{"id":271666,"date":"2025-11-19T13:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271666\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T13:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:13:11","slug":"little-boy-with-hair-like-baba-sachin-tendulkar-recalls-first-meeting-with-sathya-sai-baba-pays-tribute-at-centenary-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/271666\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little boy with hair like Baba\u2019: Sachin Tendulkar recalls first meeting with Sathya Sai Baba; pays tribute at centenary | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763557991_742_.jpg\" alt=\"\u2018Little boy with hair like Baba\u2019: Sachin Tendulkar recalls first meeting with Sathya Sai Baba; pays tribute at centenary\" title=\"&lt;p&gt;Sachin Tendulkar (PTI image) &lt;\/p&gt;\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Sachin Tendulkar (PTI image) <\/p>\n<p> NEW DELHI: Former cricketer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/sachin-tendulkar\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sachin Tendulkar<\/a> on Wednesday offered his respects to Sri Sathya Sai Baba during the birth centenary celebrations in Puttaparthi. He recalled how people would compare his hairstyle to the spiritual leader\u2019s when he was a child and how meeting Baba later left a deep impact on his life.<\/p>\n<p>Sachin Tendulkar Recalls Receiving Sri Sathya Sai Baba\u2019s Blessings Before 2011 WC<\/p>\n<p>He called the occasion \u201ctruly special\u201d and paid his \u201cwarmest pranams\u201d to Sri Sathya Sai Baba.\u201cMy warmest pranams to our beloved Baba. This is a truly special occasion, and I welcome all of you as we celebrate Baba\u2019s centenary year. This place has given comfort, purpose and direction to millions,\u201d he said. Tendulkar said he first met Baba in the mid-1990s in Whitefield. \u201cSince then, I\u2019ve been blessed to meet him many times,\u201d the cricket legend recalled.<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/prime-minister-narendra-modi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi<\/a>, who had earlier visited the Mahasamadhi of Sri Sathya Sai Baba to offer his prayers, also attended the event alongside Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu and deputy CM Pawan Kalyan. Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Union ministers Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu and G Kishan Reddy were also present.The centenary celebrations featured cultural performances, devotional songs and tributes highlighting the spiritual leader\u2019s legacy of service.Ahead of the ceremony, PM Modi held a roadshow in Puttaparthi, where large crowds gathered to welcome him. Security arrangements were heightened in the region with barricades and deployment of police personnel.As part of the programme, the prime minister also released a commemorative coin and a set of postal stamps honouring Sri Sathya Sai Baba\u2019s life and teachings.Later in the day, PM Modi will travel to Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu to inaugurate the South India Natural Farming Summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sachin Tendulkar (PTI image) NEW DELHI: Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday offered his respects to Sri Sathya&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[390,111767,1721,111766,4903,308,4501,4901,44995,111765,15623,101,111764,4902,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-271666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-breaking-news","tag-centenary-celebrations","tag-cricket","tag-cultural-performances","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-prime-minister-narendra-modi","tag-puttaparthi","tag-sachin-tendulkar","tag-sports","tag-sri-sathya-sai-baba","tag-today-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}