Aurangabad to Puttaparthi

About the city:

The holy town of Puttaparthi is world-famous for its association to Late Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The town is situated on the banks of Chitravathi River and is surrounded by serene hills. Every year, millions of devotees of Sri Sathya Sai Baba throng to this small picturesque town, which is served by an airport. The Puttaparthi airport is merely located around 6 km away from the famous Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram. Owing to this proximity, many tourists, especially devotees, find it convenient to travel by Puttaparthi flights.

Besides the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram, other must see places in the town are the Hanuman Temple, Shiva Temple, Sathyabhama Temple and Kalpa Vriksha (Wish Fulfilling Tree). Tourists can also visit the Sri Sathya Sai University, Sri Sathya Sai Space Theatre, Sri Sathya Sai Mirpuri Music College and Chaitanya Jyoti Museum. The local cuisine and shopping in the market are enjoyed by most of the tourists visiting the destination.

For reaching this holy land, tourists can purchase cheap air tickets to Puttaparthi by availing airfare deals on Puttaparthi flights. Regular flights to Puttaparthi are available from Bangalore, Mumbai and Chennai. For booking air tickets to Puttaparthi at affordable prices, all that tourists need to do is log on www.makemytrip.com.

Puttaparthi treasures a local airport named Sri Satya Sai Airport which is nestled just 4 km away from the centre of the city. Puttaparthi has good connectivity with prominent airdromes of Mumbai and Chennai. Bi-weekly flights regularly run in between these two metros and Puttaparthi. The Bangalore International airport is near this city and is at a distance of around 250 km . Hotel Kota Sathyam and Hotel Sai Brundavan are in the vicinity of Puttaparthi.

About the city:

The city of Aurangabad could be considered as a perfect reason for increasing international traffic to Indian state Maharashtra. With home to most celebrated tourist attractions- Ajanta and Ellora caves, Aurangabad is a dream destination of millions of travellers around the world. But this growing industrial metropolis has its own unique charm besides having the distinction for being one of the cleanest cities of India. Named after 17th century Mughal ruler Aurangzeb, it carries strong ancient, Mughal flavour...a thing that can be savoured in the sweet language of the people here.

Though a thriving commercial and industrial hub, Aurangabad possesses a rich history, dotted with old structures and monuments that have been a witness to regal past. The star attraction of the city is Bibi-ka-Maqbara, a mausoleum that has a design same like famous Taj Mahal of Agra. There is this fabulous archaeological museum inside it, which was dedicated to queen of Aurangzeb. Then, other major attractions of the city include tomb of a Sufi Saint at Panchakki.

The city Aurangabad can be visited at any time of the year. However, winter months are considered as the best time to explore the city.

Simultaneously, Aurangabad holds a good connectivity by air with other prime cities of India. Multiple domestic airline offer daily flights to Aurangabad from cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Jaipur and Hyderabad.

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Aurangabad airport is a public airport which is situated 10 km away from the city centre. There are various airlines which offer regular flights such as Air India, Air India Regional, British Airways, Jet Airways, JetKonnect operated by JetLite and Spice Jet. One can take flights to Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Nanded, London-Heathrow from this airport. Great Punjab Hotel, Nandavan Hotel, Panchwati Hotel, Classic Hotel are some of the nearby hotels to the airport.