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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Wednesday (November 19, 2025) released a ₹100 commemorative coin and a acceptable of postal stamps astatine the centenary celebrations of Sri Sathya Sai Baba successful Prasanthi Nilayam here.
Addressing a ample gathering of devotees and students astatine the Hill View Stadium, the Prime Minister recalled the spiritual leader’s decades of humanitarian work and legacy. Mr. Modi termed the centenary celebrations “a blessing for the nation”, stating that Sathya Sai Baba’s cosmopolitan connection of love, service, and harmony had influenced “millions crossed the globe.”
“Sathya Sai Baba’s ideals of compassion, peace, and work should usher India’s corporate progress,” the Prime Minister said.
The Prime Minister said Baba’s motto of “Love All, Serve All” had perfectly aligned with India’s taste ethos, observing that spiritual institutions founded by Baba would proceed to capable gaps successful agrarian development, healthcare, education, and catastrophe relief.
Highlighting the charitable projects of Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s organisations, Mr. Modi referred to aesculapian services, drinking h2o projects spanning much than 3,000 km of pipelines, and monolithic alleviation efforts during the 2001 Bhuj earthquake successful Gujarat.
He underlined the fiscal assistance of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust to girlchildren nether the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, which made a phenomenal publication to the scheme’s nationalist footprint with implicit 4 crore accounts, with deposits exceeding ₹3.25 lakh crore.
Mr. Modi reiterated his telephone for “Vocal for Local”, asserting that strengthening section economies was indispensable to achieving the government’s Viksit Bharat vision. He called connected the federation to enactment indigenous products, highlighting the request and value of self-reliance done wide nationalist participation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi feeds cattle during the commencement centenary celebrations of Sathya Sai Baba, successful Puttaparthi. | Photo Credit: ANI
Signalling enactment for accepted agrarian livelihoods, the Prime Minister distributed 100 Gir cows to economically weaker families done the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust. He said that the motion aligned with the Central government’s Rashtriya Gokul Mission, saying that akin initiatives successful Varanasi had helped the portion breed much than 1,000 Gir cattle. Mr. Modi besides referred to the increasing beingness of Indian cattle breeds abroad, including successful Rwanda.
Earlier, Mr. Modi arrived astatine Sri Sathya Sai International Airport present successful the greeting and reached Prashanti Nilayam field by road.
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan, IT and HRD Minister Nara Lokesh, and Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust Managing Trustee RJ Rathnakar were among the dignitaries who welcomed the Prime Minister.
Before proceeding to the Hill View Stadium to enactment successful the Centenary celebrations, Mr. Modi offered prayers astatine Saibaba’s Maha Samadhi successful silence.
The territory constabulary medication deployed a dense constabulary unit crossed Puttaparthi amidst integer surveillance.
