Puttaparthi
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- Puttaparthi
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- Town, District headquarters
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- Prasanthi Nilayam and surrounding areas
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- India Andhra Pradesh#India
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- District
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- Andhra Pradesh
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- Sri Sathya Sai
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- Municipality
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- 475
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- 56789
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- 2011 census
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- auto
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Puttaparthi (IAST: Puṭṭaparthy) is a municipality and district headquarters of Sri Sathya Sai district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Puttaparthi mandal of Puttaparthi revenue division. The original name of Puttaparthi was Gollapalli. The town is located on the banks of Chitravathi River which is a tributary of Penna River, and is surrounded by undulating hills. It is widely known for the birthplace and deathplace of the Indian spiritual leader and guru Sathya Sai Baba and his ashram, Prasanthi Nilayam.
== Etymology == Puttaparthi means "village of anthills." A local legend says that a cobra snake cursed the village after being hit by a cowherder, which caused the proliferation of anthills in this area.