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The first volume of the divine biography of the Avatar, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, written by the grandsire of Sathya Sai Literature, Sri N. Kasturi of hallowed memory was published in 1961, thirty-five years after His advent in 1926. The next three volumes which covered the sacred life of Bhagawan till 1979 were published by 1980.
With the blessings of Bhagawan Baba, the 'Sathyam Sivam Sundaram' commitee with four veteran devotees - Dr. G. Venkatraman, Dr. Jayalaksmi Gopinath, Sri B. N. Narasimha Murthy and Smt. Sitalakshmi - was constituted in October 2003 to help i producing the subsequent volumes of His holy life story. The committee entrusted Sri Narasimha Murthy with the task of preparing the text of the volumes. With dedicated effort of the riter assisted by the members of the committee and Sri V. N. Prahlad, the fifth volume covering His life and mission from 1980 to 1985 was published on the occasion of the Gurupoornima celebrations on 21st July 2005.
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