Tag Archives: Puttaparthi

Anantapur(Andhra Pradesh): It’s been exactly a year since Spiritual Guru Sathya Sai Baba passed away on 24th April 2011 but the confusion over the installation of his idol still looms large. Allegedly, the members of Sathya Sai Central Trust (SSCT) are divided on the place where his idol should be installed. Post his death, the SSCT constructed a Maha Samadhi ... Read More »

PUTTAPARTHI: Amid growing apprehensions about a protracted struggle to control the powerful Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, the trustees on Thursday tried to present a united front saying that a new chairman would be elected soon as Sathya Sai Baba had neither left a will nor named any successor. Two Trust members would also be given the power to sign ... Read More »

In the last four weeks as Sathya Sai Baba battled for his life, the pilgrim town of Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh recorded no new land registrations, a stark shift from the usual substantial land deals. “There are only enquires, no new buyings,” said D Chandrasekhar, a resident and real estate agent of Puttaparthi in Anantapur district. Land rates in Puttaparthi ... Read More »