Editing Sathya Sai Baba (section)

==Ashrams and mandirs==

===Prasanthi Nilayam (Abode of Highest Peace)===
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[[File:Chaitanya Jyothi Museum, Prashanthi Nilayam, India.jpg|thumb|Chaitanya Jyoti Museum devoted to the life and teachings of Sathya Sai Baba]]
[[Puttaparthi]], where Sai Baba was born and lived, was originally a small, remote South Indian village in [[Andhra Pradesh]]. It was here that [[Prasanthi Nilayam]] (Abode of Highest Peace) was established.<ref name="radiosaipra">[http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Portal/prasanthi.htm Prasanthi Nilayam: The Abode of Highest Peace<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> After 2 years of construction it was inaugurated on 23 November 1950, Sai Baba's 25th birthday.<ref name="vahiniprashanti"/> It succeeded the "old mandir" which was created in 1944.<ref name="vahiniprashanti">[http://www.vahini.org/sss/i/prasanthi.html Sathyam Sivam Sundaram Part I: 7. Prasanthi Nilayam]</ref><ref>Bowen, David (1988). The Sathya Sai Baba Community in Bradford: Its origins and development, religious beliefs and practices. Leeds: University Press. {{ISBN|1-871363-02-0}}.</ref><ref name="murphetmiracle">{{Cite book |last=Murphet |first=Howard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPsVFqhclS0C |title=Sai Baba: Man of Miracles |date=1971-01-01 |publisher=Weiser Books |isbn=978-0-87728-335-5 |language=en}}</ref> [[Prasanthi Nilayam]] is painted blue, yellow, and pink "communicating the message of the harmony of spirit, intellect, and heart respectively; for blue stands for spirit, yellow for intellect, and pink for heart (love). The rich harmony of the three does result in Santi (peace) and Prasanti (supreme peace); and that really is the message of the Prasanthi Mandir."<ref name="sathyasaihistory">[http://www.sathyasai.org/ashrams/prasanthi/history.html History of the Mandir<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
In 1954 a free general hospital was constructed in [[Puttaparthi]] and soon after a medical hospital was constructed in 1957 inside the ashram.

Poornachandra Auditorium was built in 1973. Seating around 15,000 people in its enclosed 60 x 40-metre area, it is where cultural programmers (plays/dance/music), conferences and yagnas during [[Vijayadashami|Dasara]] take place. Sathya Sai Baba's living quarters were upstairs above the stage area.<ref name="sssplaces">[http://www.sssbpt.org/Pages/Puttaparthi/important_places.htm Sri Sathya Sai Books & Publication Trust<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Sai Kulwant Hall was inaugurated by Sathya Sai Baba on July 9, 1995. The hall can accommodate up to 20,000 people and it was here that Sai Baba gave darshan everyday from that time forward.<ref name="touristinfo">[http://www.tourisminap.com/puttaparthi/sight_see.php Sightseeing]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108090859/http://www.tourisminap.com/puttaparthi/sight_see.php|date=January 8, 2013}}. tourisminap.com.</ref> Sai Kulwant Hall is where Sai Baba was laid to rest. A white marble edifice stands as his Mahasamadhi shrine and devotees still have his Divya darshan here daily.<ref name="sairest"/>

The ashram itself houses a shopping center, book stores, library and reading room, multiple accommodations such as dormitories and rooms, banking/ATM facilities, media and Radio Sai facilities, a bakery, emergency medical services and three food courts – North and South Indian as well as Western canteens.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Prasanthi Nilayam |url=https://www.srisathyasaiglobalcouncil.org/prasanthi-nilayam |access-date=9 December 2022 |website=Sri Sathya Sai Global Council |language=en}}</ref>

[[File:Hill in Prashanthi Nilayam with statues of Hanuman, Krishna, Shirdi Sai Baba, Shiva, Buddha, Christ, Zarathustra.jpg|thumb|Hill View Stadium in Prashanthi Nilayam with statues of Hanuman, Krishna, Shirdi Sai Baba, Shiva, Buddha, Christ, Zarathustra]]

