PRASANTHI NILAYAM
AT
PUTTAPARTHI
Bangalore is the nearest metro at about
120 kilometres from the Sai Baba Ashram. Satyanarayana Raju was born on
November 23, 1926 in Puttaparthi, an obscure village in the erstwhile Madras
Presidency. He is said to have shown prodigious talents and unusual purity and
compassion from an early age. His apparently supernatural abilities initially
caused some concern to his family, who took him to Vedic doctors, eventually to
be exorcised. Having been pronounced to be possessed by the divine rather than
the diabolical, at the age of fourteen he calmly announced that he was the new
incarnation of Sai Baba, a saint from Shirdi in Maharashtra who died eight
years before Satya was born.
Gradually his fame spread, and a large group of followers grew. In 1950, the
ashram was inaugurated and a decade later Sai Baba was attracting international
attention. Through his miraculous powers, including the ability to materialize
vibhuti or the sacred ash, with curative properties, Sai Baba has millions of
devotees worldwide, a considerable number of who turn out for his birthday
celebrations in Puttaparthi, where he delivers a message to his devotees.
Today, millions from
all over the world, professing various faiths and hailing from all walks of
life, worship Bhagavan Baba as an ‘Avatar’, and the reincarnation of Sai Baba
of Shirdi. Thousands gather every day at Prasanthi Nilayam, His spiritual headquarters
established beside the village of Puttaparthi, for His darshan when He moves among devotees, blessing them
and uplifting them by providing spiritual succour and solace.
His formula for
humanity to lead a meaningful life is the five-fold path of:
Sathya (Truth),
Dharma (Righteousness),
Shanthi (Peace),
Prema (Love), and
Ahimsa (Non-Violence
By Road
The
govt buses are available to Puttaparthi from all major cities in Andhra Pradesh
regularly. Super deluxe buses make regular trips to Puttaparthi from Bangalore,
Hyderabad and Chennai
By
Rail
It is located at a distance of about 8 km away from the Ashram and
is linked to major cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Vizag, Hyderabad,
Bhubeneshwar and New Delhi. Dharmavaram is the nearest main railhead near
Puttaparthi.
By Air
The
Puttaparthi town boasts of a domestic airport called the Sri Satya Sai Airport,
which is just 4 km away from the Ashram. The airport is well inked to major
cities which include Chennai and Mumbai. The Bangalore International airport is
the closest international airport and is located almost 131 km from Puttaparthi
Ashram schedule
Time
|
Activity
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5.10 a.m.
|
Aumkar, Meditation and Suprabhatham
|
5.40 a.m.
|
Veda Chanting and Nagar Sankeertan (Circumambulating the Mandir)
|
6.30 a.m. - 07.30 a.m.
|
Pooja inside the Bhajan Hall (Entry for Devotees will start at
06.25 a.m.)
|
8.00 a.m. - 9.00 a.m.
|
Veda Chanting
|
9.00 a.m. - 9.30 a.m.
|
Bhajans
|
9.30 a.m. - 10.30 a.m.
|
Darshan of Bhagawan’s Mahasamadhi and Prayer Hall
|
5.00 p.m. - 5.45 p.m.
|
Veda Chanting
|
5.45 p.m. - 6.30 p.m.
|
Bhajans
|
6.00 p.m. - 7.00 p.m.
|
Darshan of Bhagawan’s Mahasamadhi
|
6.30 p.m. - 6.40 p.m
|
Meditation for Overseas Devotees in Prayer Hall
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