Puttaparthi : Torrential rain did not deter the celebrations and festivities that continued in full swing, as to thousands of devotees thronged Puttaparthi in Andhra Pradesh to celebrate godman Sri Sathya Sai Baba?s 85th birthday.
An exhibition on Sri Sathya Sai Village Integrated Programme (SSSVIP) for development of Indian villages was inaugurated at Sri Sathya Sai International Centre for Sports (Indoor Stadium), Puttaparthi on Tuesday to commemorate his birthday.
The exhibits reveal the eight categories of service activities that are in progress in the 1388 villages adopted by the Sathya Sai Organization under this project.
The services are categorized as Individual Care, Employment Care, Educational Care Activities, Medical Care Activities, Spiritual and Cultural Activities, Agricultural Care Activities, Social Care Activities and Infrastructure Care Activities.
Native art forms, culture and traditions also have been displayed.
Model villages have been erected with one pavilion per state.
Pavilions also exist one for the All India Technology Support Group and one for overseas activities respectively. The exhibition is open to all the public.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba visited the exhibition Tuesday evening. He also gifted traditional wedding clothes to the 85 blessed brides and grooms on the eve of the mass wedding ceremony.