Bhagawan was at Sai Kulwant hall for more than six hours on this final day of the Ramayana
Saptaha festival at Prasanthi Nilayam. He arrived in the Hall a few minutes after the Vedic
chanting commenced at 9 am, when the priests seated onstage commenced the preparatory pujas
for the Coronation ceremony for Sri Rama. Swami indicated that the procession of Sri Rama
should take place only after Rahukalam, that is, after 10.30 am.
The priests
completed the rituals onstage while Bhagawan sat there. Swami also went for a round of the
front part of the Hall in His chair. The palanquin with the idols of Sri Rama and Mother Sita
came up from the main gate of the Sai Kulwant Hall, reaching the stage in 15 minutes after
taking a round of the gents' side of the hall.
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The final Coronation ceremony was then
concluded by 11.10 am. Bhagawan blessed two of the priests with chains - these were the ones
who were doing the daily worship for all seven days.
After the puja came to an end, Bhagawan asked for the Bhajans to
begin, and the prasadam of sweet rice, tamarind rice and rava laddoo was distributed to all
the devotees in pressed leaf plates while the Bhajans went on. Bhagawan watched till the
devotees were all served, then accepted Arati at 11.30 am and returned to His residence.
The evening Vedam chanting began by 4.10 pm, and Bhagawan arrived in the Hall shortly
thereafter. When Swami came onstage, the musical programme for the evening got underway after
the priests did their daily puja. Sri Venkataraghavan and party presented devotional vocals
for an hour while the Sri Rama idol was rocked in a jhoola onstage. At 5.45, Swami asked one
of the students to sing, and he sang a song on the Sun God, "Karya Karana Swaroopane". songs
by students continued for half an hour, then Swami asked them to sing Bhajans. While the
Bhajans went on for half an hour, prasadam was distributed to all.
Friday, June 27,2008: This Friday's concluding Laksharchana was with the
chanting of Sri Lalitha Sahasranama. All the devotees chanted "Aum Sri Matre Namah" as the
Sahasranama went on from 7.30 to 8.25 am. The scholar who chanted the Sahasranama spoke a few
words extolling the compassion of the mother, then concluded the morning session for the
Bhajans to begin as usual at 9 o'clock in the Bhajan Hall.
The afternoon session began with Bhagawan arriving in His chair at 3.45 pm. Moving to the
interview room after a few minutes onstage, He emerged at 4.15 and moving to the verandah,
distributed special clothes for the priests to wear for tomorrow's function. Then He came
onstage and sat for a while with the Vedam chanting going on. Swami called up two American
brothers from among the students to chant Vedam onstage, then an Iranian boy from the Primary
School. The programme of speeches commenced at five o'clock. The Yuddha Kandam was narrated
with aplomb in Telugu by Sahasravadhani Garikipati Narasimha Rao garu till six o'clock, and
with that the programme of speeches concluded. Bhajans were sung by the students as prasadam
was distributed, till Swami accepted Arati at 6.15 and returned to His residence.
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Thursday, June 26,2008: Om Sairam dear Sai Family
The Ramayana Sapthaha Yagnam is in full swing. Being the fifth day, and after the news spread
to neighbouring towns, there are quite a lot of people for the Yagnam. There is a big group
from Hyderabad as well.
This afternoon, Swami came quite early, at 4:15 pm. The hall was almost full by then..
Beautiful Lord, preferred to be wheeled into the hall, after coming into the middle, He took a
right turn skipping the gents side.
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After darshan rounds, Swami took a round within the verandah, speaking to the elderly people
and again came on the stage.. The Veda chanting went on for 30 minutes as Swami watched all of
us from the dias, called up some students and made some queries and blessed them with Pada
Namaskar. It was close to 6 by the time the actual programme started..
This afternoon, as part of the Ramayana satsang, it was the episode of Hanuman, the chapter
known as SUNDARA KANDA. Hanuman is now very famous in the west, thanks to Mr.Obama for
carrying the little statue of Hanuman with him..
