17. OM SRI SAI PARTHI GRAMODBHAVAAYA NAMAH.

'Parthi is the name of the Grama or village where the Sathya Sai Avatar has manifested and where Sathya Sai Baba has centred His mission of Veda-poshana, Dharma-dharana Bhaktha-rakshana and Loka-kalyana, from Prasanthi Nilayam; He has established Himself in millions of hearts all over the world, whenever that has been transformed into a Prasanthi Nilayam (Abode of Enduring Peace).

Parthi is also called Puttaparthi form the large number of ant-hills (Putta) which once grew all over the place. Strangely enough the village where the 'previous body' of Sathya Sai Baba (ie) the body of Sai Baba of Shirdi manifested Itself is known as Pathri. Putta Parthi is about 22 miles from either Penukonda or Dharmavaram, on the Bangalore - Gunatakal Metre Gauge Railway line.

Putta Parthi (Putta: Snake mound) can also refer to the human body where the six poisonous cobras, lust, anger, greed, attachment, pride and hate dwell. If in each of us, the Divine is born (manifest) then, we are saved, for we become Prasanthi Nilayam.