Sathya Sai Baba was an Indian guru and the leader of a new religious movement. He was believed by some of his followers to be the reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Puttaparthi is a town in Anantapur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located in Puttaparthi mandal of Kadiri revenue division. The original name of Puttaparthi was Gollapalli. The town is located on the banks of Chitravathi River which is a tributary of Pennar River, and is surrounded by undulating hills.
Prasanthi Nilayam is the main ashram of Sathya Sai Baba located in the village of Puttaparthi in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India. Sathya Sai Baba was born in Puttaparthi. "Prasanthi Nilayam" means literally "Abode of the Highest Peace." Sathya Sai Baba gave daily darshan to his devotees in this ashram. Sathya Sai Baba was usually present in Prasanthi Nilayam from early June to the middle of March.
The Sathya Sai Organization, is an umbrella term for 3 autonomous non-denominational organisations having foundations that trace to the 1960s by Sathya Sai Baba, an Indian Guru and spiritual leader.:
Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning is a deemed-to-be-University located in Anantapur District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It was founded by Sri Sathya Sai Baba on 22 November 1981. There are four campuses of the university, three for men at Prashanthi Nilayam in Puttaparthi; Whitefield near Bangalore; and Muddenahalli, Karnataka and one for women at Anantapur.
Sri Sathya Sai Airport is located at Puttaparthi in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. The airport is named after Sathya Sai Baba, a spiritual guru and philanthropist. It is a small airport with facilities for chartered flights rather than commercial aircraft. The airport was inaugurated in 1990 to serve the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences during emergency situations. The airport's 1000-metre-long airstrip and terminal building were constructed by L&T ECC. The runway was later extended to enable the operation of larger jet aircraft.
Narayana Kasturi was born Kasturi Ranganatha Sharma in North Travancore, which now forms part of the modern day Indian state of Kerala. He is remembered by many as a great visionary who promoted human fraternity and multilingualism.
The Sathya Sai Baba movement is inspired by South Indian Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba who taught the unity of all religions. Some of his followers have faith in his claim to be a purna Avatar of Shiva and Shakti, who is believed to have been predicted in the Bhagavad Gita. This means that some of his followers see him as a God. Devotees engage in singing devotional songs called "bhajans" and selfless service (seva). Its official organization is the Sathya Sai Organization. However the Sathya Sai Baba movement extends beyond the organization. An important aspect of the faith of adherents is the miracles attributed to Sathya Sai Baba. The number of adherents is estimated between 6 and 100 million.
Hinduism spread to Nigeria mainly by immigration of Hindus from India and by way of Hare Krishna missionaries. Sindhis were the first to arrive in Nigeria in the early part of the nineteenth century. Initially, they were primarily engaged in trading but gradually, while retaining their interest in trading, they ventured into other fields such as manufacturing and professional services. In succeeding decades, they made substantial investments, aggregating more than US$ 4 billion. In this way, they engaged themselves actively in the textiles sector, as well as in pharmaceuticals, fishing and engineering industries.
The Muddenahalli-Sathya Sai Loka Seva School is in the village of Muddenahalli, the birthplace of legendary Indian engineer, Sri Mokshagundam Visvesvarayya in chikkaballapura District of Karnataka State, India. The school is run by the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust.
Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vihar, Visakhapatnam is a school in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. The school began functioning in 1984. It was opened by the district collector Sri Ajey Kallam. The school began its mission mainly based on the teachings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
On 6 June 1993, four armed individuals intruded into Prashanthi Nilayam, Sathya Sai Baba's main ashram. Sai Baba was unharmed during the incident.
Sri Sathya Sai Higher Secondary School is an educational facility in Puttaparthi, India. It was inspired and initiated by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The school was founded under his guidance on 15 June 1981.
The two campuses of Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva Trust (SSSLST) are located at theSathya Sai Vihar(Alike), Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state, India and in Muddenahalli in Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka state.
The Sri Sathya Sai Institutes of Higher Medical Sciences also popularly known as Super Specialty Hospitals are tertiary health care hospitals established by Sri Sathya Sai Baba to provide patient care facilities to all irrespective of caste, class, creed, gender, religion or nationality totally free of charge. There are two super specialty hospitals, the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh and the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Whitefield, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust was established by Sri Sathya Sai Baba, as a public charitable trust in 1972. The trust is responsible for the running of the spiritual centres(called ashrams) of Prasanthi Nilayam at Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh, India and Brindavan at the outskirts of the city of Bangalore, India. The trust following the guidelines of Sri Sathya Sai Baba's philosophy of Love All Serve All has been running many service projects in the fields of health and education since its inception. Towards the beginning the century the trust, on the directions of Sai Baba, took up the project for supplying safe drinking water to rural areas. All the services of the trust are provided completely free of charge.
The Smt Eswaramma English Medium School was inspired and initiated by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. In fond memory of His mother, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba had inaugurated the Smt. Eswaramma High School on 20 July 1972.
Sri Naga Sai Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Indian Spiritual Master Shirdi Sai Baba in Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