The speaker who was blessed to speak in His immediate presence was Sri Rao, from a place
called Guntur, (for your records, Prof.Anil Kumar also hails from this place) in the state of
Andhra Pradesh.. a learnt speaker and surprisingly has given 2000 talks on Ramayana and one
would imagine how capable and able he could be. After taking permission and blessings from
Swami, the speaker who had a sweet voice, spoke on the SUNDARA KANDA, in pure telugu. Out of
Seven Kandas (sections, parts), this KANDA one wouldn't find the Hero of the Epic (Lord Rama).
The story runs with just Sita and ardent devotee Hanuman. The Hero is in the Heart of Hanuman
and is not seen out side. The speaker said, out of Seven Kandas of Ramayan, Sage Valmiki, the
writer, called this particular part as SUNDARA (BEAUTIFUL) KANDA and it was bit of a risk. If
a mother with 7 children says, my fifth child is beautiful, it does mean the remaining 6 are
not beautiful. The speaker said, there are lot of reasons and supporting incidents for this
Kanda to be called Sundara.
The first and foremost is the devotion of Hanuman. If one loses
someone, we sent some one who has seen the person, to trace him/her out. But in this case
Hanuman had never seen Sita nor Hanuman was related to Lord Rama and yet Rama had immense
faith and confidence in Hanuman, which itself, according to Valmiki is Beautiful. When
discussions were going on as who will go and how one would go to Lanka, the kingdom of King
Ravana, all the vanaras (monkeys) showed their strengths and courage. Hanuman out played every
one and it was decided it will be Hanuman who will occupy the driver's seat. Sri Rao, put the
whole story in a very simple and bit humorous way. He said, usually when we go for a heavy and
challenging task, we always pray to the person (GOD or GURU) whom we know, but it seems
Hanuman took the clever way. Sri Rao, said, one should pray to our enemies first , who would
be probable candidates for obstructing our tasks and to start with Hanuman first prayed to Sun
God. If one looks at Sun for a second without batting eyelids, it seems he considers it as a
defeat and now Hanuman will be flying so high that He would be close to Sun and this would
make Sun GOD bit uncomfortable... more over, during his child hood , when Hanuman knew he
could fly, he tried to swallow Sun, and to pacify Sun, Hanuman prayed to him saying He is
going on a very important task, some thing to do with Lord Rama, who belongs to Sun Dynasty
and in a way your relative. The next person whom Hanuman prayed was VAYU, wind who happens to
be Hanuman's father..
Photos: Ramayana Pravachana
June 22, 2008
Hanuman also prayed to Indra and Brahma and took their blessings. All the Vanaras were so
co-operative and prayed for Hanuman. Praying to the Sea, Vanaras said, if Hanuman, on his way
to Lanka, gets tired, pls let him rest on the little mountain in the middle of the sea. Lord
Rama gave a ring to Hanuman, for Sita to believe that it is Rama's messenger and not a demon.
The speaker later spoke on how Hanuman gets into the palace of Ravana.. Hanuman first thinks
to enter through the main gate, but decides against it, as the entrance from the main gate
should be done during weddings, invitations and other auspicious occasions and now he is one a
very different mission so decides to enter from the back door. The speaker said, Valmiki,
while describing Lanka, always said, the walls of the palace is studded with precious gems,
diamonds. Bricks and doors are made of pure gold and so on.. THe speaker said, when one
describes the house in such a way, it means the people living inside are not good people. It
was 10 past 7pm by then and Swami knew it was bit long session for devotees who were sitting
since 2pm. He sent a word with other man and the speaker, obligingly cut short his story which
was beautifully said and well scripted as well...
