00:00Om Sai Ram
00:02Millions of Sai Baba devotees from across the country and abroad visit to seek His blessings every year.
00:07They regard Him as their Guru, they offer generous donations into Baba's Jholi as Guru Dakshana.
00:13Last year donations totalling 634.34 crore were received through various channels.
00:19This included approximately 16 kilograms of gold and 197 kilograms of silver.
00:26195 crore rupees was collected in the Dakshana box and 122 crore was received via online donations.
00:34In total donations amounting to 638 crore were received through various means.
00:40For comparison donations totalling 648 crore were received the previous year.
00:45This year considering the requirements of the organization and the hospital,
00:49we requested some devotees to donate in the form of goods or machinery rather than cash
00:54as there was an urgent need for specific hospital equipment.
00:59Consequently some devotees donated machinery to the hospital valued at over 15 crore.
01:04Thus while the figure was 648 crore last year, this year we received 638 crore in cash
01:10plus 15 to 20 crore worth of donations in kind.
01:13The organization holds deposits totalling 3,603 crore across various nationalized banks.
01:20We also hold 550 kilograms of gold and 7,030 kilograms of silver.
01:27Through ongoing activities and donations the organization's total receipts amount to 851 crore
01:33while its expenditure is around 550 crore.
01:36Consequently the organization's deposits are increasing by approximately 250 to 300 crore annually.
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