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click to enlarge   <<  Feb. 2011 | Current Sai Baba News |  March. 2011 >>     Sai News Archive 2010: | Jan. | Feb. | March | April | May | June | July | Aug.| Sep.| Oct.| Nov. |Archive 2009 |   Text & photo source - copyrights: Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust - sssbpt.org  - Radiosai.org  Prasanthi Diary -  Sri Sathya Sai Media Foundation - h2hsai.org .  | Web layout - Photo graphic design : saibabaofindia.com  "SBOI" | - We gratefully acknowledge the publishers Sri Sathya Sai Sadhana Trust &  Sri Sathya Sai Media Foundation   Monday, Jul 11, 2011 latest and who better to add colour to an occasion than Maharastra. The Varkaris continued their grand tradition of Palkhi Seva. Every year they carry a Paduka for Bhagawan in a pada yatra ( through walk) from Dharamavaram to Puttaparthi. Sri Nimish Pandya (District President of Mumbai), who played the master of ceremony today, recollected how Bhagawan used to always enquire about the welfare of these simple devotees from him again and again over the years. The programme for the day started at 8:00 AM with the chanting of the Holy Rudram. At 8:20, Sri S.V. Giri, after taking Bhagawan's blessings, lit the lamp to start the proceedings. It started with the sacred sound of the conch. The sound of victory, the sound of truth, the sound of clarity, lit joy in the hearts of all as it declared the festivities open.     MahaSamadhi will be unveiled for public darshan on Gurupoornima day...read more   Sri Pavithra Bhat who has performed on numerous occasions in front of Bhagawan led the procession with a rhythmic dance. The flag bearers followed behind and then came the solemn bearers of the Palkhi. The Palkhi was brought near Bhagawan's throne and the bearers, removed the Padukas from it and placed it at the lotus feet before lovingly adorning it with a garland made from Tulasi. At the conclusion of the dance, Sri Pandya announced the music programme by the Mategaonkar family.     Programme Schedule for Ashadi Ekadasi and Guru Purnima, July 11 and 14 - 16, 2011   Sri Parag Mategaonkar led the family in taking Bhagawan's blessings. He played the keyboard. His wife Smt Suvarna Mategaonkar and daughter Ketaki Mategaonkar were the singers of the morning and Sri Amit accompanied them on the tabla. Smt Suvarna started the proceedings with a dedication to L ord Vittala, "Sundare ke...". She was followed by her daughter Ketaki who sang the Bhajan, "Ram ke gun gaan..." (Sing... Sing the glory of Lord Rama). There was an emotional piece by Kum Ketaki, "Sai Ke Sang..." which spoke about the travails in the path of devotion and how a true devotee sticks to the Lotus Feet even when everything is taken from him. They concluded traditionally with a Vittala Bhajan. The participants were honoured with clothes. Bhajans began at 9:30 AM and Arati was offered at 9:45 completing the morning's programme. A dance ballet by Balvikas children from Maharashtra is scheduled for the evening.

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Unveiling of the Mahasamadhi of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba - Programme Schedule for Ashadi Ekadasi and Guru Purnima, July 11 and 14 - 16, 2011

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The festival season is here. Ashadi Ekadasi which often marked the first programme in the festival calendar of Prasanthi Nilayam will be celebrated tomorrow and four days thence,   CLICK TO ENLARGE    we shall have the unveiling of the Mahasamadhi of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba fittingly on the holy occasion of Guru Purnima. The complete schedule is available here:     Programme Schedule for Ashadi Ekadasi and Guru Purnima, July 11 and 14 - 16, 2011   A two day International Youth Conference is also scheduled to be held in the Poornachandra auditorium on the 13th and 14th of July. This will be an event attended by delegates from various countries across the globe.   SBOI GROUP  MESSAGE Mahasamadhi will be unveiled for public darshan on Gurupoornima day... "...This year, Gurupoornima will be celebrated for the first time and for years to come in Swami's physical absence. The only consolation is that the Mahasamadhi will be unveiled for public darshan on Gurupoornima day i.e. on 15 July. According to sources, Mahasamadhi which was built with high quality marbles which will remain cool even in temperature as high as 50 degrees, is very much complete. According to the information I have, the samadhi is constructed with white marble with gold coloured border. The Mahasamadhi will symbolise Unity of Faiths concept. The Ganesha which used to be on the dais has been removed and it will be a big surprise to see the new look on the dais. The unveiling of MahaSamadhi will commense at 8am with Vedic chants and bhajans by the students. The evening of the 15th July will have a musical concert in Sai Kulwanth Hall, the first of its kind after unveiling of Mahasamadhi. The statue which will be made of marble, placed by the samadhi will be unveiled for Swami's birthday. As against the reports in various media, atleast as of now, the ashram authorities are not having any plans to put up a golden statue of Swami. While I type this email, I still cannot believe myself that I will be typing words like "Swami's Mahasamadhi", "Swami's statue" etc but even this is Swami's divine plan and atleast we were blessed to drench in the love of Sri Sathya Sai Avatar which in itself is a rare gift...." Read the complete message at SBOI group page - http://groups.yahoo.com/gr​oup/saibabaofindia/join

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