| On this auspicious Easwaramma Day morning, Bhagawan emerged in His car at 0955 hrs. to proceed directly to Easwaramma Samadhi Mandir. Reaching the Samadhi at around 1005 hrs., Bhagawan was received religiously by Vedam, Bhajan and Nadaswaram troupe. Moving into the Samadhi Mandir, Bhagawan. As various ritualistic offerings continued inside the Samadhi Mandir with huge garlands being placed on the statues followed by clothes and fruits offering and coconut breaking, Bhagawan went to circumambulate the dais holding the statues of "Divine Parents" before Arathi was offered. Upon accepting Arathi, blessing the mini assembly, Bhagawan retired to Yajur Mandiram. Laddu Prasadam was distributed to the assembly at Easwaramma Samadhi. |
| Returning from Samadhi Mandir at 1030 hrs., Bhagawan went for a 'complete' round through the gents' side, alighting on the portico at 1035 hrs. to move, cutting through the lower portico, to come onstage at 1042 hrs. Sitting for sometime, Bhagawan moved off the stage, to move into the bhajan hall to exit through the rear door to go for a short round of the dais through the Vedam block to come onstage at 1100 hrs. to preside over the bhajan session. Marking the special occasion, special prasadam, Tamrind Rice and Sweet Rice were distributed to the entire assemblage of devotees. Arathi was offered at 1115 hrs. and upon accepting Arathi an announcement on the evening programme was made, informing that Balvikas children from Bangalore would be staging a dance drama on the life of Bhadrachala Ramdas. Upon the announcement, interacting with some senior devotees, Bhagawan moved off at 1130 hrs. proceeding towards Yajur Mandiram, not before showing His abhayahasta twice for a round of applause from the capacity crowd of devotees. After the Universal prayer, the normal Jaikar to Bhagawan was followed by a special Jaikar to Holy Mother Easwaramma. This evening, Bhagawan, upon emerging at 1452 hrs. came for a full round before coming on to the portico, to move into the bhajan hall. In the bhajan hall, Bhagawan interacted with the group of teachers and organisers representing various Sai educational institutions who have come for a workshop on "Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Vahini", a nascent project on higher secondary education, under the auspices of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations. Bhagawan spent quite sometime in the middle interacting and blessing the group of over fifty, before exiting through the rear door to cut through the upper portico, coming onstage at 1730 hrs. Veda chanting that has been on continued for next five minutes before Bhagawan asked for the cultural programme to commence. Illustrious story of Bhadrachala Ramdas, whose trials and tribulations, that was forced upon him, for having accused of misutilising the treasury funds for temple construction and final redemption was well depicted by the Balvikas children from Bangalore, in the dance drama entitiled, Bhadrachala Ramdas. The fifty minute dance drama ended on a happy note when Lord Rama along with his brother Lakshmana in the guise of servants went to the tax collector to pay and bail out a "surrendered" Ramdas, after 12 years of imprisonment. At the end of the presentation Bhagawan blessed the cast of the drama with group photos. Bhajans started at 1845 hrs. and continued till Arathi at 1855 hrs. Upon accepting Arathi, Bhagawan sat for some more time onstage, as Prasadam was distributed to the drama crew. Bhagawan retired to Yajur Mandiram at 1905 hrs. |