After the talk, Swami immediately asked for Arathi and quick prasadam were given and the
SUNDARA day ended at 7:15 quite long but we had long darshan of our Lord as well, so no
complaints.... thus ended another beautiful day and thought provoking and value added Ramayan
Satsang.
eye witness account 26th June
submitted by a member of
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More update from:
Thursday, June 26, 2008: The
laksharchana by the devotees gathered in Sai Kulwant began at 7.30 am, with the chant of the
Sri Sathya Sai Ashtothara Sahasranamavali. Bhagawan arrived at 8.40 am while the chanting was
in progress and sat onstage for a while. He then moved to the Bhajan Hall and then to the
interview room. The chanting concluded at 9.10 am and Bhagawan arrived in the Bhajan Hall for
the Bhajans to start. He moved to the interview room for a few minutes, then returned to the
Bhajan Hall, sat there for half an hour and accepted Arati at 10 am before returning to His
residence.
Swami returned in His chair to Sai Kulwant Hall at 4.10 pm and moved to the interview room.
After a round of the Bhajan Hall and the verandah after a few minutes, He came onstage at 4.45
pm and sat there for 45 minutes while the Vedam went on, calling up a few students with
letters and interacting with them. The speech for the day was on the Sundara Kandam by Dr.
Mylavaram Srinivasa Rao garu in Telugu, and he held the audience spell-bound for 90 minutes.
Swami accepted Arati immediately after the talk at seven o'clock while prasadam was
distributed to all.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008:This morning's Laksharchana chanting was performed with
the Sri Rama Sahasranama at 7.30 am. Bhagawan came in His chair in the evening at 3.45 and
went into the interview room. After interacting with a few devotees, Swami came onstage at
4.45 to start the proceedings. Today's talk on the Kishkinda Kandam was in Telugu by Sri
Venkata Subbarao garu. After the 45 minute talk, the Bhajans commenced at 5.40 pm. Prasadam
was distributed while the students sang Hanuman bhajans. Bhagawan accepted Arati a few minutes
before six o'clock and returned to His residence.
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Tuesday, June 24,2008: On this third day of the Ramayana Saptaham, the
proceedings began in the morning with Vishu Sahasranama chanting by the entire congregation at
7.50 am, forming a laksharchana. Bhagawan arrived when the morning Bhajans commenced after the
laksharchana. In the evening, Bhagawan once again sat for a few minutes onstage after His
darshan round in the chair and returned to the stage from the interview room to start the
proceedings at 5.15 pm. Today's speaker was Sri S. Ranganath garu from Bangalore, who spoke in
English about the Aranya Kanda for 45 minutes, noting various points of interest in Valmiki's
poetry. Bhajans commenced at 6 pm, and Bhagawan accepted Arati at 6.30 pm. - Prasanthi Bulletin -
Also read more Sai News from today (below) - eye witness account 24th
June submitted by a member of
SBOI-Group"Om Sai Ram dear Sai Family, the third day marked the
ARANYA KANDA episode. SWAMI blessed the vast gathering with His divine darshan at 4.30 pm. the
blessed speaker for today was Mr. Ranga a learned scholar and a faculty of Sanskrit in NMKRV
college for women in Bangalore, the same campus which was blessed by the Divine presence 17
years ago. After taking blessings from Swami to the delight of non telugu speakers he gave a
talk in English. The topic for today covered the incidents that occurred during Lord Rama's
stay in the forest with a mention of Surpanaka's incident, Sabari's hospitality, the golden
deer episode, the kidnapping of Sita, Bird Jatayu's heroism and the way Rama conferred
liberation and so on. The speaker was of the opinion that Aranyakanda is the nucleus of
Ramayana, as the crux of the problem, (kidnapping of Sita) happened in this part of
Ramayana...as they say old habits don't die hard, Mr. Ranga being a Prof. in Sanskrit for many
years, most of his talk was in Sanskrit (the language spoken by Gods) and excellent
interpretations in English. even though 45 mins is just not enough Mr. Ranga did a great job
and sure enough he got a word of appreciation and a pat on his shoulder, from Lord Sai Rama
Himself." Eye witness account 24th June sent by group member Satish Naik toSBOI-Group
Photos: Ashtothram Chanting, Ramayana Pravachana
June 23-26, 2008
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Monday, June 23, 2008:
Today was the second day of the Ramayana Saptaham being held at Prasanthi Nilayam, and today's
talk was on the Ayodhya Kandam. Bhagawan arrived for evening darshan at 4 pm, and after
sitting onstage for a few minutes, moved to the interview room. He emerged after half an hour
to move around the stage area and the verandah, going back onstage and starting the
proceedings at 5 pm. After the stirring hour long Telugu speech by Mallapragada Srimannarayana
Murthy garu, bhajans commenced at 6 pm. After half an hour of Rama bhajans, Bhagawan accepted
Arati and returned to His residence.
