Celebrating Sathya Sai Baba’s 100th Birthday: City-Wise Events Across the United States in 2025

The year 2025 marks the historic centenary of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s divine advent on November 23, 1926. Across the United States, from coast to coast, every Sai center, every region, every devotee family is immersed in an ocean of love, devotion, service, and celebration. The entire nation has become one vast Prasanthi Nilayam as the Sri Sathya Sai International Organization (SSSIO-USA) and its ten regions orchestrate thousands of events throughout November, with the sacred birthday itself being the glorious crescendo.

Here is a comprehensive city-by-city guide to the major centenary celebrations taking place across America in November 2025.

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Riverside, California – The American Prasanthi Nilayam

Sai Prema Nilayam, Riverside (Region 8)
Five-Day Centennial Birthday Festival: November 19–23, 2025

November 19 – Ladies Day with floral offerings, rangoli competition, and women’s empowerment talks
November 20–22 – American segment of the 11th World Conference “Pathways to World Peace: Purity is Enlightenment”
Daily Suprabhatam at 5:30 AM, Vedic chanting, youth orchestra rehearsals
November 23 – 24-hour Akhanda Bhajan starting midnight, sunrise Suprabhatam, grand cake-cutting at noon, “One World One Family” orchestral performance by 450 international musicians, fireworks of divine light at night
Continuous annadanam, medical camps, children’s SSE village, 100 Petals of Love art exhibition

Los Angeles, California

Hollywood Sai Center & Greater LA Region 8 Centers

November 18–23 – Evening Akhanda Bhajan marathons across 15 centers
November 22 – Sunset Boulevard procession with 100-foot garland
November 23 – Morning aarti at Griffith Park, celebrity devotee bhajan session, “Prema Premiere” screening of centenary documentaries, beach seva at Santa Monica

San Francisco & Bay Area, California

Central San Jose Sai Center & Silicon Valley groups

November 19–23 – Tech-themed bhajans with live coding of centenary songs
November 22 – Interfaith panel on AI ethics and human values
November 23 – Golden Gate Park sunrise bhajans, youth-led flash mob at Union Square, lotus-shaped cake offering

San Diego, California

November 20–23 – Coastal Akhanda Bhajan relay from La Jolla to Coronado
November 23 – Ocean aarti with floating diyas, SSE children’s human values parade

New York City, New York

Flushing Sai Center & Greater New York Region 1

November 20 – New York State Assembly official citation ceremony
November 22 – Interfaith symposium at United Nations Church Center opposite UN
November 23 – Procession from Queens to Manhattan Sai Temple, midnight-to-midnight bhajan, proclamation by Mayor declaring “Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centennial Day”

Atlanta, Georgia

Northeast Atlanta & Decatur Centers (Region 3)

November 18–23 – Daily Nagarsankirtan through neighborhoods
November 21 – Interfaith dialogue at Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site
November 23 – Youth orchestra performance, Georgia peach centenary cake, Southern gospel + Carnatic fusion concert

Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas

Irving Sai Center (Region 7)

November 19–23 – “Texan Prema Festival” with cowboy-style bhajans
November 23 – Horseback procession carrying Swami’s portrait, longhorn-shaped cake, “One Nation Under Sai” country-bhajan concert

Houston, Texas

Stafford Sai Center

November 20–23 – NASA-inspired talks on miracles and science
November 23 – Rocket-themed procession, Tex-Mex annadanam for 2,000 people, zydeco + bhajan fusion evening

Chicago, Illinois

Naperville & Aurora Centers (Region 5)
-November 20–23 – Windy City bhajan marathon
-November 23 – Floating diyas on Lake Michigan, deep-dish “Sai pizza” annadanam, jazz-infused centenary concert

Boston, Massachusetts

West Roxbury & Cambridge Centers (Region 1)

November 21 – Harvard Square public bhajan
November 23 – Charles River sunrise aarti, Ivy League scholars panel on Sai philosophy

Washington, D.C.

Fairfax & Silver Spring Centers (Region 2)

November 20–23 – National Mall public bhajans
November 23 – Capitol Hill reflections, youth march for peace, monument illumination in Sai colors

Seattle, Washington

Bellevue Sai Center (Region 10)

November 21–23 – Evergreen forest bhajan retreat
November 23 – Space Needle view sunrise Suprabhatam, rainforest conservation seva

Miami, Florida

Kendall Sai Center (Region 4)

November 20–23 – Beach bhajan series
November 23 – Ocean aarti with 1,000 floating diyas, salsa + bhajan fusion dance

Phoenix, Arizona

Scottsdale Sai Center (Region 8)

November 19–23 – Desert sunrise-to-sunset bhajans
November 23 – Saguaro-shaped cake, water conservation seva drive

Denver, Colorado

Littleton Sai Center (Region 6)

November 21–23 – Rocky Mountain meditation retreat
November 23 – Mountain-peak symbolic aarti, youth hiking with human-values banners

Nashville, Tennessee

Franklin Sai Center (Region 3)

November 20–23 – Country music meets Carnatic bhajans
November 23 – Grand Ole Opry-style centenary concert, guitar-shaped cake

Detroit, Michigan

Troy Sai Center (Region 5)

November 19–23 – Auto-industry workers bhajan sessions
November 23 – Motown + bhajan fusion, urban gardening seva

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Cherry Hill Sai Center (Region 1)

November 22–23 – Liberty Bell symbolic ringing for world peace
November 23 – Freedom march with human-values placards

Orlando, Florida

November 23 – Disney-area procession, children’s SSE parade with 100 balloons

Minneapolis, Minnesota

November 20–23 – Mall of America public bhajan corner
November 23 – Snow-themed centenary cake (indoor warmth, outdoor devotion)

St. Louis, Missouri

November 23 – Gateway Arch sunrise bhajans, “Arch of Love” illumination

Portland, Oregon

November 21–23 – Rose Garden bhajan festival
November 23 – 100 varieties of roses offered at altar

Conclusion: One Nation, One Sai Family

From the Pacific to the Atlantic, from the deserts of Arizona to the snows of Minnesota, every city, every center, every heart in America is singing the same song on November 23, 2025: “Samasta Loka Sukhino Bhavantu – May all the worlds be happy.”

The centenary is not just a celebration of the past century of Swami’s divine physical presence; it is the ignition of the next century of living His message. Wherever you are in the United States this November, find your nearest Sai center, light a lamp, sing a bhajan, perform an act of love—because on this sacred 100th birthday, every American city has become Prasanthi Nilayam.

Sai Ram. May Swami’s love continue to guide, guard, and glide America into an era of truth, peace, and universal brotherhood.