| << July 2010 | Current Sai Baba News| August 2010 >> Wednesday, Sept 01, 2010 - Sai News & Photo Updates: Today, the first day of the month of September, in the evening, the focus of attention was into the closed precincts of Poornachandra Auditorium.
Celebrating the 38th anniversary of Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, the main body that runs the Divine Mission related activities, a programme was organised to honour members of staff working with various institutions under the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust and Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, this evening in the Poornachandra Auditorium.
"Sevaamrutham", meaning necter of service, turned out to be a celebration of the greater boon bestowed upon by the Lord in physical frame. Participated by a mammoth 1370 staffers, both ladies and gents, that included functionaries, trustees, administrators and other staff down the ladder, the get-together turned out to become an explicit reminder of the greater boon bestowed upon by the Divine!
As the men and women occupied the spacious Poornachandra Auditorium well in advance of the scheduled hour, video clippings from His Story in the past were shown illustrating the glory and grandeur of the Sai Divine Saga. Greatness of the spirit of service in Prasanthi Nilayam was highlighted through some of the olden day discourses, laying down clear cut rules and regulations for the staffers to achieve the real purpose of Seva in Ashram.
Flanked by senior functionaries, Bhagawan arrived in the auditorium at 1640 hrs., received by some of the senior functionaries, while the mellifluous tunes of a popular welcome song in Telugu rendered the hall. Cutting a special cake for the occasion Bhagawan moved down the dais to assume His seat on the special dais erected for the occasion.
After a brief pause, Bhagawan moved down the stage blessing some of the senior women with sarees. Moving towards the gents' side, Bhagawan blessed scores of senior men, that included Secretary of the Trust and All India President of the Sai Organisation, with safari pieces.
After the initial round of blessings, programme commenced with a narration that had many an interspersed 'stories of glory' of the Sai Mission....and Bhagawan sat onstage with the lucid telugu narrative went on mesmerising the Divine and the audience equally.
Representing various institutions, three men and a woman spoke in Telugu, bursting into gratitude to Bhagawan. The programme was organised so meticulously that every speech was interspersed with thematic songs by the grateful talented bunch of students working with variuos ashram institutions. In the meantime, dress materials for other staffers were blessed by Bhagawan that went for distribution subsequently..
Bringing in the final phase of the glorious session, Bhagawan moved among the clustered bunches of staffers, granting them close darshan, as bhajans went on in the background. The session continued with Bhagawan preferred to sit onstage listening to the bhajans.
Time ticked past to 1822 hrs. and Bhagawan indicated for Mangala Arathi. All the staffers were blessed with a memento, a booklet, safari piece and laddu prasadam with bounteous Divine Darshan that tops the list!
After Mangala Arathi, Bhagawan moved off at 1825 hrs. blessing the privileged assembly of Sevaks with abhayahastha.
The programme was organised in response to an earnest prayer by the grateful students working with both Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust and Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust, who are the front runners in upholding His maxim, "My Life is My Message"!
...And in the mandir, bhajans session went on from the scheduled hour...The 'long wait' ended at 1845 hrs. when Bhagawan emerged from Yajur Mandiram, ushering into the glittering assembly. Completing a full round, Bhagawan moved further into the ladies' side, as is His wont these days, before turning about to come onto the portico. Engaged in conversation with one of the seniors, Bhagawan glided past the lower verandah to come onstage at 1900 hrs. from the right of Ganesha. Sitting for fifteen minutes, Bhagawan accepted Mangala Arathi at 1915 hrs. Moving off the dais, Bhagawan got into the interview room for a brief session before emerging at 1926 hrs. to retire for the day.
Prasanthi is celebrating Sri Krishna Janmashtami tomorrow and the mandir wore a festive look with aesthetic decorations in place heralding the occasion.
In the meantime, a big group of over 1800, comprising of approximately 1400 students with principles, teachers, management committee members, from various Sathya Sai Schools across India are arriving in the township on a Prasanthi Pilgrimage. This group is expected to stage programmes in the coming days.
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