PHOTOS OF PRASHANTHI NILAYAM AND PUTTAPARTHI FROM 1984-1992

Temple entrance for ladies - Prashanthi Nilayam (copyright Priddy)
The Ladies' entrance to the Prashanthi mandir (1987)

Ladies darshan lines beside the old temple compound
Wait! Wait! Wait! Darsan lines in early 1987

The old compound - ladies side - 1984
Ladies side of the old Puttaparthi Nilayam temple compound - 1984
Read some points about Sathya Sai Baba's views on women also here


The Prashanthi Nilayam temple (mandir) veranda seen from man's entrance Sai Baba gives darsan on the veranda - january 1985
The temple veranda from the man's entrance - and - Students receiving darsan - January 1984

Chitravati riverbed (drought) January 1985 - from kalpataru tree Puttaparthi village Jan. 1985 - goat herding
The Chitravati river dried up - January 1985 & Goatherd in Puttaparti village

The gopuram in 1984-5 - main gate of Prashanthi ashram
The Gopuram - traditional entrance - at the main gate of PN ashram
There was a gatekeeper called Kumar who Sai Baba had taken out of a band of shepherds or dacoits for the job


Men's entrance to Prshanthi mandir
Afternoon darsan from the men's entrance to the compound in1992

View of ashram in landscape - hills, evening, 1984

Ashram and surrounding hills at dusk in 1985

(note: copyright of the photos on this page has been registered by Robert Priddy)

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