Aum Sri Baghwan Sathya Sai Baba
Prashanti Nilayam
Prasanthi Nilayam the absolute abode of peace. Union of all pilgrimages. Sai the embodiment of all faiths is here without discrimination. From all faiths devotees draw near. For every particle, filled with peace let this be a lesson for humanity. Prasanthi radiates with divinity an Incredible place for inner serenity.
Sathya Sai Baba took birth in the town of Puttaparthi in the south of India, near Bangalore. Now, a modern township has sprung up there, called Prashanti Nilayam, the abode of Supreme Peace, which is his main ashram. It provides accommodations for thousands of pilgrims from all over India and from all parts of the globe, who come to experience Sai Baba’s daily public contacts with the devotees and private interviews for those who are fortunate to be chosen.
Darshan Hall
The ashram houses a comprehensive educational complex where students come from all parts of India and abroad to live and study together. Small children can come into the residential programme starting at the age of five in the primary school, then go on to the high school, college and university levels, and finally on to the postgraduate and doctoral levels, to complete their education twenty years later. The Sai educational system, with campuses in various States of India, is wholly non-denominational and completely cost-free. All the educational costs for thousands of students are borne directly by the Sathya Sai Baba Trust.
Other Satya Sai Baba Ashrams in India
Apart from the main ashram at Puttaparthi, there are two other Satya Sai Baba Ashrams also in India, namely…
Brindavan
The Brindavan Ashram of Shri Satya Sai Baba is situated in Whitefield, on the outskirts of Bangalore.
Kodai Kanal
The third ashram of Sri Sathya Sai Baba is at Kodai Kanal, a beautiful hill station in India.
Aum Sri Baghwathi Srimad Sai Rajarajeshwari
Aum Srimad Sai Rajarajeshwari Spiritual Centre
A center for spiritual activities (Ashram ) is being built on the banks of river cauvery near Mysore. The ashram will be accomodating halls for meditation, darshan and interview. Construction of the living quarters for visiting devotees is also planned for future. The revered river cauvery flowing by the side of ashram makes the atmosphere tranquil and ideal for Sadhana. The view of the sunset from the Ashram is enchanting.
Divine mother (Amma) laid the foundation stone for the construction of Shirdi Baba's shrine on her birthday ( 29th March 2000).
The Trust (SSRT) has adopted the village surrounding the ashram site making it the center of all service activities. The Trust completely takes care of the educational wants of the village youths and children (like uniform, books...). Special programmes are held for village children on weekends and holidays. Meritorious children are funded for their further stidies with scholarships and awards. Volunteers meet the villagers during the seva activities and educate them about cleanliness, sanitation and primary health issues.
A beautiful Large Murti of Sri Saraswathi maa in the gardens of Aum Srimad Sai Rajarajeshwari Spiritual Centre.
The Ashram still needs a lot of work for completion. Kindly pray for its speedy completion. You can be a part of this pious act by contributing your invaluable donations to the Trust.
Kauvery River that flows behind the Srimad sai Rajarajeshwari Spiritual Centre.
Goddess Kauvery
During the wedding of Siva with Parvathi in the Mount Kailas, the entire population, Devas and Rishis had gathered & hence the Northern land dipped down, unable to bear the weight.
Lord Siva asked Sage Agasthiar to go to the Podhigai ranges in the Southern land in order to balance the weight. (Agasthiar was very short in stature but his might was so great). Agasthiar was sad that he could not stay & witness the Lord's wedding.
Siva granted that he would still be able to see the wedding from the South. From within his matted locks, he took river Cauvery & filled it in Agasthiar's kamandalam (spouted pot), bidding Cauvery to flow wherever Agasthiar pointed. Agasthiar reached the south & travelled to various Siva Sthalams.
Surapaduman was an asura, who had immense power. Indra had run away in fear from his Indralogam, reached Sirgazhi in the southern regios of India & prayed to Lord Siva. He created a beautiful garden & worshipped Lord Siva with the flowers from his garden.
But soon, Lord Varuna in fear of Surapaduman did not shower rains & Indran's garden & in fact the whole land suffered from lack of water. Sage Narada, told Indran of the river Cauvery that Lord Siva had once filled in Agasthiar's kamandalam. Indran prayed to Lord Ganesha for his help.
Ganesha took the form of a crow & sat on Agasthiar's kamandalam & toppled it. Agasthiar lifted his hands to shoo off the crow. River Cauvery, took it as a signal for her & began to flow.
The crow took the form of a small boy. Agasthiar started chasing the boy trying to strike him on his head with his knuckles. Ganesha took his original form. Agasthiar was saddened that he had tried to strike Lord Ganesha. He started striking his forehead with his knuckles. Ganesha stopped him & granted that everybody who worshipped him in this manner would be blessed with wisdom.
Another version of the same story - Ponni, as Cauvery was originally called, was disrespectful to Agasthiar when he came down south. To teach her a lesson, Agasthiar imprisoned the entire river in his kamandalam.
Ganesha on sage Narada's request came in the form of a crow and toppled the kamandalam & set the river free. Ponni was then given a new name, Cauvery (Kaveri).