April 2nd 2010

The day began with Nagarasankeerthan and roads longed to feel the name and vibrations of swami through swami’s devotees. The sankeerthan was continued with an age old tradition of conducting the Narayana Seva at Villages. The devotees and the Sevadals enthusiastically prepared Biriyani, kurmaa, Curd Rice and Kesari Sweet to be distributed at Kothulaaram, a village about 75kms from the city. The village was blessed by a free mineral water plant by swami few months ago. The program at the village began with Bhajans and a snap shot speeches by some of the sevadal members. The Villagers then Partook swami’s prasadam with intense satisfaction and where exhilarated by the love and affection with which they were served. Icing on the Cake was swami also blessed all of them with a pair of clothes. As we returned the left over food was distributed on the way to the poor peasants and as they received swami’s prasadam and a photograph of swami, many kissed the photo of swami with a great sigh of relief exhibiting the hope in life being rejuvenated. The evening stage was set for 30 wonderful children along with their master Shri Ashok Gurjale to stroke their Violins to the beat of god. They enthralled the devotees with their musical bouquet offered at swami. They played several tunes which struck a chord with devotees bringing joy to every one. The innocence on their faces and the talent on their hands gave joy to many.

April 3rd 2010

On the second day the evening program began with thought provoking speech by Shri Romel garu (an ex-IFS personnel), who rekindled devotees thoughts to how strong they are to be at swami’s lotus feet followed by Shri Sai Charan’s music recital, who rendered a garland of songs to swami which belonged to light music genre.

April 4th 2010

The work then began for the grand day April 4th, with fresh sets of decorations and flowers to swami. Morning was welcomed with power packed maha nagarasankeerthana with more than 300 devotees gathering for bhajans. Devotees were then served with prasadam and the Shivam Birthday Cake. Afternoon, the mahila vibhag performed the Sai Vratham with great reverence and arranged for 37 special sweets on the 37th anniversary celebrations of Shivam. It was a yummy spectacle to see for all the gods of heaven. Evening the devotees rushed with great enthusiasm for bhajans and evening program. The program started with a speech by Shri Amey Deshpandey (a research scholar from Sri Sathya Sai University) who shared his experiences signifying how to understand swami’s path of love. The stage was then set for Shri Kala Krishna who is master of disguise and lady art. Shri Kala Krishna is famously known for his classical dance well disguised in a lady form. A well known representative of the temple dance traditions of Andhra Pradesh, Kala Krishna is a disciple of the renowned guru and scholar Nataraj Ramakrishna. He excels in the art of female impersonation, performing as Satyabhama. He also brought his disciples who performed “Perineni Shivathandavam” which set ablaze the spiritual current among the devotees symbolizing the stage as Shiva’s court and dancers as his sevaks. The program was followed by harathi and Dinner prasadam for all the devotees.