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Prelude to 84th birthday: photos and updates links below
Om Sairam dearest Sai family,
The birthday of our beloved Lord was celebrated grandly at the Abode of our beloved Lord Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Puttaparthi, the holy abode which witnessed the birth of the Lord of this Kali age was blessed again to celebrate the 84th Birthday. Thousands thronged to this holy land and words are not enough to express the happiness among those people who were blessed to be born in the surroundings of this holy land..It is a matter of pride happiness and contentment for all of us here and thousands come to Puttaparthi to wish the Lord of the Lords, the Lord who has neither a beginning nor an
end. that Swami who is eternal and immortal it is only His immense grace and love for us that He allows us to celebrate 23November every year as His birthday..
Puttaparthi and its surrounding were jam packed. .All the streets were full and there was hardly any place even to stand.. The gents line touched Hanuman temple and people were standing in the lines since 2am in the morning. Inside it was the same scene. Stringent security arrangements were made for the big day and the mandir was beautifully decorated.
Inside the Sai Kulwanth hall it was just beautiful.
There was a big arch like thing on which 84th birthday
celebrations was written.. It was announced yesterday that the birthday programme would start at
9:30am. Every one were eagerly waiting for our beloved Lord on His (body's) birthday. It was 9am
and the Prasanthi Campus boys, primary school children with their bag pipers and Anantapur campus
sisters with their full fledged band and vedam chanting boys were eagerly waiting for the Lord by
His residence..
Around 10am the long wait was worth while when our
beloved Lord gave His most divine darshan which also commemorates 84 years of the Advent. The Band
from all the campuses came in first, later the vedam boys and then Swami clad in a beautiful white
robe seated on a golden colour car chair blessed those lucky souls who could make it to the Sai
Kulwanth Hall.. As soon as Swami entered the hall, two little girls, bit shy, offered rose to our
Swami and Swami moved forward to bless all the ladies' seated there. Then it was turn of sisters
from Anantapur, who were watching Swami with tears in eyes, Swami very sweetly smiled back
...continue reading with more photos from morning
& new photos from evening Celebrations
The 28th Annual Convocation of Sri Sathya Sai
University Posted at 18:55:12 Hrs. IST on 22 Nov 2009
On the auspicious 22nd November morning, at the end of an hour long inspiring
Divine Discourse, Bhagawan, praising His students, asked them to sing a song
in unison! And they sang the famous song of Divine Romance, a student
composition: “Hum Ko Thum Se Pyaar Kithna…” After the song Bhagawan said, His
hunger was satiated.
The
Convocation Drama for the
year 2009 that was staged on the 21st evening was a pointer towards the Sathya
Sai Model of Education, a model the world needs in the present times. …And on
the heels of this Drama came the 28th
Annual Convocation.
The 28th Annual Convocation
of Sri Sathya Sai University was held on the 22nd November 2009, in a
glittering ceremony that had its grandeur, richly deserved for the yeomen
service the University has been rendering in the field of education for more
than a quarter century.
This prestigious institution that is undoubtedly the one of its kind that has
won attention and accolades for simple reason that it promotes value education
with spiritual orientation helping in engendering students whom Bhagawan Sri
Sathya Sai Baba prefers to address as future ambassadors, has thousands of
such students in its alumni list who are engaged in relentless service
activities in different part of the world, following the invaluable inputs
that they received before leaving the portals of this great institution....Continue reading with photos & picture
slides
Posted at 16:40:12:12 Hrs. IST on
23 Nov 2009 When Little Champs Regaled
22nd Nov. 2009:
It appeared that they have started from where they had stopped last time. The
“Little Champs” from Pune had an opportunity to sing for The Divine at
Hadshi, Pune during Bhagawan’s
recent trip. These “Little Champs” were yet again seen in action,
this time in Prasanthi Nilayam, singing for Him, on the eve of the 84th Birthday, on
the 22nd Nov 2009.