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details of Ramayana Saptaham Yagnam sent by members of SBOI-Group: Om Sairam dear Sai Family,
the second day of Ramayana Saptaham Yagnam was another interesting one. Swami came at 4pm and
blessed us with His divine darshan to the thousand seated in the hall.. After going into
interview room for 30 minutes, Swami came on stage.. He called upon some students, spoke to
them and accepted letters from them. Today, unlike yesterday, there was an introduction about
the speaker of
this afternoon. Mr.Srimannarayana murthy from Guntur, a renowned scholar, great speaker and he
had all the superlatives a person of his
caliber has under his belt..Taking blessings from Swami, He started his talk, the second
khandam (chapter) and it was AYODHYA kandam.. Mr. Murthy said, Ayodhya means that which cannot
be won and that is why you wont see any victory in this particular part of Ramayana. There is
failure and just failure every where, starting from King Dasaratha who loses the game and
eventually sends his beloved Son Rama to the forest. Many people say it was a plot planned by
Kaikeyi, to give the kingdom to her son Bharath, which in reality is not true.. It was all
God's plan and the design of the Rama Avatar which had to undergo that stage otherwise, we
wouldn't have known Ravana, the holy sages wouldn't have performed all the Yagnas and Yagas in
the forests, as the demons were at their best to disturb the sages.. Rama was not at all
unhappyy
about the way he was being sent to the forest.. When the news came that Rama had to go, being
a perfect son and an ideal son, he listened to his father without asking any question. Sita,
who was just married then, asked Rama that she would follow him.. Rama, even though knew she
has to be with Him, pretended to be reluctant... and Sita, the ideal wife she is, said, I wont
follow you, but I will walk before you, cleaning the path, removing thorns and stones.. The
speaker said, it is Sita who first reached Ravana, and Rama followed her, thus it was because
of her that the world knew about Ravana.. Brother Lakshmana, who was very close to Rama, also
followed Rama to the forest. King Dasaratha, after sending Rama to forest, started chanting
Rama's name and breathed his last breath.. After the king left His body, the need for a new
king arised. the next best choice was Bharath. Mother Kaikeyi told Bharath, you have got the
chance of becoming the king of Ayodhya and your long desire for the hot seat has become
reality.. This erred Bharatha and he very politely told his mother, Mother, you have given me
birth but you didn't understand your son too well.. NOT even in my wildest dreams I thought of
becoming king in the place of my brother Rama.. After persuasion from likes of sage Vashista
and others, Bharatha became the king bit reluctantly.
The speaker was of the feeling that Ayodhya kanda was designed in such a way that Rama,
protects all the noble souls doing penance in the forest and also to set an example of PITHRU
VAKYA PARIPALANA.. (listening to parents)...
After 45 minutes, the speaker thanked Swami for the golden opportunity he bestowed on him and
for the great fortune..Ater the talk, Swami asked for the bhajans to start and there was yet
another round of Rama bhajans and Arathi was given around 6:25 thus ending the second day of
Ramayana Saptaham Yagnam 28th June, will be the PATTABHISHEKAM, (coronation ceremony) of Lord
Rama, holy water from all the holy rivers in the world is being brought and the abhishekam
will be done with same water in the divine presence of our Sai Rama in the morning session
which will mark the end of Ramayana Saptaham Yagnam....with humble pranams at the lotus feet
of our beloved Lord.
