 Kasturi states that he wrote about the early years of Sathya Sai Baba's life based on information gathered from Pedda-Venkapa Raju (Sai Baba's Father), Seshama Raju (Sai Baba's brother) and teachers from the schools in Bukkapatnam and Uravakonda, where Sathyanarayana Raju (Sai Baba) was a student.The second part of the book was published in 1968 and closed the first volume of "Sathyam Sivam Sundaram".Kasturi states that "ten eventful years had pass(ed)" between the publications of parts three and four.