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The Geetha Homam — the daily offering to the fire at the Kuteer

Daily practice

Where the worship ends and the work begins — nowhere

At the Kuteer the fire ritual and the cooking vessel are held to be the same practice. This page sets out both: the rites performed each day, and the service counted equally as sadhana.

The day, hour by hour

From the first Omkar to the last recitation

Visitors may join any of it. There is nothing to book, nothing to pay, and no introduction needed.

The Kuteer keeps this rhythm every day of the year. Between the meditation at dawn and the Parayanam at night sit the meals, the classes and the camps — all of it counted as the same practice.

  1. 5:00 – 6:00 AM

    Morning meditation and prayers

    The day opens with twenty-one repetitions of the Omkar, then meditation, then the daily prayers.

  2. Early morning

    Abhishekam

    The ritual bathing of the Salagrama — about fifteen minutes, with the Abhisheka mantras and the Shiva Stotras.

  3. 8:00 AM

    Nitya Narayana Seva — breakfast

    Breakfast carried out to the elderly mothers living in the nearby streets.

  4. 9:00 – 9:45 AM

    Havan — Geetha Homam

    The offering to the fire, with one chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, the Daivagna Hotra mantras and the Gayatri of various deities. Anyone at all may sit and take part.

    If you are visiting Puttaparthi, this is the easiest hour at which to find us.

  5. 9:45 – 10:30 AM

    Bhajans

    Singing the glory of the God of all faiths — sung together, every day, without preference of tradition.

  6. 10:30 – 11:00 AM

    Name chanting

    “Rama Rama Jaya Raja Rama, Rama Rama Jaya Sita Rama” — chanted as a group.

  7. 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

    Nitya Narayana Seva — lunch

    Lunch packed into carriers and taken out to those in need across Puttaparthi and the villages around it.

  8. 5:00 – 6:00 PM

    Evening meditation

    Twenty-one repetitions of the Omkar, and meditation as the day closes.

  9. 6:00 – 8:00 PM

    Parayanam

    Recitation of one of the Vishnu Sahasranama, the Lalitha Sahasranama, the Hanuman Chalisa or the Bhagavad Gita.

Any action performed with devotion — respecting all faiths, and transcending caste and religion — is itself a spiritual practice, one that fosters wisdom and lifts the individual soul.
The teaching the Kuteer follows

Service as sadhana

Six more practices, performed with the hands

These are listed by the Kuteer alongside the Abhishekam and the Homam, in the same list, without distinction of rank.

Narayana Seva

A meal cooked, carried and offered. Counted here as practice, not as charity.

Medical service

Free eye, allopathy and naturopathy camps on the 23rd of every month.

Educational service

Evening tuition, computer literacy and yoga for the children of the village.

Drinking water supply

RO-purified water, given without charge, at any hour of the day or night.

Vanara Seva

Food for the monkey troops of Puttaparthi, twice every week.

Grocery distribution

Provisions for households identified as being in immediate need.

Full schedule

Everything, and when it happens

Useful if you are planning a visit, or directing someone towards a service they need.

  • Daily Narayana Seva

    Puttaparthi town and surrounding villages

    Daily

  • Monthly Narayana Seva

    Sri Sathya Sai Kuteer premises

    23rd of every month

  • Narayana Seva at the mobile medical camps

    Patha Bathalapalli and Veldurthi

    5th and 11th of every month

  • Free drinking water

    Sri Sathya Sai Kuteer premises

    24 hours, every day

  • Tuitions and snacks for children

    Sri Sathya Sai Kuteer premises

    Monday to Saturday

  • Village tuition centres

    Narsimpalli and Narsimpalli Thanda

    Six days a week

  • Computer classes

    Sri Sathya Sai Kuteer premises

    Once a week

  • Yoga sessions

    Sri Sathya Sai Kuteer premises

    Sundays

  • Free eye camp

    Sri Sathya Sai Kuteer premises

    23rd of every month

  • Allopathy medical camp

    Sri Sathya Sai Kuteer premises

    23rd of every month

  • Naturopathy and Sujok therapy

    Sri Sathya Sai Kuteer premises

    20th to 24th of every month

  • Vanara Seva

    Puttaparthi, surrounding villages and Bukkapatnam

    Twice a week

On YouTube

The Kuteer’s channel

Talks, satsangs and the Shorts carrying Anjaneya’s commands — published as they come, and open to everyone.

@SriSathyaSaiKuteer

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Sit with us

The Homam begins at nine.

Any visitor to Puttaparthi is welcome to join the Geetha Homam, or to arrive on the 23rd and stay for the Narayana Seva afterwards.

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