As part of Parthi Yatra, the devotees from Odisha reached Puttaparthi on Monday to offer prayers at the Maha Samadhi of Sri Satya Sai.

Holding Satya Sai’s portrait and singing bhajans, around 3,000 devotees rea-ched Prashanthi Nilayam. The group will stay in Pras-hanthi Nilayam for three days and organise several programmes. On Tuesday, the devotee group will start Maha Nagara Sankeertana from Anjaneya Swamy temple in the town.

Meanwhile, as part of Christmas festivities, Bala Vikas students from several countries participated in the International Choirs programme.

Amidst a huge number of devotees at the Sai Kulvanth Sabha Mandapam, the students recalled their experiences with Sri Satya Sai. Later, they sang Sanskrit keertans praising Jesus and Sri Satya Sai.