An useful visitor’s guide to Puttaparthi

Published: 02nd July 2010
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Situated in the south-western part of the Indian State of Andhra Pradesh, Puttaparthi is a famous pilgrimage cum tourist destination for millions of Indians as well as foreign visitors. The town is also the residence of the renowned spiritual leader, Sathya Sai Baba. A number of tourists from all over the world visit this town just to have a glimpse of Sathya Sai Baba. The visitor's guide to Puttaparthi will also tell you more about the ashrams that adorn this town and more about the good deeds of Sai Baba and his disciples. Read on to know more about this town.

Though there are not much tourist attractions in Puttaparthi, the magnificent and palatial ashram itself keeps the attention of the visitors with its varied attractions. The Sai Baba ashram is so huge that it can house around 1000 devotees at a time and also has canteens, libraries and even a museum. The Sai Baba appears in public twice daily. The visitor's guide to Puttaparthi will tell you the best time to visit this place. If you want to avoid the hot months of summer, its best that you visit this place from October to March.


There are other attractions other than the ashram like the Hanuman Temple, Jyoti Museum and the Sathya Sai Hill View Stadium. The town is wealthy and rich due to the funds that flow in for the charity causes. Sai Baba and his disciples have done many good deeds to this town by building hospitals, laying roads, sponsoring children for their studies and much more. The visitor's guide to Puttaparthi will tell you how to reach this place. Sri Sathya Sai airport is located in the town with bi weekly flights from Mumbai and Chennai. Prasanthi Nilayam railway station is located in the town itself and buses also ply regularly.

Basically being a religious tourist center, Puttaparthi has many options for accommodation. Most of the visitors and the pilgrims stay at the ashram itself paying a minimal price. Apart from the ashram, there are many hotels which have good facilities for the scores of tourists that visit Puttaparthi. The visitor's guide to Puttaparthi will tell you more about the locals here. Once just a town of hundred people now it has grown into a strong population of more than a million people. The people are warm and gentle and they help you out of their way, propagating the teachings of Sri Sathya Sai Baba.



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