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PM,
Advani visit Sai Baba

LEADER AND GODMAN:
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee greets the Sai Baba of
Puttaparthi at the inauguration of Sri Sathya Sai
International Centre in the Capital on Friday. — Photo by
Vijender Tyagi. |
NEW DELHI, March 12 (UNI) —
Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Home Minister, L.K.
Advani, Human Resources Development Minister M.M. Joshi and
Lok Sabha Speaker G.M.C Balayogi were among the host of
dignitaries who visited Satya Sai Baba, the saint of
Puttaparthy, here today.
Besides, many other VIPs,
including former Lok Sabha Speaker Shivraj Patil and Chief
Justice A.S. Anand also were among the over 1 lakh devotees
who have visited Satya Sai Baba since yesterday, sources said.
Vice-President Krishan Kant was
also scheduled to visit him tomorrow and attend a religious
discourse by him.
The Prime Minister and the Home
Minister, who visited the Sai Baba "as devotees," also
attended the inauguration of the multi-crore rupee Sai
International Centre at Lodhi Road in South Delhi this
morning. The centre was inaugurated by the Sai Baba.
More than 4,000 workers of the
Sai Seva Dal, mostly drawn from the northern region, are
looking after the security and other arrangements for the Sai
Baba and his devotees who come to see him. |