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Sathya Sai Baba was born Sathyanarayana Raju to Peddavenkappa Raju and Easwaramma, a poor agrarian family in the remote village
of Puttaparthi, located in Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh. Since he was born after the satyanarayana puja, he was named
after that deity. It was said that instruments played on their own accord in his household when he was born.
Puttaparthi, where Sathya Sai Baba was born and still lives, was originally a small village where one can now find an extensive
University complex, Chaitanya Jyoti (a World-Religions Museum that has won several international awards for design), a spiritual
museum, a Planetarium, a railway station, a hill-view stadium, an administrative building, an airport, an indoor sports stadium
and more. High ranking Indian politicians, like the former President Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and former Prime Minister Atal
Bihari Vajpayee have been official guests at the ashram in Puttaparthi. On Sathya Sai Baba's 80th birthday celebrations it
was reported that well over a million people attended, as well as 13,000 delegates from India and 180 countries abroad.
Sathya Sai Baba resides much of the time in his main ashram called Prashanthi Nilayam (abode of highest peace) at Puttaparthi.
In the hot summer Baba leaves for his other ashram called Brindavan in Kadugodi, Whitefield, a town on the outskirts of Bangalore.
Occasionally, he visits his Sai Shruti ashram in Kodaikanal.
Sathya Sai Baba established three primary mandirs in India. The first center, established in Mumbai, is referred to as either
"Dharmakshetra" or "Sathyam". The second center, established in Hyderabad, is referred to as "Shivam". The third center, established
in Chennai, is referred to as "Sundaram".
Sathya Sai Baba is a prolific orator about religious topics in his native language Telugu, and he is regarded by some as an
excellent speaker. He asserted that he is an avatar of God in whom all names and forms ascribed by man to God are manifest.
He also says that everybody else is God and that the difference is that he is aware of this and others have yet to realize
it, which is consistent with advaita vedanta, including modern teachers such as Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj.
He stresses humans should always be free from desires and states that desires bring mental pain (depression, anger, jealousy
etc).
Sathya Sai Baba preaches love and the unity of all world religions and asserts that people who follow him do not need to give
up their original religion. His followers view his teachings as syncretic (uniting all religions), but one scholar has said
that his message remains fundamentally Hindu. He says that he has come to restore faith in, and encourage the practice of
the teachings in the Vedas (Vedasamrakshana).Several books and discourses by him, such as the book Ramakatha Rasavahini teach
the literal interpretation of Hindu mythology and advocate the practice of Hindu Dharma (Sthapana).
Apart from teaching the unity and equality of all the religions Sathya Sai Baba places particular emphasis on the role of
women (especially mothers) in society. He has stated that mothers build society. That is why he teaches respect for parents,
especially for the mother. He also said that the level of a nation depends on their respect for women.
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