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2022 Prasanthi Pilgrimage
Travel & Visas
See below all information you need before you travel including visas and COVID requirements in India
If you are yet to book your flights, we encourage you to immediately to book flights to India to avoid increased costs.
Members are requested to arrive in Prasanthi no later than the afternoon of 21 December 2022 as the Pilgrimage officially commences on the morning of 22 December 2022.
You should book your flights to arrive in Puttaparthi no later than 21 December 2022 and to leave on the evening or after 29 December 2022. When booking your flights, please request a meal suitable for Vegetarians (or Vegan as required).
Address for Prasanthi Nilayam:
Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi
Sri Sathya Sai District, Andhra Pradesh – 515134, India
Telephone: (+91) 8555-287390 Ext 2208
Passport size photos - please bring at least 2 copies of your current passport sized photo.
Note - the closest airport to Puttaparthi is Bengaluru International Airport (Airport code - BLR)
All passengers irrespective of their age will need a valid passport to travel to India (unless you have an active Overseas Citizen of India (“OCI”) status with a minimum of 6 months validity on your passports before the departure date.
So please check the expiry date of your passport.
If you need to renew your passport, there is currently at least a minimum 8 week delay for renewals. Kindly renew your passport as soon as possible if required.
All members travelling to the Pilgrimage, irrespective of their age, need an Indian Visa to travel to India unless you have an Indian Passport or OCI.
E-Visas can be applied only via the link below and usually taken upto 72 hours. You will need 2 special Indian Visa passport size photos (note - in Australia - you can get them at your local Australia Post Office)
Link to India E-Visa : https://indianvisaonline.gov.in/evisa/tvoa.html
NOTE: Please keep a printed copy of the Indian E-Visa email you received for each member travelling to India. You will need to show this to Indian Immigration Officials on your arrival in India.
At this stage, Indian Government has strict COVID requirements before you can enter India.
All members will need to either have a Government issued International COVID certificate (showing details of full primary vaccination schedule of COVID-19 vaccination) OR a negative COVID-19 RT-PCR report (conducted within 72 hrs prior to undertaking the journey).
We strongly recommend that all participants obtain travel and health insurance during this post-pandemic period as some additional variations may emerge. In some instances, booking your flights using a credit card may provide a basic level of insurance.
However, you are encouraged to understand your credit card insurance conditions prior to obtaining another level of insurance.
"As a result of the pilgrimage, your habits must change for the better, your outlook must widen, your inward look must become deeper and become more steady. You must realise the omnipresence of God, and the Oneness of Humanity. You must learn tolerance and patience, charity and service. After the pilgrimage is over, sitting in your own home and ruminating over your experiences, you must determine to seek the higher, the richer and the more real experience of God-realisation. I bless you that you may form that determination and strive step by step to achieve that Goal” - Sri Sathya Sai.
Contact your Zone 3 Prasanthi Pilgrimage Team via email if you need for more information.
For Australian devotees, please email: pp2022@sai.org.au
For New Zealand devotees, please email: pp2022@sai.org.nz