Chaitanya Jyoti — Attraction in Andhra Pradesh

Inaugurated on 18th November, 2000 to commemorate the 75th year of the advent of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, this architectural marvel houses anexhibition on the Life and Mission of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. With multimedia presentations and fascinating exhibits arranged in seven phases, the museum takes the visitor through the story of Bhagawan’s birth and childhood, the prophecies connected with His Advent, and major milestones in the grand Mission of the Avatar.

Location It is located beside the statues of great spiritual masters of the world that stand overlooking the Sri Sathya Sai Hill View stadium.

Uniqueness of its Architecture Constructed on a hill slope, the building is a mosaic of different architectural styles and a fusion of the ancient and the modern.

The roof, built in typical oriental fashion, is the biggest Chinese roof outside mainland China.Flanking the roof on both sides are two Moorish domes made of titanium.The crowning semicircular ends of the roof are adorned with Gothic arches.The two lift shafts have Japanese style roofs.

Apart from these features, it has extensive stapathi (traditional Indian carving) work done on flat surfaces, which vastly enhances the aesthetics of the building. Fiber optic lights fixed under the Chinese roof add to the beauty of the reflected decorative ceiling. The flooring inside consists of ceramic tiles, polished granite tiles in grey and red colours, Jaisalmer marble tiles and white...

Chaitanya Jyoti Museum was planned to commemorate Bhagavan’s 75th Birthday as a fitting tribute to the Lord’s Life, Work, and Teachings.

Recently museum achieved the biggest landmark by crossing a number of visitors by more than 50 lakhs (Five Million).

That dream building came alive as the Chaitanya Jyoti Museum. ‘Chaitanya’ means ‘Consciousness’ and ‘Jyoti’ is ‘Light’. So, the ‘Light of Consciousness’ is a mammoth attempt to portray Swami and His Message by way of the building’s architecture and its contents of 90 exhibits based on the Life and Teachings of the omni-faceted Lord.

The building incorporates architectural styles from all over the world and thus embodies in its very design Swami’s teaching on the Unity of Humanity. There are Roman arches, Gothic windows, a Singapore designed fish pool, Moorish domes, Japanese roofing (for the lift shaft), a Greek inclusion on the roof and Indian religious figures.

Of course the majority of the influence is from China. Witness the unforgettable roof, the largest outside China. It is laid with ceramic tiles glazed using traditional methods. There are Chinese dragons, religious symbols, and decorative designs to be...

Chaitanya jyothi museum is located at prashanti nilayam in puttaparty village of anantapur district and Andhra Pradesh State.It was established by Sri sathya Sai baba in order to create spiritual knowledge for the devoties.we can get different types of puranas, Vedas etc related to ethics in digital format ie in the form of videos etc near by this place we can visit different places like stadium,nakshatra shala,samadhi of Baba's parents and one beautiful elephant and earlier elephant samadhi at free of cost.we can visit chaitanya jyothi museum also at free of cost.we can visit sssssh hospital which provide major operations to poor people at free of cost.we can reach this place by roadway,railway and airway easily which is nearer to Bangalore.I visited this place so many times I think this is the most peaceful place in the world which provides spiritual knowledge and entertainment.education can be available at free of cost.Food available in prashanti nilayam is so cheap maximum amount is 10rs with good quality, quantity and tasty food.so I suggest every one to visit this place once in their...