L’ll Champs are the winners of the Zee TV sponsored Reality Show for kids in
Marathi. The participants were Arya Ambekar, Rohit Raut, Prathamesh Laghate, Mugdha
Vaishampayam and Kartiki Gaikwade, all from Pune.Continue reading with photos & picture
slides
Vidya Amritam - Convocation
Drama - 21st Nov 2009 Posted at 22:10:00 Hrs. IST on 21 Nov 2009
Bhagawan defines education as Vidya - that which illumines the life of man
with the light of Divine joy. And in His glorious mission of rejuvenating and
revamping the present educational system, the Lord chooses His instruments –
the instruments through whom the Divine wisdom flows to the younger
generations.
The Convocation drama 2009, Vidya Amritham, is based on the story of one such
instrument in the Hands of the Divine, Prof. Gururaj.
Against the prevailing practice of having convocation drama on the eve of
Divine Birthday, on the 22nd evening at Poornachandra Auditorium, this time
the drama was held on the eve of the Annual Convocation, on the 21st evening
at the Sai Kulwant Hall.
The 28th Annual Convocation of Sri Sathya Sai University will be held in the
Sai Kulwant Hall on the 22nd Nov morning in the immediate Divine presence of
the Chancellor of the University, Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba along with
scores of dignitaries from the field of education.
The Convocation address will be delivered by Dr. Samuel Sandweiss,
psychiatrist, author and a long time devotee of Bhagawan from the United
States....Continue reading with photos & picture
slides
Primary School Drama 20th Nov 2009
Posted at 00:35:14 Hrs. IST on 21 Nov 2009
Prasanthi’s eternal festive ambience gets a fillip with the arrival of November when
a representative group from almost each country of the world arrives in this valley
of peace with just one goal, to be near the Lord in His physical form, on the most
auspicious day - the date that earned an eternal privilege when Divinity descended
on this earth - 23rd November....Continue reading with photos & picture
slides
November 19th has been celebrated as Ladies' Day by Bhagavan and all
activities are done by ladies on this day. Smt. P. Susheela began the day by
chanting the Suprabhatam at half-past five and the Vedam chanting before the
Nagarasankirtan was also by Swami's girl students as on earlier years. The
programme in Sai Kulwant hall began ten minutes after nine with Swami being
welcomed by a procession consisting of the Anantapur brass band and Vedam
chanting students. After His darshan round Swami lit a lamp onstage just
before 9.30.
There were two speakers, with an introductory speech by Mrs. Chetana Raju.
Mrs. Sharon Sandwiess of the USA and Mrs. Harriet Tay-Agbozo of Ghana spoke of
their experiences with Bhagavan. The speeches were followed by five-minute
dances by children from the Sai schools of India, Indonesia, Mexico, Fiji,
Thailand and South Africa. After their presentation, Swami went among the
participants and gifted them with photo frames. It was 11.15 when He came back
onstage and asked for bhajans by the ladies to begin. Ten minutes later, He
accepted Arati and left for His residence after blessing the giant cake placed
onstage.
In the evening, Swami came for darshan at 4.45 pm, led by Vedam chanting
students and the Primary school bagpipes band, flanked by small girls bearing
welcoming plates with lamps. The programme commenced at five o'clock with
choirs by devotees from Greece and Holland. The music was followed by a 70
minute Telugu drama 'Draupadi Charitra' by devotees from Hyderabad. After the
drama, Swami blessed "Draupadi" with a chain and went down for group
photographs. He then called them up one by one to the stage to receive photo
frames. It was past seven o'clock when Swami left for His residence after
Arati. Sri Ashok Singhal of the VHP and Malayalam film star Sri Mohanlal were
also among the congregation. Continue reading with photos & picture
slides
I Care -"Life on wheels"... -
18th November 2009 Posted at 14:00:00 Hrs. IST on 18 Nov 2009
After the traditional Rathotsavam in the morning, the packed Sai Kulwant Hall had to
endure a long wait in the evening.
