Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s birthday celebrations commence PUTTAPARTHY: The 79th birthday celebrations of Sri Sathya Sai Baba will begin a Prashanti Nilayam here from Thursday.Already scores of devotees have landed from various places to take part in the celebrations, for which the APSRTC is running special buses from Tirupati, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bangalore and Chennai.The festivities will begin with Venugopalswamy Radhotsavam on November 18, while November 19 will be observed as Youth and Women's Day. On November 21, students of Sri Sathya Sai educational institutions will present cultural programmes.On November 22, the convocation of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed University) will be held. Former union secretary for external affairs Maharaj Krishna Rasagotra will attend the convocation.On November 23, the birthday of Sri Sathya Sai Baba will be celebrated. Congress leader Digvijay Singh, Animal Husbandry Minister G Surya Rao and others will attend the birthday celebrations, while Tourism Minister Gita Reddy will participate in the Women's Day celebrations.Already noted pop singer Tona Guilepsi has reached Puttaparthy and more VIPs are expected to arrive here on November 22.The district administration is making all necessary arrangements for the devotees arriving here from abroad and all over the country. sourced: http://www.newindpress.com/Newsitems.asp?ID=IEA20041117091755&Title=Southern+News+-+Andhra+Pradesh&Topic=0 Yours in sai's seva Deepak Bharwani SAIRAM WEBPAGE HAS MOVED http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/~sairam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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