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Contents

FOREWORD FROM THE DISTRICT PRESIDENT……….. ……… …….……….……3 SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS – AN INTRODUCTION……...... 4 WINGS OF THE ORGANISATIONS ...... 7 ADMINISTRATION OF THE ORGANISATION ...... 9 THE 9 P OINT CODE OF CONDUCT AND 10 P RINCIPLES ...... 10 SR I SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS – WAYANAD BRIEF HISTORY ...... 11 OVERVIEW ...... 14 ACTIVITIES ...... 16 OFFICE BEARERS ...... 19 SPECIFIC SERVICE PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES ...... 20 IMPORTANT EVENTS OR CONFERENCES ...... 21 GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES ...... 21

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This report is dedicated at the Lotus Feet of our Lo rd and Master Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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Foreword from the District President

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SaiRam.

This is a birds eye view of Swami’s activities in Wayanad Dt in the year 20 18-19. Looking at the glory of Bhagawan spreading in our small, hilly District and the blessed souls who ha d been pivotal in this mission , a deep sense of gratitude and wonder at the myriad ways through which the divine will ( Vajra Sankalpa ) is being carried out in the District renders us speechless. There are seven Samithies in the District which imparts succor to the devotees in search o f peace and love through Spiritual, Education and Service activities. Youth and kids are given special attention to grow up as persons with high values who will contribute to the society in a positive manner. We feel the hand of the divine in each of our a ctivities guiding, encouraging and taking us to higher planes than were envisioned possible.

This report attempts to give some glimpses of activities, but it may be said that all the activities are not covered here , nothing to mention about the sacrifice and love of our devotees in carrying on this mission.

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Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organizations - An introduction

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The Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, founded by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in the year 1965, is a service organisation with a spiritual core an d base to benefit all mankind irrespective of religion, caste, creed or sect. The Organisation serves a s a platform for its members to undertake service and other activities motivated by an urge for one's own transformation with the aim of realizing one’s inherent divinity.

Without any distinction of religion, nationality, race, socioeconomic status, either for those who work in the Organisation or for those who are served by it, the Organisation transcends all barriers leading humanity towards the ideal of 'Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man'.

The concept of fees or membership subscription is alien to the Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, for there cannot be any fee or subscription for one' s journey towards his own s elf.

The organisation function s through its primary units called as Samithis and Bhajan Mandalis of which individuals – from different strata of society, different ethnic groups pursuing different religions and faiths -are members bound by the dictum of “Love all, Serve All” and pursue their own sadhana towards self-transformation following the path of selfless service to humanity.

At no point is an individual asked to follow a certain religion or rituals. On the contrary each is inspired to follow his own faith so as to ensure that a Hindi becomes a better Hindu, a Muslim becomes a better Muslim, a Christian becomes a better Christian and so on. In fact, this spiritual basis inspires everyone to pursue his own religion better by putting into practice Love and Selflessness. That is why the Organisation features in its emblem the symbols of the major religions of the world.

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“The Organisations named after Me are not to be used for publicising My Name, or creating a new cult around My worship…. They must render seva (service) to the helpless, the sick, the distressed, the illiterate and the needy. Their seva (selfless service) should not be exhibitionistic; it must seek no reward, not even gratitude or thanks from the recipients.

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Seva is sadhana (spiritual exercise), not a pastime of the rich and well placed. You must have the firm belief that the aim of this Organisation is to remove the obstacles that keep man away from God, that separate maanavathwa (Humanity) from Maadhavathwa (Divinity).. This Organisation must elevate the huma n into the Divine.”

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WINGS OF THE ORGANISATIONS The Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation functions under three wings viz. (i) Spiritual, (ii) Education, and (iii) Service.

Each activity in a wing is directed to facilitate and help the member in his own spiritual advancement. Although, the nature of activities undertaken under different wings appear to be distinct and dissimilar, but there is an inherent interrelationship amongst all the three wings. The three wings stand for Worship, Wisdom and Work.

Spirituality and Service are supplementary and complementary to each other. Spirituality is the motivational force behind service and service is the fulfillment of spirituality. Therefore, spiritual concepts learnt through ed ucation must be put into practice in form of service to humanity. Thus, in order to successfully realise the objective of joining the Sai Organisation, one must participate in activities of all the three wings.

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Activities under different wings of the Organisation S SSSPIRITUAL EEEDUCATION SERVICE •Bhajan •Non -formal education of •Gram a Seva children in the age group of 5-14 years through values based educational training

•Nagarsankeertan •Bal -Vikas •Slums Service

•Study Circle •Educare •Medical Camps and Health Care

•Sadhana Camps •Parenting Programmes •Sanitation activities

•Study of Sai •Visit to orphanges, Literature old age homes etc.

