Media News: Panel constituted to oversee birthday fete of Sathya Sai Baba

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Panel constituted to oversee birthday fete of Sathya Sai Baba

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Best way to show devotion is to tread the path shown by him, says Governor

HYDERABAD: The State Government has constituted a committee of Ministers to

oversee arrangements for celebrating the 80th birthday of Sri Sathya Sai Baba,

says Finance Minister K. Rosaiah.

At a function organised by devotees at the Sri Sathya Sai Nigamagamam here on

Tuesday, Mr. Rosaiah, who is the sub-committee chairman, said the members

included J. Geeta Reddy (Tourism), N. Raghuveera Reddy (Agriculture) and J.C.

Diwakar Reddy (Panchayati Raj).

He said at a time when spiritual values were on the wane, Sri Sathya Sai Baba

had done yeoman service to society. Apart from rendering quality medicare to

the poor, he had also engineered a project to supply safe drinking water to

villages in the fluoride and drought-affected parts of Anantapur district, he

said.

Mr. Rosaiah said some of those things which Sri Sathya Sai Baba had achieved,

even the Government was unable to. Referring to criticism from certain

quarters, he said that one needed to look at the discipline that Sri Sai Baba

had been able to inculcate to the future citizens of India through his

education institutions.

Quoting the Bhagavad Gita, Governor Sushilkumar Shinde said the Lord declared

that whenever there was a decline in `dharma', He would take `avatar' for

saving mankind from evil. On Sri Sathya Sai Baba's 80th birthday, the best way

people could show their devotion was to understand his teachings and his

message and follow them in daily life.

Others present at the celebrations included Mr. Raghuveera Reddy. Chairman Sri

Sathya Sai Nigamagamam Justice Y.V. Anjaneyulu introduced the devotees to the

day's programme. It was followed by devotional music by Nitya Santoshini.

2005, The Hindu

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