Guest guest Posted October 9, 2007 Report Share Posted October 9, 2007 October 7th, 2007 The store-room behind the mandir bhajan hall had been cleaned and all the things there had been neatly classified and sorted out over the last three days by the students and some staff of the Ashram. There were so many items and Swami had decided to give away many of these treasures. There were beautiful marble statues of Rama, Lakshmana, Seeta and Hanuman. Swami wanted these to be given to the senior boys hostel for installation in the shrine.So, this afternoon, eight research scholars had assembled in front of the Yajur Mandir with the four-foot-high statues, which being made of marble, were very heavy. The statues had been decked with saree, dhotis and jewels. All waited for Swami to come down, bless and consecrate the statues before the installation in the hostel. Swami came out of Yajur Mandir only when the second bhajan had begun at about 5:05 pm.The minute Swami came down, He glanced at the statues and immediately asked, "What is happening here?" The warden of the senior boys hostel went up to Swami and prayed to Him to bless the statues. Swami immediately came towards the statues. He sat before them and kept looking at their faces. He was so pleased and happy. Now the boys came one by one to Swami and sought His blessings. Swami blessed the silk sarees and robes that then went on to decorate the statues. The statues were also garlanded as Swami looked on. HE blessed the coconuts and had the vermilion spot placed on the foreheads of the statues. He asked them, "How do they look?" Pat came the reply, "As beautiful as you, Swami."After having spent a few minutes gazing at the statues, Swami very unexpectedly posed for a group photo! The boys were all thrilled at this gesture. They also posed alongside Him. The pictures were taken. Then as Swami was going into the car, the photographer requested Swami to pose alone with the statues. And Swami agreed to do so! A picture was taken and then Swami went to the car to proceed for Darshan. As the car started, Swami blessed everyone with Abhayahasta.In the darshan hall, Swami gave joy to one and all by going around on the wheel sofa for a round before going into the bhajan hall for bhajans and arati. Courtesy: http://www.saistudents.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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