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darshan news from 23rd Junetop
The seven-day Ramayana Saptaha Mahotsava got underway today. In the morning, the priests
assembled for the occasion did Abhishekam to Lord Rama's idol at the altar readied on the
Mandir Stage. The Bhajans did not start since the puja was scheduled. Bhagawan did not come
for darshan, so the devotees in Sai Kulwant hall dispersed by 11.30 am.
In the evening, the Rama-Sita-Lakshmana idols were brought to Sai Kulwant Hall in procession
with traditional paraphernalia from Bhagawan's residence just before 4.30 pm, and Swami
followed soon after. At 4.45, Bhagawan was seated onstage and asked for the programme to
commence. A learned scholar spoke in Telugu for 45 minutes, introducing the Ramayana Saptaham,
stating that each day, one Kandam of the Ramayanam would be expounded by a scholar, till the
last day, which would be dedicated to the Pattabhishekam or Coronation ceremony. The scholar
then spoke about the first part of the Ramayanam, the Bala Kandam and the inner significance
of many events narrated there. Bhajans commenced after the speech and prasadam was distributed
while the students sang Rama Bhajans. Bhagawan accepted Arati at 6.10 pm before returning to
His residence. Read more Sai News - eye witness account 22nd
June sent to SBOI group
Saturday, June 21, 2008Om sairam dear Sai family, the
atmosphere is serene, the streets filling up, the Kulwanth hall in particular is to its
maximum since last week. this morning after bhajans surprising every one Swami came for His
street darshan. Every one
was running behind Swami's car. Swami went up to the petrol station and took a U turn back to
ashram...among many boys who run behind His car, one boy from Nepal drew His attention. The
boy who happens to be my darshan mate also, had applied for admission in music college but
couldn't get admission for reasons best known to Swami. since then the boy is not leaving a
single opportunity to
request Swami to give admission in His temple of music. this boy was running behind the car
and Swami looking at this sweet boy signalled the boy to give the letter.
It was right in the
middle of the road that Swami accepted this MOST URGENT letter and it is second time that He
took the boy's letter in a similar fashion. Swami wanted to tell something but in the mean
time the crowd went crazy and the car moved
on...the boy started running behind the car and this time swami showed the letter to this boy
probably saying don't worry i will do the needful. AFTER NOON DARSHAN: this afternoon there
were 2 ambulances parked in front of Swami's physical abode...initially i thought is every
thing ok at His Abode? Later after taking a keen look they turned out to be new ambulances
kept for His blessings.... sure enough at around 4.45pm Swami blessed the ambulances and
blessed all of us with the mobile chair darshan which are always blissful and matchless....
from tomorrow 22nd June to 28 June there will be week long programme on Ramayana and priests
from Karnataka are already here in Parthi for the programme...the news is that there will be
talks by learned scholars on the topic and let us all pray to Swami to give us the essence of
the holy epic....more news tomorrow. With humble pranams at the lotus feet of our beloved
Lord.. submitted by Satish Naik.. Member
SBOI-Group - Read more eye witness account 21st
June sent to SBOI group
Friday, June15 - 17, 2008: The Union Home Minister was at
Prasanthi Nilayam over the weekend. Bhagawan went all around the Sai
Kulwant Hall accepting letters from many and speaking to some devotees
yesterday in His chair after going into the interview room for a brief
while at 4 pm. This morning He arrived as the Bhajans went on at 10.10 in
His chair. During His darshan round, He Blessed the newly joined students
of the I standard of the Primary School. He went into the Bhajan Hall and
accepted Arati at 10.20 am, then entered His car. But after the car moved
forward a few steps, He asked the car to reverse, alighted again near the
interview room, and came onstage. There, He sat for five minutes,
interacting briefly with one of the students and the Senior Hostel warden
before again moving to the verandah. There, He called a couple for an
interview, and after that returned to His residence at 11.10 am.
