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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.
We are now happy to present the sixth volume, on the occasion of the 82nd Birthday celebrations of our beloved Bhagawan. This volume depicts the divine journey from 1986 to 1993. These were event-packed years unfolding the diving mission on a global scale.
Bhagawan Baba had blessed a galaxy of devotes from all over the world with the unique opportunity to participate in a wide range of activities in fulfilling His sankalpa during this period. Sri Narasimha Murthy has done the difficult task of gathering the material from a large number of devotees with utmost dedication. Fortunately, he was also a close witness to the diing saga during those years as the warden of the hostels of the Sathya Sai University at Prasanthi Nilayam and Brindavan. He has made the narrative measure almos up to the personality of the subject, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
We are now offering this volume at the lotus feet of Bhagawan with prayers for His grace and blesing. We hope that it will please Him and inspire the eager throngs of devotees on the path of His divine mission.
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