‘VithaI Baba’ passes away

Mahabubnagar: Sripada Vallabhapuram Swamy Vithalananda Saraswathi Maharaj also known as ‘Vithal Baba’ died on Friday in NIMS, Hyderabad. He was admitted on July 7 following a heart ailment. The Swamy was being treated in ICU. A large number of his devotees from Mahabubnagar district, where the Vallabhapuram Ashram is located, besides those from Hyderabad visited NIMS. He had been running several service programmes at the ashram. He had donated several wheel chairs for the use of poor NIMS patients