In the evening, Bhagawan had permitted the students to present a Bhangra
dance programme, for which they were praying for the last two days. At 4
pm, when Swami came for darshan in His car, He moved out of Sai Kulwant
Hall for a drive and returned at around 4.40 via the Western Gate of the
Ashram. He moved to the Bhajan Hall in His chair and saw the students
there in costumes and interacted with them for five minutes before asking
them to move to the Hall and start their programme. When their 20 minute
programme concluded at 5.15 pm, Swami stood up and walked down from the
stage to take group photos with them. Bhajans began in the Bhajan Hall
just after 5.30 and Bhagawan accepted Arati there after half an hour.
More darshan news from 15th sent by a devotee: On the 15th evening Swami came at around
4:10 p.m. As Swami reached the dasavatara gate, devotees on the gents side
missed a heart beat , when He suddenly signaled the driver to turn right.
Swami left the ashram from dasavatara gate towards airport road, many assumed
that Swami would take the same route back i.e. while driving back to
Prasanthi Nilayam. The roads were packed with devotees waiting to get an
eye contact thru the car windows or perhaps a smile or blessings of Swami
with His hand raised (Abhya Hasta mudra). The school children were also
waiting and on the opposite side of the road Swami's elephant Sathya
Geeta too came near the gate to greet her Lord. Many devotees tried following
Swami’s car, but all returned shortly losing sight of His car. Swami after
teasing us returned from His short jaunt after around half an hour. Once again He entered Sai
Kulwant hall thru His residence gate.
After His second arrival the students begin the preparations for a Bhangra
and Gidha dance and song program. Students organized a very
invigorating bhangra performance in the divine presence. Kulwant hall was
filled with loud applause and even the lord was enjoying as we saw him
spreading his usual catching smile in our hearts. After the play swami
came down form the veranda for a short interaction amidst the students and
also had a photo session with them. In the meantime swami signaled for bhajans to
began and the evening bhajans continued till 6:10 after that He took arati and left for his
abode .Bhangra Dance - Read more
darshan news from 15th June: "The greatest fruition of any talent is, it being offered
to the Lord", said a wise man once. He must have been really wise because that is exactly what
even our Swami says. When on one occasion in Trayee Brindavan a teacher said, "Talent is a
gift of God", Swami corrected him telling, "No! Talent is God."... A Dance Program by the students of the Sri Sathya
Sai University, Prasanthi Nilayam
June 15, 2008
This (16.6.08)morning Swami came when bhajans were going on at around 9:20 .Swami
went
straight to the interview room and after giving a couple of
interviews, He returned and sat inside the bhajan hall at around 10:05
a.m., just
after a bhajan He signaled for the Arati and returned to his abode.
In the evening Swami arrived in His mobile throne at 4:45
, as we all know that chair darshan are very rare and undeniably an extra treat for all. After a long
interview session , bhajans began at around 5:35 and continued till 6:10
when swami signaled for Aarti and returned to his abode .
Click to enlarge the invitation picture
Today (17.6.08) morning swami arrived majestically on his chair
AGAIN at exactly
9:05 AM and gave blissful darshan to all devotees seated in the hall , He
then went straight towards the store room with blue shutters on the left
of VIP entrance to see some beautiful idols of various gods. The shutter
was pulled down as soon as swami left for veranda and other devotees could
not have glimpse of those idols . In the evening Swami came after 4 .00
p.m. and also evening darshan was a blissful 'chair darshan'. Swami gave
an interview to about 12-13 devotees from Singapore after the interview
Swami went inside the mandir. After the bhajans Swami accepted the evening
Aarthi and drove back to His residence in His car.
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Click to enlarge the invitation picture
Bhajans were going today when swami
entered Kulwant hall and went till about 9:35 before swami signaled for
Aarti to commence in between middle of a bhajan and returned to his abode.
An important event is going to commence on the 22nd -28th though this
event has not yet been announced - Srimadh Ramayana Shudha pravachana
Sapthaham, click on the picture thumbnail to see the invitation.
