Prasanthi Bulletin, March 9th-15th, 2006

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joyous mood of the Holi festival, and some were depicted in dances too. Devotees

seated on either side of the central clear area of Sai Kulwant Hall threw

coloured powder into the air at regular intervals, adding to the Holi

atmosphere. Bhagawan was very pleased with the hour long program. Bhajans

commenced after the program, and Bhagawan came down from the stage in His chair

to give group photos for all the participants. Prasadam was also distributed.

Not content with giving group photos to only the Balvikas children who

performed the dances, Swami went towards the ladies' side and had group photos

with the ladies from Bihar and Jharkhand seated there. Then the gents too got

an opportunity. After all this, at the conclusion of Arati, Bhagawan Blessed

the entire congregation with both His hands. In the afternoon, the Holi program

continued with the presentation of a play on Bhakta poet Vidyapati of Mithila.

Lord Shiva Himself comes as a servant of Vidyapati moved by

his devotion. Bhagawan was very pleased with this performance too. In fact, He

paused the play for a minute or so near the end, to give a ring to one of the

main characters! After the drama, Bhajans were sung by the Bihar and Jharkhand

devotees, and prasadam was distributed to the performers. March 14th, 2006 A

group of devotees from Hungary had been seated in the Bhajan Hall before

evening darshan. After His darshan round, Swami went into the Bhajan Hall and

interacted with the Hungarian group, a group interview. March 13th, 2006 This

evening also, Bhagawan came onstage after darshan. After Bhagawan had some

interaction with the Senior Hostel Warden, some of the Music College students

scrambled to get their instruments. Bhagawan had agreed to have their

Hindustani vocal musical program. The song program commenced at 4 pm and went

on for an hour. Many pleasing and well known

songs including Meera bhajans were sung by the students to the enjoyment of all.

After the music program, bhajans commenced in the Kulwant Hall, following which

Bhagawan returned to His Poornachandra residence. March 12th, 2006 This was the

last Sunday before the examinations commence for the students of the Sri Sathya

Sai University. The final year students of the Anantapur womens' campus had

come to seek Bhagawan's blessings. In the evening, Bhagawan asked two eminent

devotees to speak. Sri Chitti Babu, educationist and former Vice-Chancellor of

a number of Universitites was the first speaker. He spoke for around 20

minutes, mentioning how he had come to Swami afflicted with illness and how we

should share our experiences with others. The second speaker was Dr.

Jayalakshmi Gopinath, Warden of the Anantapur campus Hostel, a devotee of

Bhagawan for the last 57 years. She spoke for around 45 minutes, with

references to some of the

leelas of Bhagawan she had been witness to in her long association with Him.

After these speeches, Bhagawan sat onstage for a few bhajans and then retired

for the day. March 9th, 2006 After Bhagawan came for evening darshan, He went

walking upto the stage area and asked some teachers seated there about what

program was arranged for that day. In fact, the students were preparing for

exams and no program was planned. But a Burrakatha - traditional narrative

interspersed with songs - had been planned by some of the students a few days

back, which could not be presented then. Now, those students came forward and

Bhagawan gave them the green signal to present the Burrakatha, complete with

costumes. In just ten minutes, the students got ready to start their 45 minute

presentation. Prof. Anil Kumar made an introductory announcement, mentioning

the short notice and the approaching exams of the students. The Burrakatha was

introduced as

"the History of Shirdi Bhagawan as narrated by Parthi Bhagawan". Bhagawan was

very pleased with the crisp Burrakatha and bountifully blessed the three main

participants along with their accompanists after their performance. You

can see an illustrated version of happenings at Prasanthi Nilayam in the

Prasanthi Diary of our monthly e-Journal Heart to Heart. The previous issue of

Prasanthi Bulletin is available here. The Photo album contains photos of events

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