In the encompassing area around [[Puttaparthi]] there is an extensive university complex, a specialty hospital, and two museums: the ''Sanathana Samskruti'' or Eternal Heritage Museum, sometimes called the Museum of All Religions, and the ''Chaitanya Jyoti'', devoted exclusively to the life and teachings of Sai Baba; the latter has won several international awards for its architectural design.<ref name="TheStar2005-04-02">{{Cite web |last=Krishnamoorthy |first=M. |title=Enlightening experience in India |work=The Star Online |date=2 April 2005 |url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2005/4/2/features/9982154&sec=features |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050412101614/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2005%2F4%2F2%2Ffeatures%2F9982154&sec=features |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 April 2005 |access-date=6 January 2010 }}</ref> There is also a planetarium, a railway station, a hill-view stadium, an administrative building, an airport, an indoor sports stadium and more.<ref>Places to see at Puttaparthi. [http://www.sathyasai.org/ashrams/prasanthi/outsideinterest.html Available online]</ref> High-ranking Indian politicians such as the former president [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]], former prime minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]], Andhra Pradesh former chief minister [[Konijeti Rosaiah]] and [[Karnataka]] chief minister [[B. S. Yeddyurappa|B. S. Yediyurappa]] have been official guests at the ashram in Puttaparthi.<ref>''The Hindu'', "A 5-point recipe for happiness" 24 November 2006 [https://web.archive.org/web/20110720164130/http://hindu.com/2006/11/24/stories/2006112405400400.htm Available online]</ref><ref>''The Hindu'', "Warm welcome to PM at Puttaparthi",12 February 2004 {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20071012003241/http://hinduonnet.com/2004/02/12/stories/2004021203690600.htm Available online]}}</ref>

===Brindavan Ashram===

Established on 25 June 1960, the Brindavan Ashram is located in Kadugodi, a village close to [[Whitefield, India|Whitefield]] and 24 kms from the city centre of [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]].<ref name="karnataka1">{{Cite web |title=Sai Baba Ashram, Whitefield, Bangalore |url=https://www.karnataka.com/bangalore/sai-baba-ashram-whitefield/ |access-date=17 December 2013 |website=Karnataka.com |date=17 December 2013 |language=en}}</ref>  It occupies around 50 acres of land and was known as the summer home of Sai Baba as he would spend about three months here every year.<ref name="karnataka1"/>
Notable features are Sai Ramesh Krishan Hall, where darshan and bhajans were held, Trayee Brindavan, Sai Baba's personal residence and the Brindavan Campus of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning.
In its adjacent areas are the Sri Sathya Sai General and Super Specialty Hospital ([[Whitefield, India|Whitefield]]), Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Medical Sciences, Sai Central Trust and an old age home, Sri Sathya Sai Vriddhashram.<ref name="karnataka1"/><ref name="sathyaorg9">{{Cite web |title=Brindavan|url=https://www.srisathyasai.org/pages/saibrindavan.html |access-date=9 November 2022 |website=srisathyasai.org |language=en}}</ref> All services at the hospitals are still free.

===Sai Shruti Ashram===

Located in [[Kodaikanal]], atop the [[Palani Hills]] in south Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], Sai Shruti ashram was often visited by Sai Baba for a few days in the months of April and May. It holds no accommodations or extra curricular facilities.<ref name="shruti">{{Cite web |title=Sai Abodes|url=https://www.srisathyasai.org/pages/sai-abodes.html|access-date=23 November 2023 |website=srisathyasai.org |language=en}}</ref>

Sai Baba resided much of the time in his main [[ashram]], ''Prasanthi Nilayam'', at Puttaparthi. In the summer he often left for ''Brindavan'', in Kadugodi, [[Whitefield, India|Whitefield]], a town on the outskirts of [[Bangalore]]. Occasionally he visited his Sai Sruthi ashram in [[Kodaikanal]].<ref>The ashrams of Sathya Sai Baba. Referenced from the official Sathya Sai Organization website, [http://www.sathyasai.org/ashrams/content.html Available online]</ref>