Friday, June 13, 2008:Today evening Swami went out for a drive near the Hanuman temple after His return Swami went directly
to His abode Yajur mandir. After some time Swami came out on His
mobile throne and took a darshan round of Sai Kulwant hall. After the Bhajans Swami accepted the evening Arati at 6.15. On His way
back to the Yajur Mandir, Swami stopped near His residnece gate where His
pet Elephant Sathya Geetha was eagerly waiting to greet Her Lord. Swami
gave sathya Geetha few fruits etc, & spent nearly 10 minutes with her. At
around 6.30 p.m. Swami
returned to His residence.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008: After His return from Brindavan
Swami has been blessing His devotees in Sai kulwant hall with beautiful
daily darshan. Today Swami came both in the morning and evening.
After the Bhajans Swami accepted the evening Arati at 6.10 and returned to
His residence.
Bhagawan
Returns to Prasanthi Nilayam
Sunday, June 08, 2008:Om Sai ram dearest Sai family, apparently past few days 'talks' among devotees
of Swami leaving for Puttaparthi were correct! After a wonderful summer session in
Brindavan Swami returned back to His Puttaparthi Ashram. Swami left Brindavan at around 7. 30.
a.m. and reached Puttaparthi at 11.30 a.m. to a wondrous & loving welcome by Puttaparthians.
Also, On the way to Puttaparthi Swami made a stopover (10.a.m.) at Muddaenahalli
and Bagepalli.. at Bhagawan's Schools Swami briefly watched a drama performance by the students.
Bhagawan Returns to Prasanthi Nilayam:
Today was another sweet "surprise" day for Puttaparthians.
News came as early as 7.30 a.m to Puttaparthi that Swami
had left whitefield ashram and is on His way to Puttaparthi. Puttaparthy
gets a desserted look in Swami's absence but today everyone seemed busy,
shining and smiling; the ladies were busy drawing beautiful rangolis and
mango leaves toranams were tied on either side of the main road. Also many
places e.g on the main crossings Puttaparthians had adorned the
asphalt with Rangoli & flowers. At around 11.15 a.m. Swami's car entered Puttaparthi. The sidewalks of all the
roads leading to Prasanthi Nilayam were filled with devotees. Everyone
desiring to catch a qucik glimpse of Swami thru His car window. Swami with
all His affection for His devotees looked from His car window with the
Love & smiles. At around 11.30 a.m. Swami's car enterd Prasanthi Nilayam
thru Gopurum gate and went towards gents side. The vedam singning,
Swagatam song and a welcome dance performance welcomed the Lord of the
Universe inside the Sai Kulwant Hall. At 11.35 a.m. Swami accepted
the Aarthi and retired back to His abode Yajur Mandir. In the evening,
Bhagawan arrived in the chair at 5.20 pm and made a full darshan round of
Sai Kulwant Hall. As the Bhajans began at 5.30, Swami sat onstage for
fifteen minutes before moving to the Bhajan Hall. He accepted Arati at
6.10 and returned to His residence.
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Saturday, June 07, 2008:
Rumours in Puttaparthi and Whitefield are that there is a strong possibility that Bhagwan may
return back to His Puttaparthi Ashram (Prasanthi Nilayam)
tomorrow. Though it is kinda
talked about subject here in Brindavan, still it is only a rumor, no official update yet.
Darshan Today: Today, Swami came out quite 'late' from His abode
'TRAYEE'. Bhagawan
came at 11 a.m. and blessed
all with His darshan from the podium. It was rather brief darshan, ten minutes after His
arrival on the podium Swami signalled the students to auspicate His Aarthi. After accepting the
Aarthi Swami went back to His abode. All were extra
happy to receive His blessed darshan today since many were guessing that Swami would not
come at all, but He did come, indeed. Also. this afternoon Swami drove out and visited SSS
hospital.
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Thursday, June 05, 2008:Today the morning bhajans started at 9.30 a.m.
since many Sai devotees observe Thursday as a special day ('Sai
Baba day' - Guruvar) therefore,
the Ramesh Krishan hall was filled
to capacity with devotees. At around ten minutes past ten the seva dal standing near the
Swami's residence gate got more alert and looked towards TRAYEE with folded hands in an
attentive manner.
