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Article: Sai Baba wanders the ashram in a Mercedes
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 4, 1995
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Spiritual guru Sai Baba walks into the temple and a thousand
people swoon. This is Prasanthi Nilayam, Sai Baba's remote ashram
in Puttaparthi in the hills above Bangalore, to which people from
all around the world are drawn to seek spiritual guidance at the
feet of the avatar - God made flesh.
If you're on a soul-seeking tour of India, Puttaparthi is bound
to be on your list of recommended stops. There are up to 4,000
devotees living here - many of them from the spiritually-challenged
countries of western Europe. They might do better, however, to
visit some of India's other spiritual centres - there's plenty of
choice, from the ashrams around Rishikesh in Uttar Pradesh, to the
famous Sri ...