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== Etymology == | == 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Srinivas|first=Smriti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzywCQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=In the Presence of Sai Baba: Body, City, and Memory in a Global Religious Movement|date=2008-01-31|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-474-3300-2|pages=167|language=en}}</ref> | 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.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Srinivas|first=Smriti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hzywCQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&hl=en|title=In the Presence of Sai Baba: Body, City, and Memory in a Global Religious Movement|date=2008-01-31|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-474-3300-2|pages=167|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==History== | |||
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Sri Satya Sai district, with headquarters at [[Puttaparthi]], was created as per the Gazette notification No.154 dt 01.02.2022, with parts of [[Anantapur district|Ananthapuramu district]]. <ref>{{cite web| url = https://srisathyasai.ap.gov.in/history/ | title= Sri Satya Sai District| work= About District > History|publisher= | access-date = 3 November 2023}}</ref>It is named after [[Sathya Sai Baba]], an Indian [[Guru|guru]] born in Puttaparthi. <ref name="Singleton, Mark| Goldberg, Ellen">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GSpnAQAAQBAJ&q=sai+baba+god+incarnate+academic+studies&pg=PT208|title=Gurus of Modern Yoga|isbn=978-0199374953|last1=Singleton|first1=Mark|last2=Goldberg|first2=Ellen|year=2013}}</ref><ref name="BabbLawrence">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B8bMjUt6AqIC|title=Redemptive Encounters: Three Modern Styles in the Hindu Tradition|last=Babb|first=Lawrence A.|publisher=[[University of California Press]]|year=1991|isbn=978-0520076365|page=164}}</ref> | |||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||