 These events culminated in an event where he apparently healed himself in front of the thousands of people gathered in Prashanthi Nilayam who were then praying for his recovery.On recovering, Sai Baba announced that he would one day next be reborn as an incarnation named "Prema Sai Baba" in the neighbouring state of Karnataka.He stated, "I am Shiva-Sakthi, born in the gotra (lineage) of Bharadwaja, according to a boon won by that sage from Siva and Sakthi.