Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations: India

Aum Sri Sai Ram

Prasanthi Seva Guidelines

in the Context of Covid -19 and Unlock process
& subsequent guidelines
By His Grace Prasanthi Nilayam has been sterile and since many of the Activities are closed in
compliance to the Government regulations on account of Health Emergency, Prasanthi Nilayam
Seva Sadhana is at its minimal level. In the normal scenario, Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations
used to perform Prasanthi Nilayam Seva with 700+ Male Sevadal members and 650+ Female
Sevadal members.
In the post All India Seva from May 6th, 2020, there has been a rationalized activity for Seva in
Prasanthi Nilayam. Seva in Prasanthi Nilayam was being performed with 300 members of
Sevadal (180 Gents and 120 Ladies). As the services in Prasanthi Nilayam get restored gradually
to normalcy, the number of Sevadal also gets incrementally increased. Since Sri Sai Kulwant Hall
is opened from 27thSeptember, 2020 to facilitate Bhagawan’s Darshan to the Devotees, and
gradually from Radhothsavam (18-11-2020) as the Devotees are being permitted to sit in Sri Sai
Kulwant Hall, there has been an increased number of Sevadal required to reinforce Ashram
Security and Darshan Management. It is also envisaged that the Hospitals also require support
from the Sevadal.
A deployment of 700 to 1100 Sevadal members, i.e. 400 to 600 Gents and 300 to 500 Ladies is
the contextual need in Prasanthi Nilayam Seva. This number is subject to the change as per
the need in Ashram and situation all around.
In the scenario of unpredictability in Covid Virus menace, as India opens up with Unlock 7.0,
certain guidelines are to be mandatorily followed by the State and District Office Bearers while
enrolling the Sevadal both Gents and Ladies for Prasanthi Nilayam Seva Sadhana and in
performing Seva Sadhana.
1.Age: Sevadal members should have completed 18 years of age and should not have attained
65 years of age.
2.Health Status:
i). Should be reasonably healthy, devoid of chronic illnesses like Asthma, uncontrolled Diabetes,
illness of kidney and vital organs, Hyper-Tension, Cardiac problems, Co-Morbidities, and such
other risk groups causing serious health concerns and risks.
ii). If the health issues are under control without causing any concerns and stable, the Sevadal
concerned may be permitted for Prasanthi Seva by the District Presidents concerned and be
advised to get regular medication along with.

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iii). The District Presidents must be careful in selection of Sevadal and personally endorse the
health status of all the members of Sevadal selected for Prasanthi Seva.
3. Restrictions
a). Pregnant women are not permitted for Seva.
b). Dependent Children are not permitted to accompany Parents for Seva.
c). Lactating mothers and mothers with infant children are not permitted for Seva.
d). physically challenged persons are not permitted for Seva.
e). District Presidents and Samithi Conveners may please verify the Covid Status in the
Family of the proposed / willing member of Sevadal for Prasanthi Nilayam Seva.
i). If a member of Sevadal was tested Corona Positive and undergone treatment
in the preceding 90 days time, he or she may kindly be avoided from Prasanthi
Nilayam Seva for he or she may not have fully recovered from the impact of
Covid.

ii). If any of the Family members were tested Corona Positive in the preceding 90
days the concerned member of Sevadal may be avoided from Prasanthi Nilayam
Seva.

4. Data Base may be created with S.No. Name in Full, Age, Gender, Aadhar Card Number,
Mobile Number, Name of the Village / Town, Name of the SSSS Samithi, Name of the District in
Excel format and mailed to the Chief Security Officer of Prasanthi Nilayam and to National Seva
Coordinator in advance.
Mail IDs are:
1). Sri Vasudevan, CSO, Prasanthi Nilayam: cvvasudevan9@gmail.com
2).S.Koteswara Rao, National Seva Coordinator, SSSSO-INDIA:
ncg.service@ssssoindia.org
5. Necessary Permissions
Unlock 7.0 and subsequent guidelines removed all restrictions on Inter-State Movements and
hence no permissions are required from any of the Government Departments.
However, if any District / State Administration imposed certain Covid situation based
restrictions, they may be complied with and obtain necessary permissions for Sevadal
movement.
Entry Pass for Sevadal and for Vehicles in not required to enter Andhra Pradesh. Hence it is not
necessary to register on https://www.spandana.ap.gov.in/

