Chittoor District
Chittoor is one of the four districts in the Rayalaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, with its headquarters at Chittoor. The district was formed on 1 April 1911 from territories transferred from bordering areas — the Chittoor, Palamaner and Chandragiri taluks of the old North Arcot district of Tamil Nadu, the Madanapalle and Voyalpadu taluks of Kadapa district, and the former zamindari areas of Punganur, Srikalahasthi, Puttur and the old Karvetinagar estate. Per the official district website it covers about 6,860 sq km with a population of about 18,73,000.
Places to visit in Chittoor District
- Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple – Tirumala
- Sri Padmavathi Temple – Tiruchanur
- Sri Kapileswara Swamy Temple (kapila theertham) – Tirupati
- Sri Govindaraja Swamy Temple – Tirupati
- Sri Kodandarama Swamy Temple – Tirupati
- ISCKON – Tirupati
- Sri Gangamma Temple – Tirupati
- Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Temple – Srinivasa Mangapuram
- Sri Kalahasteeswara Swamy Temple – Sri Kalahasti
- Sri Varasiddi Vinayaka Swamy Temple – Kanipakam
- Sri Prasanna Venkateswara Swamy Temple – Appalayagunta
- Sri Kalyana Venkateswara Swamy Temple – Narayanavanam
- Sri Veda narayana Swamy Temple – Nagalapuram
- Sri venugopala Swamy Temple – Karvetinagaram
- Sri Parasurameswara Temple – Gudimallam
- Pallikondeswara Temple – Surutupalli
- Boyakonda Gangamma Temple – Diguvapalli
- Ardagiri anjaneyaswamy temple
- Sri Konetirayala Temple – Keelapatla
- Kaigal Waterfalls – a waterfall in Chittoor district.
- Chandragiri Fort – a historic fort near Tirupati.
For the current list of tourist places, see the official Chittoor-District tourism page.