PHOTOS OF PRASHANTHI NILAYAM & PUTTAPARTI

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Prashanthi Nilayam, Kulwant Hall (mantap)
Prashanthi Nilayam Kulwant Hall mantap constructed prior to 70th birthday in 1996

Prashanthi Nilayam, Kulwant Hall, 70ths birthday
Kulwant Hall - prior to darsan, before the many chandeliers were installed

Dr. Kulwant Rai, a favourite of Sathya Sai baba, died October 2011. He had been arrested after CBI investigations showed his involvement in massive financial scams.


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Homa ritual in Prashanthi Nilayam, 1998

Homa ritual in one of the sheds in Prashanthi Nilayam, 1998
V.K. Narasimhan at the homa ritual, 1998 in Prashanthi
The famous ex-Hindu journalist and former editor of the Indian Express Group, V.K. Narasimhan (centre bowed forward) at the homa ritual in Prashanthi Nilayam, 1998

Prasanthi_Nilayam_shopping
Prashanthi Nilayam shopping centre (recommended by the ashram - visitors ought not to shop elsewhere!)

The Education in Human Valuyes building in Prashanthi Nilayam - ca 1996
The Education in Human Values building on the right, shopping centre on left

Within the ashram - 1998
View of ashram quiet spot 1996


Rickshaw wallak by roundhouses during festival preparation
Rickshaw wallah and festival preparations near the roundhouses - 1989?


Poornachandra with sthula - 1996
Sthula and Poornachandra auditorium (with Sai Baba's apartment right) during 70s birthday celebration

The infamous 'sheds' (or halls) in 1986-7
In 1986-7 the sheds had to be reached by a walk across a small burning desert


Apartments in Puttaparthi SB ashram

View of Hillview Stadium with colleges- 1986-7

Phototaken from roof og Vidyagiri Administration building early 1987



After Sai Baba darsan 1987
Three devotees after darsan 1992 - Hans Baerholm (Denmark), S. Stakesby-Lewis (UK), Desmond Judge (Tasmania)


Puttaparthi seen from Prashanthi ashram
View of Puttaparthi village from the North blocks of Prashanthi - 1997


Puttaparthi village street -1997
Puttparthi village street outside ashram - 1996


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