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6. Travel:
a). If travelling by Government Mode of transport, everyone must follow the Standard
Operating Procedures issued by the respective Governments.
b). If travelling by Own Vehicles everyone must abide by the Social Distancing Norms and the
vehicles may have to be sanitised before commencing the journey.
c). If travelling by Hired Vehicles, the Statutory permissions must be obtained in advance and
the vehicles must be sanitized before commencing the journey.
d). Every one may be advised to scrupulously follow the Health Emergency guidelines of
wearing a Mask, carrying Hand Sanitiser, Tissue, Drinking water and maintaining Social Distance
Norms.
e). Vehicle wise passengers list must be prepared in advance and mailed to
cvvasudevan9@gmail.com along with the names of Sevadal, vehicle number and vehicle pass (If
it’s a Transport Vehicle), Expected time of reaching Prasanthi Nilayam so as to permit to enter
Prasanthi Nilayam.
7. On Arrival at Prasanthi Nilayam
a). Entry:

(i) Entry from West Gate / Culvert Gate for all Sevadal reaching by Vehicles. Vehicles will have
to stop well ahead of West Gate. All Sevadal Members must enter through West Gate by walk
by showing the SSSSO Identity Card.
(ii) Ganesh Gate: Those Sevadal who travel to Prasanthi Nilayam by Public Transport may take
entry through Ganesh Gateby showing the SSSSO Identity Card, notifying the Security Officer at
Ganesh gate.
b). Testing: As the Sevadal enter the premises of Prasanthi Nilayam through the West Gate OR
through Ganesh gate, they will be tested for Temperature and Oxygen Saturation (SpO 2). On
satisfactory readings, they will be permitted to enter Ashram.
c). Clearance: On testing at Prasanthi Nilayam at the time of arrival, if any of the members is
found to be having any symptoms like high Temperature (above 990 F), Low SpO2 (Less than
94%), will not be enrolled for Seva and will be supported medically and be isolated till the
symptoms subside.
8.Vehicles:
(i). Own Vehicles: Sevadal members reaching Prasanthi Nilayam can take their respective
vehicles inside the Ashram and they have to park them on the road from Gas Godown to DD2
and also at the vacant site behind N-6.

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(ii). Hired Vehicles: All hired vehicles must stay outside Prasanthi Nilayam. They can drop the
members of Sevadal at West Gate and return.
If the vehicles are to be retained by the Sevadal for their return journey, the vehicles must be
parked in the premises of Sri Sathya Sai Deena Janoddharana Pathakam. The drivers also must
stay in the accommodation provided by the security Officer in SSS DJP. Food arrangements for
the drivers must be organised by the Sevadal Contingent in-charges.
9. Registration:
a). All the Sevadal Members must carry SSSSO Identity Card and Aadhar Card.
b). All the Sevadal members have to be registered in the standard format immediately on their
arrival.
c). On completing the Registration the total list of Sevadal members in the format of S.No.,
Name in Full, Age, Gender, Aadhar Card Number, Mobile Number, Name of the Village / Town,
Name of the Samithi and Name of the District in Excel format has to be mailed to
1. cvvasudevan9@gmail.com (Chief Security Officer of Prasanthi Nilayam)
2. ncg.service@ssssoindia.org (National Seva Coordinator, SSSSO – India)
3. aip.office@ssssoindia.org (Office of All India President)

d). The same has to be printed and ONE hard copy has to be handed over to the Deputy
Superintendent of Police, Puttaparthi and the second Hard Copy has to be given to the Chief
Security officer of Prasanthi Nilayam.
10.Deployment of Sevadal:
In consultation with the Chief Security Officer and the Sevadal Contingent In-charge of the
Previous Contingent from whom the Seva Responsibility will be taken over, Deployment of
Sevadal both Gents and Ladies may be assigned to various Seva Sadhana Points.
e). On completing the Deployment, the same extract may be printed and hard copy may be
handed over to the Chief Security Officer for issuing the Food Cards.
11. Accommodation:
(a). Free Accommodation is provided in the Ashram in the designated Dormitories for the Gents
Sevadal and in the Special Building for Mahila Sevadal.
(b). Room accommodation will be provided appropriately on payment, if need be, on case to
case basis.

