The marble 'mahasamadhi' - 9 ft long, 6 ft wide and 2 ft 2 inches high - is placed exactly over the spot where Sathya Sai Baba was buried.
Thousands of Puttaparthi Sai Baba devotees thronged his memorial, which was unveiled and opened for visitors at the Prasanthi Nilayam Ashram in Puttaparthi, Anantapur district, on Friday, to mark Guru Purnima.
The 'mahasamadhi', a rectangular white marble edifice - 9 ft long, 6 ft wide and 2 ft 2 inches high - is located in the 10,000-capacity Sai Kulwant Hall, the largest hall of the world's biggest ashram, where Sai Baba used to give his darshan to his followers.
A large number of devotees gathered outside the ashram once again to catch a glimpse of the memorial, which is placed exactly over the spot where the spiritual guru was buried.
Sai Baba had died on April 24 with cardio-respiratory failure after spending nearly 4 weeks at the Sri Satya Sai Institute Of Higher Medical Sciences Hospital run by the Satya Sai Central Trust.
He was buried inside the Sai Kulwant Hall in a private ceremony on April 27, open to key relatives and members of his trust, while thousands of devotees watched the event live on the screens put up outside the ashram, waiting with bated breath for the gates to be thrown open again.
Many years ago, he had apparently expressed desire to be buried within the hall itself.
As devotees watched on, Baba's body was lowered in a 7-feet-deep pit in the hall, which was then then filled with 'Kuruskshetra matti' (soil), salt, silver, gold and navaratnas (nine jewels).
The Sri Satya sai Central Trust has tried to keep the event low profile.
Every year on Guru Purnima Day, Satya Sai would give darshan, take part in bhajans and deliver a discourse. This full-moon day in the month of Aashadam is considered auspicious, and gurus are worshipped with sincerity.
Born on November 23, 1926, in Puttaparthi, Sai Baba was followed by an estimated 20 to 50 million people worldwide, after he claimed to be a reincarnation of spiritual guru Sai Baba of Shirdi at the age of 14. (INN)