Guest guest Posted June 18, 2005 Report Share Posted June 18, 2005 Sai Ram Deccan Chronicle on the Web; 19 June, 2005. Region News Anantapur, June 18: It is a popular belief that economic affairs and spiritual matters are poles apart. While the one is considered worldly the other is seen as heavenly. However, a peculiar situation prevails at Puttaparthi where the two are inseparably intertwined. “The village wore almost a deserted look during the three months when Sai Baba went to Kodaikanal to spend summer. Business came to a standstill. Several shops downed their shutters as there was a severe scarcity of customers,” a local trader told this correspondent. All activities are linked to the Baba at Puttaparthi, be it the wage labourers, auto drivers or antique sellers, all derive their livelihood due to the presence of the Baba. The streets of Puttaparthi came alive as the Baba returned home on Saturday. People began decorating roads with rangoli and banana leaf arches to welcome Sai Baba, who arrived at the village from Bangalore at around 1.40 pm. The devotees prostrated on the road when they saw him in waving from inside his car. Usually the Baba spends nine months at Prashanti Nilayam and the remaining three months at the famous White Field in Bangalore. However, the spiritual guru chose to spend summer at Kodaikanal instead of Bangalore this year. Excerpts from: http://www.deccan.com/Region/RegionNews.asp or http://www.deccan.com/Region/RegionNews.asp#Puttaparthi%20smiles%20as%20Baba%20returns Attachment: (image/jpeg) satyasai.jpg [not stored] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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