

Puttur is a census town and mandal headquarters in Chittoor district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

Puttur is located at 13.45°N 79.55°E / 13.45; 79.55. It has an average elevation of 144 metres (472 feet).
Puttur is situated on the way from Tirupati to Chennai. It is situated at distance of 35 km from Tirupathi and 11 km from Nagari and 18 kilometres from Andhra Pradesh's border with Tamil Nadu.

Places of interest

All these places are within 20 km reach (14 miles approx.)

• AP tourism has built guest houses at Kailasanatha Kona and near Bypass Road (Punnami).
• Bone-Setting Hospital (2 km from Puttur Railway Station)
• Karvetinagaram (A fort, A man made pond)
• Temples

1. A.M.Puram (Anjeramma temple)
2. Kalyana Venkatestwara Swamy Temple (The venue of the sacred marriage between Lord Venkateshwara and Goddess Padmavati)
3. Kavama Temple
4. Arettamma Temple (A Grama Devatha)
5. Avinakshamma Temple
6. Power of Shakthi Temple (OM Shakthi)
7. Sadha Siva Temple
8. Ayyapa Swami temple
9. Sri Draupadi Devi Sametha Dharmarajula Temple
10. Subramanya Swamy Temple
11. Govindhamman Temple
12. Venugopala Swamy Temple (Karvetinagaram)
13. Kailasanatha Kona (Lord Shiva's Temple 8 km to Puttur)
14. Sri Gayathri Temple
15. Sri Anjaneya swamy Temple

• Waterfalls

1. Kailasanatha Kona
2. Moola Kona
3. Sadasiva Kona
4. anantha naidu kandriga

Festivals

The local festival called Thirunallu is celebrated in August every year for three days. The whole town of Puttur will wear a festive look during the festival. Radhotsavam (Pulling a Car(Theru)) is most important part of Thirunallu. The huge car decorated with flowers and containing a statue of a god is pulled through the main streets of Puttur. Also, a small exhibition and shandy takes place on those days, entertaining the people. In the shandy, people can be seen buying small toys, decoration items, cosmetics, and home appliances. There are also fun-rides available and the whole place looks like a carnival. One of the things selling at the Thirunallu are tiny little colored baby chickens. They come in varied colors such as pink, green, orange, yellow, and blue.

The local festival for Gate Puttur actually East side of the railway track is "Jatra" specially for Govindhamman up to three days in July end recently from 2004 onwards. The festival will start with the "saattu" program on Sunday and the god of Govindhamman will be decorated and seated on car which is pulled by the peoples all over the entire gate puttur area on Tuesday 9 (i.e. next to Sunday programme) and finally the program ends on Wednesday with the "Kumbam Idudhal" programme means all the ladies in the town are bring prasadam which is prepared at their home and submitted in front of the god.

The other local function if AADI KRITHAGA. All are take kavadis praised the god MURUGA and submitted it to the GOD Muruga at puttur alone or at Tiritani. Good temple is Sri Govindamma in gate Puttur. Puttur is also famous for hand loom products (Chudidhars, hand kerchiefs, towels, cotton Zari Sarees, and Dhoties etc.) and majority of population consists of Traditional weavers. In fact the first railway line in Andhra Pradesh state was laid from Renigunta to Puttur. Puttur is also famous for mangoes and the varieties mangoes are exported to different foreign countries.

Major nearby tourist attractions

1. Amma Palli Dam (30 km)
2. Appalaigunta (20 km)
3. Kailasa Kona (15 km)
4. Karvetinagaram (15 km)
5. Moolakona -Sri Sadasiva Swamy and Ammavaru temples can be seen separately.(The most visited place for youth)13 km
6. Nagalapuram (35 km)
7. Nagari (11 km)
8. Narayanavanam (5 km)
9. Sadasiva Kona Water falls (25 km)
10. Surutupalli
11. Tirupati (35 km)
12. Tiruttani (35 km)
13. Kotarvedu ( Agasteeswara Swamy Temple ) ( 13Km )

Major Banks in Puttur

1. Andhra Bank
2. Bank of India
3. Grameena Bank
4. HDFC Bank
5. ICICI Bank
6. State Bank of India
7. Vijaya Bank

Major Colleges in Puttur

1. S.R.S.Govt. Junior, Degree & P.G College
2. Bethani First Grade College
3. Gloria College
4. Indus College
5. Srinivasa College of Education
6. K.K.C. College of BSc Nursing
7. K.K.C. College of Education
8. K.K.C. College of Law
9. K.K.C. Institute of Paramedical Sciences
10. K.K.C. Institute of Post Graduation Studies
11. K.K.C. Institute of Technology and Engineering.
12. Krishnamalli Degree College
13. Mothimahal College of Hospitality
14. Seshachala College of Pharmacy
15. Seshachala Institute of Computer Studies
16. Seshachala Institute of Technology
17. Siddarth Institute of Engineering and Technology
18. Siddhartha institute of science and technology
19. Sri Ram Kunjeshwara College
20. Sri Ramana Degree College
21. Sri Seshachala Degree College
22. Sri Venkatesa Perumal College of Engineering and Technology
23. Sri Vidya Degree College
24. Sri Vivekananda College of Arts, Science and Commerce
25. St. Philomena College
26. Vivekananda College of Education
27. Vivekananda College of Engineering and Technology
28. Vivekananda Law College
29. Vivekananda Polytechnic
30. Sri Sai Jyothi Junior college
31. Himaja Junior College

References

Educational institutions listed in Andraparadesh Puttur seems to be incorrect. Sl No. 16 & Sl nO. 21 to 27 i.e., all the eight institutions are taken from Puttur in Karnataka.

External links

• http://putturtown.com/blog
• http://putturtown.com
• http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2005/11/13/stories/2005111300370400.htm
• http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/18/stories/2006011804550300.htm
• http://www.maplandia.com/india/andhra-pradesh/chittoor/puttur/
• http://wikimapia.org/country/India/Andhra_Pradesh/Puttur/
• http://cdma.gov.in/Puttur/