| Thursday, Sept 30, 2010 - Sai News & Photo Updates: This evening, when the retiring day turned golden under the artificial lights, as Bhagawan emerged at 1825 hrs. (6:25) to the tunes of a soulful Rama bhajan, the waning twilight was preparing herself to hear nectarous story the greatest devotee of Lord Rama in the immediate Divine presence. | 
click to enlarge | In the multitudes present welcoming Bhagawan, there was a distinct orange scarved group of men and women, numbering almost two thousand, who were ready to celebrate the advent of the 85th year of Bhagawan! The narrator for the evening was Lord Rama and the men and women in orange scarves who set the stage for the Lord of Treta for the narration were the youth from Maharashtra. | 
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Completing a full round of darshan, Bhagawan came onstage at 1845 hrs.(6:45). As bhajans continued in full devotional fervour, Bhagawan went on leafing through letters from devotees. After half-an-hour Bhagawan nodded for the programme to commence. Representatives from various Maharashtra districts made a beeline unto the dais presenting details of various service activities. Men in pairs followed by women forayed to the centrestage showing brochures containng details of the activities being done. | 
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The programme for the evening, a dance drama entitled Anjaneya Veera, was presented by the Youth and Balvikas from Akola district of Maharashtra. Beginning the presentation, setting an intro into the story of Hanuman, Lord Rama told his chosen devotee that it was His Will that He would narrate the story of Veeranjaneya this day, against the normal practice, of Hanuman singing Rama's glory incessantly, and thus began this Thursday evening's odyssey with Lord Rama and Hanuman. | 
Photo source: sssbpt.org - Image graphic layout - saibabaofindia.com "SBOI" | The one hour presentation began with Lord Rama narrating a young devotee of Veeranjaneya about the tale of Hanuman's mysterious birth with the blessing of Wind God. Traversing through the eventful episode, The Lord went on explaing Hanuman's tutelage under Sun God, his wrangle with Lord Indra, initiation into the Rama Mantra, meeting up with Valmiki etc. The narration was backed by visual illustration. When Sage Valmiki went on extolling Hanuman's feats with his work on Lord Rama's story, an 'infuriated' Hanuman grabbed the literary piece to tear the same into pieces yelling that only Lord Rama deserves name, fame and glory. Hanuman's meeting with Sugreeva, slaying of Bali, crossing over to Lanka to fight for Mother Sita etc. came in sequence before the scene was brought to the court of Lord Rama in Ayodhya, where, post coronoation, immediate followers of Lord were dividing their duties towards The Lord. | 
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Narrating the tale as told by Bhagawan in Rama Katha Rasavahini, the episode of Hanuman grabbing the most pricey responsibility of snapping Lord's yawn was depicted before coming into the final scene of Hanuman himself explainig his part of His Story that happened in the Hanuman Temple in Prasanthi Nilayam. As Hanuman went on replying to Lord Ram for His offer of liberation to his chosen devotee, that for him his body that helps him to chant His Beloved Lord's Name is more precious than liberation, one could see hundreds of Maharashtra youth, both men and women, waving saffron flags, showcasing allegiance to Hanuman's exemplary devotion. Anecdotes from the lives of Bhadrachala Ramdas, Goswami Tulsidas etc. were also lucidly illustrated. |
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| Upon the one hour presentation, Bhgawan went down the dais and posed for photographs. Accepting Mangala Arathi at 2040 hrs. Bhagawan left the dais, retiring for the day. Laddu Prasadam was distributed to the entire assemblage. | 