•Meditation •Disaster relief

•Others •Poor feeding

•Free Coaching Classes •Others piritual Wing

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Educational Wing Service Wing ,

ADMINISTRATION OF THE ORGANISATION Headed by an All President who is supported by the National Vice Presidents and State Presidents, the Organisation functions like a welloiled machine in the District under the stewardship of the District President, focused on its purpose, clear in its vision and dedicated in its efforts to live up the Swami’s message – “Love All, Serve All”. The Samithis and the Bhajan Mandalis constitute a genuine spiritual movement where themembers are united by a common bond – Love for God and Service to fellow human beings. The members of the organisation work as one cohesive unit, whether as sevadals providing service at Prashanthi Nilayam, at medical camps, doing Narayan seva or the bal -vikas gurus who work with young children to inspire in them a desire to inculcate the five human values of Truth, Righteousness, Love, Peace and Non -violence, or the teachers who having undergone the training in EHV help in guiding the young minds towards the higher goals of life or the Sai Youth who work tirelessly in the Sri Sathya Sai Village Integrated Programme and Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Jyoti Programme – each of them are bound by one goal – “Service to Man is Service to God”.

THE 9 P OINT CODE OF CONDUCT AND 10 P RINCIPLES Every member of the Organisation is expected to undertake Sadhana (spiritual discipline) as an integral part of his/her daily life by abiding by the following Nine Point Code of Conduct which has been bestowed by Baba for one’s spiritual and personal development. In addition, the ten principles that forms the core of guidance for all the members of the Organisation as ordained by Baba himself are also produced hereunder.

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The nine point co de of conduct and the ten principles are fundamental to the spiritual development of the members of the Sai Organisations.

9 Point Code of Conduct Daily meditation and prayer. Devotional singing/prayer with members of one’s family once a week. Participation in Bal Vikas programme by children of the family conducted by the Organisation. Attendance at least once a month at Bhajan or Nagar Sankeertan programme conducted by the Organisation. Participation in community service and other programmes of the Organisation. Regular study of Sai literature. Speak softly and lovingly with everyone with whom he comes into contact. Not to indulge in talking ill of others especially in their absence. Putting into practice the principle of “Ce iling on Desires” and utilise any savings thereby generated for the service of the mankind.

10 Guiding Principes Treat as sacred the land in which you were born. Have patriotism to your nation - but do not criticise other nations or put others down. Not even in your thoughts or dreams should you think of bringing grief to your country.

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Respect all religions equally. Recognise humanity as one family – treat everyone as a family member - love all Keep your house and surroundings clean – for this will promote hygiene and health. Practice charity - but do not encourage beggars by giving money. Provide food, clothing, shelter and help them on other ways (do not encourage laziness) Never give a bribe or take bribe - never give into corruption. Curb envy and jealously; expand your vision and outlook, Treat all equally regardless of caste or creed. Be self-reliant. You may be wealthy and have servants to do your bidding, but service to security must be done by yourself. Have and cultivate 'Love for God and fear of sin'. Never go against the laws of the land; follow these diligently both in word and in spirit. Be an exemplary citizen.

Brief History

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It was during the year 1970 -1971 a group of people were able to visit Prasanthi Nilayam and got the divine Darshan and interview of Bhagawan. The group was headed by:

1. Late.Shri. K.S Karunakaran 2. Late.Shri. T.N Krishnan Nair 3. Shri. K.P Kelukutty Nair 4. Shr.A.P Narayanan Nair 5. Late.Shri. K.P Choy During the interview the group informed Swami their wish to start a unit at , . This paved the way to the work of Sathya Sai Seva Organisation in the district. Initially, during the year 1970 -71 a Bhajan unit was formed at Kalpetta with weekly Bhajan at a Small hall adjacent to Madiyoor Sri Mahavishnu Temple. Later during the year 1974 the unit was shifted to a commercial building at the heart of Kalpetta town owned by Late. K.S Karunakaran. During the year 1986 Late Shri.. K.P Choy an ardent devotee of Swamy donated land and t hen the construction of the present Bhajan Mandir commenced. The inauguration of the Samithy Building was done during the year 1989 by Retd. Chief Justice Shri. Balakrishna Eradi. In earlier days it was at Kalpetta Samithy that lot of members from Vaduvanc hal, and attended for bhajan and other activities. Later these members started unit at their native places and creation of Vaduvanchal, Panamaram , and Meppadi samithi fulfilled. The contributions of the following office bear ers to the growth of Kalpetta Samithy will be remembered for ever: 1. Late. Shri. KS Karunakaran 2. Late. Shri. KP Choy

