Sri Sathya Sai శ్రీ సత్యసాయి
Carved from Anantapur in 2022 and named after Sathya Sai Baba of Puttaparthi. Lepakshi's hanging pillar and monolithic Nandi, the Penukonda fort, Dharmavaram silk, the Kadiri Narasimha temple and Thimmamma Marrimanu — one of the world's largest banyans — are all here.
Places in Sri Sathya Sai
Lepakshi
A hanging pillar, a giant Nandi and Vijayanagara murals
Penukonda Fort
The second capital of Vijayanagara, with the Gagan Mahal
Thimmamma Marrimanu
A single banyan that covers five acres
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Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi
Sathya Sai Baba's ashram on the Chitravathi
Cities & towns
Puttaparthi
Sri Sathya Sai district
Prasanthi Nilayam — the ashram town on the Chitravathi
Hindupur
Sri Sathya Sai district
Silk and industry town closest to Bengaluru
Dharmavaram
Sri Sathya Sai district
The silk-saree town
Kadiri
Sri Sathya Sai district
Narasimha temple town near the great banyan
Penukonda
Sri Sathya Sai district
Second capital of Vijayanagara
Born in Sri Sathya Sai
Dharmavaram Silk
Heavy handloom silk sarees with broad contrasting borders and brocaded pallus, woven in Dharmavaram since the 19th century — a wedding-saree tradition of Rayalaseema. GI-tagged.
Tholu Bommalata
Leather shadow puppetry in which large translucent goat-hide puppets, painted in vivid colours, enact the Ramayana and Mahabharata behind a lit screen. Nimmalakunta village near Dharmavaram keeps the tradition alive; the puppets themselves carry a GI tag.
Getting to Sri Sathya Sai
Sri Sathya Sai Prasanthi Nilayam station and Hindupur/Dharmavaram junctions; Bengaluru airport is about 130 km from Puttaparthi.