UK grama seva & Darshan Report for October 21st

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Report for October 21st

 

Morning Program

 

On this auspicious day of the Dusshera function, Prasanthi Nilayam

was reverbrating with extra vigour. Also on this day, Shirdi Sai

Baba chose to take Maha Samadhi in 1918. He told one of his close

devotees the day before that he would leave his mortal coil on the

day of Dusshera.

 

In the Threta yuga, Lord Sri Rama was victorious in his battle with

the demon king, Ravana. He then returned to Ayodha where he was

crowned king. In the kali yuga our dear Swami, the Veda Purusha

himself, came to the poornachandra hall to carry out the poornahuti

of the yagna. This ceremony took place at 10am this morning. Swami

then watched over the rituals for over 45 minutes. This included the

yagna ceremony and he blessed all the priests who were fortunate to

take part. The Poornachandra hall was completely full as everyone

was keen to get a glimpse of Swami performing the yagna Himself. The

scene before our eyes took our imagination back to the Threta yuga

yagnas.

 

For the first time the grama seva was performed for the full 9 days

of the navratri function. Usually on dusshera the sisters of the

Anantapur campus would do grama seva within the Prasanthi Nilayam

ashram. However in addition to this, Swami instructed the students

and the UK group to continue with the service activities in the

villages. Some of these villages that were fortunate to receive

Swami's prasadam on Vijayadasami day were Tarakarama Nagar, Djp

(Deenajanoddharana) and Cheya. These villages are located behind the

ashram. In total over 200 homes received Swami's prasadam including

58 students in the Deenajanoddharana orphanage.

 

The UK grama seva group expresses their deepest gratitude towards

Swami for allowing them to take part in this grand event covering

145 villages in 8 days. Service of this magnitude is only possible

with the Divine blessing.