(c). Every member of Sevadal must stay in Ashram only, even if they have their own
accommodation outside Ashram.

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(d) On completion of seva, all the members of Sevadal should vacate rooms/dormitory within
two days. The Contingent in-charge before leaving shall meet Accommodation In-charge and
settle rooms’ position. In case of any overstay beyond two days by Sevadal for genuine reasons
like falling sick, non-availability of train reservation etc., the same should be brought to the
notice of the Chief Security Officer.

12. FOOD: Breakfast, Lunch, Snacks and Dinner shall be provided to all the members of Sevadal
Free of Cost in the designated Canteen.
13. Movement: Unnecessary Movement inside Ashram may kindly be avoided. Going out of
Ashram and movement through Ganesh Gate is totally restricted. Exceptions can be only on a
medical emergency with prior approval of the Chief Security Officer.

14. Safety Measures during the Stay and Seva: All the members of Sevadal may be advised to
wear Masks, Sanitize hands frequently, maintain Social Distance in Accommodation, in canteen
and allover Prasanthi Nilayam.

15.Briefing – Awareness – Counseling: The Contingent In-charges, State Coordinators and

Group Leaders may conduct a briefing session on the day of Arrival in Prasanthi Nilayam, to
create appropriate awareness on Prasanthi Nilayam Seva, Conduct and Behavior of Sevadal in
Ashram, role of Sevadal in Seva Saadhana Points, Spiritual pursuits in Ashram and Do’s and
Don’ts.
Periodical review meetings and appropriate counseling sessions may be conducted.
16. Arrival (Reporting for Seva) and Return Journey:

All the designated members of Sevadal must reach Prasanthi Nilayam Two Days before the
commencement of Seva and Leave Prasanthi Nilayam next day of completing the Seva
Schedule.

For example:
If a State is assigned with Seva Schedule of 1stMarch to 31stMarch, 2021, all the
members of Sevadal Contingent must reach Prasanthi Nilayam on or before
27thFebruary, latest by evening of 27th February.
By 27th February Morning, all Group Leaders shall reach Prasanthi Nilayam, take
possession of Accommodation, intimate Canteen for Food arrangements, meet the
respective Security Officers and obtain guidelines.

On 27th February Evening, the deployment of Sevadal should be completed and

Orientation must be given to all the Sevadal in the night of 27th February.
From 28th February Morning, there shall be an informal Joint Seva at every Seva
Sadhana Point.

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On 28th February informal taking over of Seva at every Seva Sadhana must be completed
by 10.30 am to enable outgoing Sevadal to attend Special Darshan in Sai Kulwant Hall.
On 28th February, the formal Ceremonial Transfer of Seva Responsibility in front of
Ganesh Temple will be held at mutually convenient time.
The outgoing Sevadal shall start their return journey.

17. EXIT:
Sevadal leaving Prasanthi Nilayam by Public Transport can make exit from the Ganesh Gate.
All the Own Vehicles will make exit from West Gate.
If any contract carriages are engaged for return journey, they will be stationed outside the West
Gate and they can be permitted up to the vacant ground behind North Block no:6 an hour
before the scheduled departure and Sevadal members can board them there for their Exit.
18.Important Note:
1. All the members of Sevadal reported for Seva must continue till the last day of the
scheduled Seva duration. Exception is Only a medical emergency.
2. Sevadal should never be encouraged to request for a short time Seva of 3 days or 4
days or even 7 days. Exception is a designated Special Batch of Sevadal specially
engaged in Seva for a specific event or occasion or purpose.
3. No individual extensions of Seva may be permitted for any of the Sevadal Members
beyond the Seva Schedule of the State.
4. No Sevadal shall club Medical Appointments of Self or any members of family given
by Super Specialty Hospital with Seva. Such persons should not be permitted to
undertake seva. They can stay outside ashram and attend to their medical
requirements.

Note:
1. The aforesaid guidelines are in conformity to the guidelines of Government both Central and
State and of SSS Central Trust. They may change from time to time based on the situation,
intensity of COVID, measures of the Governments.
2. Some States are changing Covid Protocols from time to time and the rules and protocols may
change for Sevadal Movement in such eventuality.
Jai Sai Ram

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