Puttur, Andhra Pradesh

పుత్తూరు puttur Putturu
—  town  —
The central view of the town
పుత్తూరు puttur Putturu Location of పుత్తూరు puttur Putturu in Andhra Pradesh and India
Coordinates	13°27′N 79°33′E / 13.45°N 79.55°E / 13.45; 79.55Coordinates: 13°27′N 79°33′E / 13.45°N 79.55°E / 13.45; 79.55
Country	India
State	Andhra Pradesh
District(s)	Chittoor
TDP	Muddu Krishnama Naidu
Population	33,000 (2007[update])
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Codes • Pincode • 517583 • Telephone • ++918577 • Vehicle • AP-03

Puttur (Telugu: పుత్తూరు), is a census town and mandal headquarters in Chittoor district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

Geography

www.putturonline.com Puttur is located at 13°27′N 79°33′E / 13.45°N 79.55°E / 13.45; 79.55.^[1] 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.

Financial Services

1. State Bank of India
2. State Bank of India (New & Near Govt.RTC Bus stand)
3. Bank of India
4. District Central Cooperative Bank (DCCB)
5. Life Insurance Corporation of India
6. Vijaya Bank
7. KUMAR&CO. Chartered Accountants
8. ICICI Bank - Near in N.G.O. Colony
9. Muthoot Finance
10. Manapuram Goldloan
11. Sapthagiri Grameen Bank
12. HDFC Bank - Near SBI new branch
13. The Oriental Insurance Co. Ltd.(A Govt.of India Undertaking)<EC>

Education

Following are the most popular schools/colleges in town:

Engineering colleges

• Siddharth Institute of Engineering & Technology, Puttur Road, Narayanavanam.
• Siddharth Institute of Science and Technology, Puttur Road, Narayanavanam.
• Sri Venkatesa Perumal College of Engineering & Technology
• Seshachala INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY (Puttur-Tirupathi Main Road,SVS Nagar,VADAMALAPET).
• KKC Institute of Technology & Engineering for women, Parameshwara Mangalam( near Puttur).
• Seshachala Institute of Technology (Nagari Road,Parameswaramangalam)

'P.G. colleges:

1. Sri Venkatesa Perumal College Institute of Management Studies (MBA & MCA)

2. DBB Institute of PG Studies (MBA & MCA)

3. KKC Institute of PG Studies (MBA & MCA)(Nagari Road,Parameswaramangalam)

4. Seshachala VENKATA SUBBAIAH PG College (First JNTU MBA college near Puttur)

5. Seshachala Degree & P.G. College

Degree colleges:

1. Vedavyasa Degree College

2. Government Degree College.(A+ grade by NAAC)

3. Seshachala Degree College.(first private degree college in mandal)

4. Seshachala VENKATA SUBBAIAH Degree College(Puttur Road,Narayanavanam)

5. Himaja Degree College

Other colleges

• Sri Vedanarayana College of Education (B.Ed.,)
• Seshachala College of Education.(B.Ed.,)
• Seshachala Teacher Training Institute.(D.Ed.,)
• KKC College of Nursing.
• KKC college of law
• KKC College of Education

Junior (inter) colleges

1. Vedavyasa Junior College. (Puttur & Narayanavanam)

2. S.R.S. Govt Junior College.(One of the first junior colleges in town)

3. Sri Sai Jyothi Junior College.

4. Himaja Junior College.

5. Seshachala Junior College.

6. Seshachala MALLIESWARI Junior College(Puttur Road,Narayanavanam).

7. J.B.R.Junior college.AIR By-Pass Road Govindapalam,puttur

International schools

• Sri Vedanarayana International School
• Banodaya International School

Schools

1. Sri Gayathri Global School ( the school Which is organised by NRI in Tirupati and Puttur).

2.Jnana Jyothi Vidya Mandir

3. Vedavyasa Vidhya Nikethan.

4.Vedavyasa Digi School-Puttur.

5. Govt. High school (Main School)

6. Girls High School(Govt).

7. Sesha Sai High School

8. Sri Sai Nirmala Vidyalayam.

9. Jems English Medium School.

10. Vivekananda English Medium High School.

11. Himaja School.

12. Seshachala Talent School.

13. Adarsha Vidyanikethan.

Major group of institutes include:

• Vedavyasa Educational Institutions-(Puttur & Narayanavanam)File:Vvn.jpg

• Seshachala GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS(Puttur & Tirupati).

• Seshachala VENKATA SUBBAIAH GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS (Sponsored by sampathi Educational Society, Puttur).

• KKC EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY

Politics

Puttur was a small assembly constituency till 2008. After de-limitation, Puttur constituency is dissolved and it is merged with Nagari.

• 1952 - R.K.Kumar swami Raja Bahadur(Kissan Mazdur Praja Party)
• 1953 - R.B.V. Sudharshan varma (Indian National Congress)
• 1955 - R.B. RamaKrishnam raju (Independent)
• 1962 - P. Narayan Reddy (Indian National Congress)
• 1967 - G. Sivaiah (Communist Party of India)
• 1972 - E. Gopal raju (Indian National Congress)
• 1978 - K.B. Siddaiah (Janatha)
• 1983 - Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu (Telugu Desam Party)
• 1985 - Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu (Telugu Desam Party)
• 1989 - Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu (Telugu Desam Party)
• 1994 - Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu (Telugu Desam Party)
• 1999 - Reddyvari Rajasekhar Reddy (Telugu Desam Party)
• 2004 - Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu (Indian National Congress)
• 2009 - Nagari Constituency (Gali Muddu Krishnama Naidu Telugu Desam Party)

Phone numbers

• STD Area code - 08577
• Police station - 222333

Places of interest

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

• sri durgi textiles ( no 1 textile and garment showroom ) best retail place for shopping
• Kailasanatha Kona (waterfalls; Lord Shiva's Temple nearat narayanavanam from the 8 km to the puttur)
• Sadasiva Kona (waterfalls)
• Moola Kona (waterfalls)
• Bone-Setting Hospital (2 km from Puttur Railway Station)
• KarvetiNagaram (Venugopala Swamy Temple; Fort; A big man-made pond)
• Kalyana venkatestwara swamy temple, Narayanavanam(Sacred Temple; The venue of the sacred marriage between Lord Venkateshwara and Goddess Padmavati)
• Avinakshamma Temple Near Narayanavanam
• Sri Draupadi Devi Sametha Dharmarajula Temple, near Puttur Railway Station.
• Arettamma Temple(which is Grama Devatha)
• AP tourism has built guest houses at Kailasanatha Kona and near Bypass Road (Punnami) in the outskirts of Puttur.
• power of shakthi temple(OM shakthi),near vishnu mahal

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

• Tirupati (35 km)
• Tiruttani (35 km)
• Nagari (11 km)
• Narayanavanam (5 km)
• Kailasa Kona (15 km)
• Karvetinagaram (15 km)
• Nagalapuram (35 km)
• Appalaigunta (20 km)
• Moolakona (The most visited place for youth)13km
• Sadasiva Kona Water falls (25 km)

References

External links

• 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/