That is usually
a hint that Swami is on His way. After
few minutes Swami finally arrived on His mobile throne. Bhagawan sat on the podium for nearly
20 minutes listening to the ongoing bhajans.
At around 10.40 a.m. Swami signalled for the
Aarthi and blessed the Prasadam to be distributed among the devotees. Truly, it is
awe-inspiring to see our Lord Sai Krishna in Brindavan. Read more darshan updates and messages
from devotees at
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Tuesday, June 03, 2008:
Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri B S Yediyurappa came to seek
Sri Sathya Sai Baba blessings today at His ashram at Whitefield, Bangalore (Brindavan).
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Today evening I went for SAI darshan at Whitefield (Brindavan Ashram). Entered the hall at 3.00 p.m.,
almost half of the devotees had already entered the new shamiyana mandap and were seated in
darshan rows.
Swami arrived at 5.00 p.m. sharp 6 then the evening bhajans started. After around 30 minutes, at 5.30 pm Swami
signaled to move his wheel chair down, thus enthusing the students and all devotees.
He took His darshan round in a winding manner amongst ladies and gents devotees. He signaled to move
even where there was no pathway, thus creating new pathways between devotees and students. A
bountiful and un-forgettable darshan to all devotees. He remained among the devotees moving in
between the pathways till around 6:10 pm.
The new Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri B S Yediyurappa too arrived around that time and Swami
gave him darshan and talk and had a photo session with him.
After that
Bhagawan again moved towards the ladies side and blessed many devotees. As the Arati song started
Students moved quickly and distributed prasad (Laddu). Today’s experience is unforgettable for
me as well as for all the other devotees and students. sourced from SBOI-Group top
Sunday, June 01, 2008:
For the past few days Swami has been granting Darshan both in the morning and in the evening
only from the stage area of Sai Ramesh Krishan Hall - Brindavan Ashram. Though, Last week
Swami did come down among the devotees on His 'mobile throne'. But these days Swami is
enjoying the Bhajans from the podium seated majestically on His throne and easily visible even
to the last rows. On Sunday's
the crowd of devotees is exceptionally high, since many Banglorians come for Swami's darshan
on their off day from work. Many bus loads of devotees arrive here daily for a single darshan and
then return back to their respective suburbs. The traffic conditions are much better now i.e.
after the construction of a new flyover. The huge assembly of traffic waiting for the railway
cross-over are also thing of the past. But the pollution both dust and noise are still
intolerable. In fact, Swami in His Latest Brindavan
discourse
mentioned pollution "...Moreover, everything is full of pollution
these days. The water we drink, the food we eat and the air we breathe are all polluted. In
fact, all the five elements have become polluted. Man’s very life depends upon these five
elements. How can man’s life remain unaffected when all the five elements are polluted? He
appears to speak sweetly but his mind is full of bitterness. This is very bad..." - Sai Baba. Selected from
Latest divine Discourse in Sai Ramesh Krishan Hall, Brindavan, Whitefield,
Bangalore, 01 May 2008 Today morning Swami came
at around 9.45 a.m. the bhajans
had already started at 9.30 a.m. Swami took a round of the hall blessing everyone with His
divine darshan. Swami accepted the Aarathi at around 10.15 a.m. prasadam was distributed
to all after the aarthi.
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Tuesday, June 24,2008: On this third day of the Ramayana Saptaham, the
proceedings began in the morning with Vishu Sahasranama chanting by the entire congregation at
7.50 am, forming a laksharchana. Bhagawan arrived when the morning Bhajans commenced after the
laksharchana. In the evening, Bhagawan once again sat for a few minutes onstage after His
darshan round in the chair and returned to the stage from the interview room to start the
proceedings at 5.15 pm. Today's speaker was Sri S. Ranganath garu from Bangalore, who spoke in
English about the Aranya Kanda for 45 minutes, noting various points of interest in Valmiki's
poetry. Bhajans commenced at 6 pm, and Bhagawan accepted Arati at 6.30 pm. - Prasanthi Bulletin -
Also read more Sai News from today (below) - eye witness account 24th
June submitted by a member of
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