Swami declared in 1951, a long time ago, that Sri Sathya Sai University
would be in Puttaparthi. This happened when Bhagavan visited a school in
Bukkapatnam where He used to study. It is in a village just three miles away.
Bhagavan was invited to go there for the school anniversary, being an old
student of the school.
The headmaster said in his speech of welcome, “Bhagavan, we would like a
junior college in this place. Please allow us to have intermediate levels in
the high school, so that it can be upgraded into a junior college.”
Then Swami, surprising everybody, declared, “Why a junior college? There
will be a University here in Puttaparthi.”
He said this in December, 1951, in His discourse. It materialised 30
years later when Sathya Sai University was founded, on November 22nd 1981.
Om Sai Ram
