Sri Saidas Baba was born on a Dusshera day in October
1940, Shirdi. He was brought up in Vyasa Ashram near Thirupathi and
on in Shirdi. He is the Chairman of Sai Foundation which is dedicated
to both the Shirdi Sai Samsthan of Shirdi and Satya Sai Organisation
of Puttaparthi. There are branches of Sai Foundation in India, Kenya,
UK, and USA. The temples and service centres that they established are
known as Sai Dhams. Their flagship project is in Ujjain in India, and
is Known as Prashanthi Dham. This Project includes an Ashram, a school,
an orphanage, a destitute home and a hospital. The ashram is service
oriented keeping in view the underprivileged section of socity. Sri
Saidas Baba has been playing an active role in spreading the message
of love and peace of Shirdi Saibaba and Sathya Saibaba.
Sai Foundation - India, was founded in 1993 after obtaining the Divine
Blessings of Bhaghwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, in person, on the trust deed
during a function at the Super Speciality Hospital in Puttaparthi. Financial
contributions, however small are welcome, for it is not the amount but
the thought that counts.
You will be pleased to know that under the guidance of Gurudeva Sri
Sai Das Babaji, Sai Foundation - India has decided to set up 'PRASHANTI
DHAM'"on the banks of the holy river Kshipra at Ujjain, on the
Ujjain-Indore Highway, (M.P.), India. This project is also Blessed by
Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Prashanti Dham will house as its focal
point, the PRASHANTI SAI MANDIR dedicated to both Bhagawan Shirdi Sai
Baba and Bhagawan Sathya Sai Baba. It will also house an orphanage,
a school, a home for the aged destitute,and a hospital and an ashram.
The temple will be known as the Prashanthi Sai Mandir - dedicated to
BOTH FORMS of the SAI AVTAR i.e. Bhagwan Shirdi Sai Baba and Bhagwan
Sathya Sai Baba.Work on the construction of this temple has already
started. The main aim of this mandir is to unite all devotees, to spread
the message of love and peace throughout the world, to help them to
perceive the true knowledge of life and purpose of existence through
the rich heritage of the Saints and to set up Sai Dhams (temples dedicated
to Sai) all over the world
SCHOOL
The Ashram will house a school which will not only emphasise upon good
education but will also lay stress on the development of good human
beings, in the Divine presence of Saidas Babaji. The aim of the school
will be not only good academic result but also purity of mind, compassion
towards all God's creations and the love of God.
With the blessings of Sathguru Sri Saidas Babaji, the Foundation stone
of the school was laid by the Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor of the Vikramaditaya
University, Ujjain on 23rd November 2000, the 75th birthday of Bhagawan
Sri Sri Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Some generous donors have offered to finance
the entire project for the school building which is presently under
construction. The whole concept will materialise shortly.