Contact Persons
Ms. Mary Vattamattam, Mr. C.K.Ganguly

Registered Office
46 Primrose Rd., Bangalore 560 025

Field Office
Chennekothapalli Village, Anantapur District,
Andhra Pradesh 515 101

For correspondence
Timbaktu Collective, Chennekothapalli Village, Anantapur District,
Andhra Pradesh 515 101

Phone
Office:   +91 (0)8559 240149,240335,240339
Timbaktu:+91 (0)8559 240337

E-mail
info@timbaktu.org
mary@timbaktu.org
bablu@timbaktu.org
subba@timbaktu.org
dinesh@timbaktu.org

By Road

Chennekothapalli (aka C.K.Palli) village is located 165 km north of Bangalore . It sits bang on the NH7 (National Highway 7) that connects Bangalore and Hyderabad . Chennekothapalli is 23 km north of Penukonda and 46km south of Anantapur. All APSRTC buses going to or from Bangalore to Anantapur, Gooty, Tadipatri or Kurnool , stop at Chennekothapalli. Some KSRTC buses do not. Neither do the buses from Bangalore to Hyderabad and vice versa. However, they usually stop if you request them, nicely and well in advance. On your arrival at Chennekothapalli, enquire with any establishment for directions to Timbaktu or to the new office of Timbaktu Collective at Chintavanam. Timbaktu is located about 5 km away from Chennekothapalli towards Bangalore on NH7. Look for the sign for Timbaktu on the side of the highway, and take the unpaved road off the highway. The Chintavanam office is about 2 km away from Chennekothapalli on the Hyderabad side of the highway. Again, look for the roadside sign.

By Rail

Anantapur (46 km) or Dharmavaram (22 km) are the rail stops close to Chennekothapalli. All trains to and from Hyderabad , Bombay , Delhi , Cochin , Ahmedabad, Vizag, etc stop here. From Anantapur or Dharmavaram, you will need to take a bus to Chennekothapalli, and follow the directions above.