It was penance for the capacity crowd that waited
for four long hours. The long wait finally found fulfillment when Bhagawan came out
at 6:40 for a complete round, feasting the eyes, filling and fulfilling thousands of
hearts, minds and souls with bliss unlimited. Continue reading with photos & picture
slides
Ratotsavam in Prasanthi Nilayam comes as a forerunner to the grand Birthday
Celebrations of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. ..And ever since its inception many
years ago, this festivity has been a fixed schedule for the
18th November. For so many years, this day had been tagged
with another big event, Narayana Seva, en mass for the villagers in and around
Puttaparthi, where in Bhagawan would present Himself through and through, along with
hundreds of University students and sevadal volunteers, held at the Vidyagiri Sports
Stadium....continue reading... with latest
photos
"Gearing up for Divine Birthday" Posted at
03:30:00 Hrs. IST on 17 Nov 2009 Gearing up for Divine Birthday
"The week in the run up to the birthday celebrations has
been busy as Prasanthi is gearing to match herself with the tempo of the
ensuing grand occasion. One could see scores of sevadal volunteers engaged in
sprucing up the Poornachandra facing the Divine Abode, an action that would be
replicated in every inch of Prasanthi in the run up to the festive occasion.
As if showing up for a trial run, neon bulbs were already glittering atop the
Divine Abode heralding the imminence of the birthday celebration. …And at the
other end, the famous Italian group is seen in action shaping up the Birthday Cake...
The week had interesting developments apart from the best of all, the feast
for the eyes, hearts, minds and souls…His Divine Darshan!
Auspicious Thursday,
12th November, resembled a Krishnashtami celebration as number of
cows to be donated to the Mantralayam temple were brought into the Sai Kulwant
Hall for Divine Blessings. Bhagawan, upon coming from His Divine Abode,
blessed these quadrupeds attending to them while bhajans were on. The scene
was enacted once again when Bhagawan chose to come out of His interview room
for yet another bout of blessings. Bhagawan most lovingly fed these cows to
the delight of thousands, including the tiny tots from the primary school, who
were present for the morning darshan, being auspicious Thursday. The
Mantralayam temple was badly hit,
losing hundreds of quadrupeds apart from
human casualties, during the recent floods that created havoc in Karnataka and
Andhra Pradesh. It is learnt that a total of eighty four cows would be donated
to the temple, in His name, on the auspicious occasion of Bhagawan’s
birthday.
With Birthday comes the annual
convocation of Sri Sathya Sai University. The convocation every year brings
thematic drama presentation by the students of Sri Sathya Sai University. With
the drama troupe gearing up to rise to the Divine benchmark, Bhagawan made a
personal “Super-Vision” at the Institute Auditorium giving a fillip to the
enthusiasm that was already building up....Continue reading with photos & picture
slides
"prelude to 84th birthday celebrations of Sri
Sathya Sai Baba"
8 October 2009, 06:53am IST
ALLAHABAD: A non-stop all religion
bhajan programme would be organised by Sri Sathya Sai Seva Sangathan here
as a prelude to
84th Birthday celebrations of
Sathya Sai Baba. Spreading the
message of love, truthfulness, non violence, peace and co-existence,
hundreds of devotees will start singing the
Sai Bhajans
on October 8 (7.30 am onwards) continuously for 84 hours.
The programme will start with the lighting of lamp by Justice Sanjay
Mishra of Allahabad High Court. The bhajan programme will be held at
Mathur Vaisya Dharmshala, Mumfordganj.
Giving information, Gopal Tiwari of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Sangathan said
that the programme is being organised to spread the teachings of Sri
Sathya Sai Baba. “Devotees, crossing the bar of caste and religion,
belonging to different parts of the state have already arrived here for
the programme,” he said.
Beside the bhajan programme, an exhibition on
Sathya Sai Baba’s
teachings will also be organised. The
Bhajans programme will conclude on
October 11 at 7.30 pm by Mahamangal Arti of Baba. The state president of
the organisation, Y K Saluja will address the gathering and perform
mahamangal arti.
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