Darshan News April 13, 2007 from Prasanthi Nilayam - Puttaparthi

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April 13, 2007 - This evening, the three day celebrations of Tamil

New Year and Vishu of Kerala got underway. Balvikas children from

Kerala were seated in the middle of Sai Kulwant Hall, and a musical

presentation was being arranged. Bhagawan came to the Sai Kulwant

Hall just after 3 o'clock and went into the interview room. He

emerged after an hour and came onstage in His chair. Instead of

remaining there, He came down the central ramp towards the Balvikas

children, and then went on a full round of the Sai Kulwant Hall in

His chair, granting a close darshan to the children and the devotees

from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, moving around both on the gents' and

ladies' sides while laddoo prasadam was distributed to all. Once He

returned to the stage, the Instrumental Fusion music programme got

underway at 4.25 pm. After fifteen minutes, Kavalam Sreekumar, the

vocalist, sang a few songs. At five o'clock, the Balvikas children

began their Bhajans.

 

Bhagawan was very pleased with the Bhajan singing of the children,

and He was particularly touched by a visually handicapped boy playing

the Harmonium. He came down from the stage, got up from His chair,

and started distributing clothes to the artistes who performed. The

young Harmonium player got not just clothes, but also a chain from

the Divine Hands. Bhagawan instructed that sarees be brought from the

store room for giving the girls, and waited onstage with the Bhajans

going on till the children finised their stock of Bhajans at 5.55.

Then He asked the vocalist to continue, and two songs later, asked

the students to start singing. After a few bhajans, a Meera song and

some more songs were sung by them. Meanwhile, the sarees arrived, and

Bhagawan got them distributed to all the Balvikas girls. Only after

He was satisfied with the distribution did He ask for the Arati - at

6.40 pm. As the Arati went on, instead of getting into the car and

leaving for His residence, He went in the chair itself to Yajur

Mandiram.