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3. Late. Shri. Subramanya Iyer Edapatty 4. Shri. A.P Kesevan Nair 5. Shri. A.P Narayanan Nair ( Ex. Convener) 6. Late Shri. K.G Padmanabhan Nair ( Ex. Co nvener) 7. Shri. K.P Kelukutty Nair 8. Shri. Late. Sai Ramakrishnan 9. Shri. M. Aravindan 10. Shri. A.P Vasudevan Nair ( Ex. Convener) 11. Shri. K Thampan( Ex. Convener) 12. Shri. Jayarama Kurup( Ex. Convener) 13. Shri. Ramachandran( Ex. Convener) 14. Late.Shri. Bhageerathan( Ex. Convener) 15. Shri. T.N Venugopal( Ex. Convener) 16. Shri.P.N Babu Vaidyar( Ex. Convener)

At around the same time devotees at Sulthan Bathery had started Weekly Bhajan at the house of Sri Raman Nair. Later a Samithi building was constructed in 1989 at Kattayad by the collective efforts of devotees. They were headed by Sri P M Chanthu Nair, Sri Kairali Narayanan Nair, Sri V Bhaskaran Nair, Sri Muthanga Mukundan, Smt Anandavalli Amma, Smt Parvathi Amma, Sri Chettiyar etc. Balvikas was started by daughters of Sri K G Govinda Panicker whose land was procured for the Samithy .

A Samithy at Vaduvanchal was formed and building contructed in the land donated by Sri Gangadharan Master who was the first convenor. Sri Surendran, Sri Gopi etc were part of the inititial team o f devotees.

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Mananthavady Samithy was started at the house of Sri PT Janardhanan in the year 1998. He was supported by Sri. Manoj, Sri. Vijayan, Sri. Jagadeesh, Sri. Krishnakumar, Sri.Sasidharan, Smt. Reeja , Smt. Molly, Dr. Jayaprakash, Dr.Ullas, Sri Sasidharan etc.

Devotees in Meenangady Samithy started a Bhajan center on March 11 , 2000. The first convenor was Sri Sivasankaran who was followed by Sri E A Selvaraj. They were supported by a team of devotees including Sri Vinod, Sri Gopalakrishan, Sri Kutt appan, Smt. Ponnamma teacher, Smt.Sarasamma Teacher, Sri Dileep, Sri Manoj, Sri Rajan K Achary, Smt. Meena Jayaram etc.

Devotees from Meppady started a Sa mithy in 2005. The first convenor was Sri Sadananthan Master who was supported by Sri O M Samuel, Sri Ajith K, Smt Santha Ajith ,Sri Vasu Nellimunda, Mr and Mrs Sreedharan, Sri Senthil, Dr. Sreedharan etc. Smt Janaki Amma donated land for the construction of the new building for the Samithy which was inaugurated on 05.05.2017.

At Panamaram a center was started around 1996-97 at the house of Sri Madhavan Nambiar under the leadership of Sri Padmanabhan Master with the support of Sri Thampan,Sri O M Samuel etc from Kalpetta samithy. Later the Samithy Building was constructed at the land donated by Sri Madha van Nambiar and inaugurated 2005 January 14th . Sri Padmanabhan master who had been the convenor till 2017 had done a wonderful service of sending patients to Swami ’s Super Speciality hospitals at Bangalore and Puttaparthy.

OVERVIEW

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Sri Sathya Sai Seva Org anisations is functional in Wayanad with members from various cross sections of society and different faiths. With around 7 Samithis and one Bhajan Mandali , the Organisation serves as a platform for its members to undertake spiritual practices through its various wings such as spiritual, education and service for their own betterment. The thrust is on self -transformation for it is only individual transformation that would ultimately lead to global transformation.

The following tables give an overview of the Organisation in Wayanad.

Statistical Overview as on 31st March 2019 Units Numbers Number of members Samithis 7 1065 Bhajan Mandalis 1 25 Total 8 1090 No. of Sevadals Gents 175 Ladies 210 No. of Youth Gents 34

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Ladies 46 Adopted Slums/Villages Numbers Number of Beneficiaries Slums/ Villages Adopted 1 23 families Adopted Under SSSVIP Adopted Schools under Sri Sathya Sai Numbers Number of students Vidya Jyothi Schools 1 82

ACTIVITIES The members of the Organisation are involved in various activities on regular basis which primarily includes Spiritual Study Circles, Community Bhajan, Nagrsankirtan through the spiritual wing; Bal-Vikas and Parenting programmes through the Education Wing and various service activities through the service wing. Importance is given to regular service activities as only through constant involvement in good work can self-transformation be achieved. Service activities which are regularly undertak en at Samithis for the transformation of the members and for the benefit of the society include visits to leprosy, correctional and old age homes, medical camps in villages, Narayan -seva, free coaching classes, vocational training for employability enhance ment of the villagers, sanitation at public functions, fairs, and public urinal cleaning.

