Puttaparthi, where Baba spends nine months in a year (the other three months he is at Whitefield), can house 10,000 devotees at a time.
The few (of all nations and conditions) who do foregather in Puttaparthi to celebrate the paramountcy of love are at one with their teacher and themselves.
The greatest miracle on show at Puttaparthi is to witness this humble villager’s natural graces daily, which far exceed those of the so-called "most powerful man in the world" in Washington.
Puttaparthi used to be a remote little village for cow herders.
Pick any day of the year to visit his ashram (Prashanthi Nilayam) at Puttaparthi and you are guaranteed to be fighting for space amongst tens of thousands of his (estimated) 18 million devotees, who congregate from all around the world to see their hero.
Otherwise, scores of guesthouses in Puttaparthi offer various types of accommodation, but beware of those eager to cash in on the excitement who crank up the prices to an extortionate degree (and of those hastily built for the celebrations).
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Everyone is desperate to get in first, because sitting near the front means that Sai Baba might say a few words to you, accept a letter or even invite you into his special chamber for a private interview.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba was born as Sathyanarayana Raju on November 23, 1926 in the village of Puttaparthi, in the state of Andhra Pradesh in South India.
Even as a child, his spiritual inclination and contemplative nature set him apart from other children of his age, and he was known as ‘Guru' among peers and others in the village.
Puttaparthi is the home and the headquarters of the spiritual guru, Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
Puttaparthi is located in a rocky and arid part in southwest Andhra Pradesh, quite close to the border with Karnataka.
This erstwhile nondescript village where the Sai Baba was born is now equipped with schools, a state of the art health care centre, a sports complex and a university.
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Prasanthi Nilayam, ‘The Abode of Supreme Peace’, is the Ashram (spiritual resort) of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba near the village of Puttaparthi in the Anantapur District of the South Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
The common languages spoken in Puttaparthi are Telugu, English and Hindi.
Puttaparthi is well connected by road, rail and air and Bangalore is the nearest metropolis city situated about 120 Km from Prasanthi Nilayam.
The history of Puttaparthi, as far as the world is concerned, began on November 23, 1926.
The dying cobra cursed the village, and as a result, the cattle began to perish, and the place was infested with ant-hills.
This was in response to a dream in which Kondama Raju saw Satyabhama in distress in a storm (having sent Krishna away to pluck flowers for her) and beseeching him for his protection.
As the Birth Place of Sri Satya Sai Baba, the "godman" who preaches religious tolerance, universal love and service to others, Puttaparthi has special significance for his vast number of devotees from all over the world.
Sai Baba's ability to produce vibbuti (sacred ash), seemingly miraculously out of thin air, is considered by his devotees to be an important symbol of his god - like status and powers.
Prasanthinilayam, the abode of peace at Puttaparthi is famous worldwide as the home of Sri Satya Sai Baba.
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