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The following table broadly categories the different activities that are undertaken in the district. An account of regular activities undertaken across the District Activities Total Total number of Number participants Devotional Singing Spiritua l Activitie

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No. of. Community Bhajan Centers 8 320 No. of. Bhajans Held 16 weekly Seven Household Bhajan nil No. Of Cluster nil No. of House Bhajan 306 4270 No. of Bhajans Held 306 4270 Nagar Sankirtan 146 1970 Study Circles 24 268 Conference/Retreats /Sadhana Camps 13 1847

Activities Total Total number of Number students Bala Vikas Centers Urban 12 102 Rural nil nil School 1 82 Total (i+ii+iii) 13 184

Educational Activities Bal Vikas Gurus 15

Activity Total Total number ce

ties Number of Servi activi beneficiaries

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Visit to: Orphanages 4 72 Hospital 26 1118 Disabled / Old Age Homes 12 312 Camps: Narayan Seva 47 3666 Medical Awareness Camps 1 84 Eye Camps 0 Blood Grouping Camps 0 Service Camps 7 1310 Vocational Training Centers 1 45 Free Coaching Centers 1 35 Sanitation (Public Urinals) 7 3500 National Narayan Seva 289 1734 Hot coffee with ginger during festival 2 48000 umber Total Numbe r

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OFFICE BEARERS

1 Babu Kattayad District President

2 Jithesh Kumar O T District Coordinator 1

3 Shaji P B Dist. Coordinator -2

4 E A Selvaraj Dist. In Charge - Service

5 Smitha Raju District Coordinator (Mahilas)

6 Sathidevi K P Dist. In Charge - Balvikas

7 P T Janardhanan Dist. In Charge - Bhajan 8 Arun Kumar Dist. In Charge - Youth (Gents) 9 Rahul Dist. In Charge - Youth (Gents) 10 Sreeyesh Kumar Dist. In Charge - Publications 11 P Sadananthan Dist. In Charge - Educare & EHV

12 O M Samuel Dist. In Charge - SRP 13 Rajagopal Dist. In Charge - Public Relations & Media

14 Thampan K Dist. In Charge - Spiritual 15 Prabhakaran P Dist. In Charge - Spiritual (Gents)

16 Suneesh M P Dist. In Charge - Disaster Management

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17 Santhosh O T Dist. In Charge - Veda

18 Bhageerathi Dist. In Charge - Balvikas

CONVENORS 1 P K Asok Kumar Samithi Convenor Kalpetta 2 Sasidharan N Samithi Convenor Mananthavady 3 Raju K N Samithi Convenor 4 Senthil Kumar Samithi Convenor Meppadi 5 Subbarajan K J Samithi Convenor Panamaram 6 Sajimon P V Samithi Convenor Bathery 7 Gangadharan Nair K Samithi Convenor Vaduvanchal 8 Suresh Kumar M Mandali in charge Cheengady

SPECIFIC SERVICE PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES

With divine grace of our beloved Bhagwan we have planned and started the construction of a house for a deserving family near Manalvayal colony, Bathery. The colony is adjacent to forest area. The transportation of building materials constitutes a major portion of the building cost which we hope to cover by service by our members.

Rural Vocational Tra iiiningining Centres

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The vocational training program has been going on in Meenangady Samithy for the last three years in associatio n with Community Poly technic Scheme. Last year 45 ladies have completed sewing course of 6 months and were awarded certificates.

Disaster Management The Disaster Management team is now flourishing under the efficient leadership of Sri Suneesh . He has cultivated a team of 32 youths who are always ready to respond to emergencies. They are all given basic training and uniforms. Training classes were conduc ted under all seven samithies.

IMPORTANT EVENTS OR CONFERENCES A week long Bhagavatham program ( Sapthaham ) was conducted at Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Murthy temple, Sulthan Bathery. The program was led by State Gents Coordinator Sri Ramachandran KP. More than 100 devotees participated daily.

GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES

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Disaster management training -Mananthavady

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Flood relief work -food preparation at relief camp -11.08.2019

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Flood relief materials distribution

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Balvikas Summer Camp 2019 –Group activities

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