Akhanda Bhajan begins in Puttaparthi and the first bhajans is , Gaja Mukha Gaja Mukha Gananatha

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Akhanda Bhajan begins in Puttaparthi and the first bhajans is "Gaja Mukha Gaja Mukha Gananatha" November 10th 7:50 pm - Akhanda Bhajan beings in Puttaparthi For those who don't know happens during Akhanda Bhajan, the bhajans will go on non-stop in mandir till tomorrow evening. Akhanda bhajan began at 5:50 pm in Sai Kulwant Hall. The first bhajan was appropriately about Lord Ganesh, it was "Gaja Mukha Gaja Mukha Gananatha". As the bhajans were going on Swami gave a nice darshan by coming on to the gent's side first and then going on to the ladies side making all the devotees in Sai Kulwant Hall very happy. Swami left Sai Kulwant Hall for Yajur Mandiram (swami's

home) at 7:10 pm. The bhajans are still going on in mandir. November 10th 11:00 am - Nice darshan this morning during bhajans in Sai Kulwant Hall This morning as the bhajans was going on at 9:30 am Swami came on to veranda of the mandir blessing devotees there. After that to everyone's surprise Swami came on to the gent's side giving all the devotees a very good darshan. Swami proceeded to the ladies side giving darshan and finally returned back to mandir. Aarathi began at 10:00 am ending the morning bhajans. Swami came outside mandir after the bhajans again giving devotees who were waiting on the roadside a very nice darshan. November 9th 7:00 pm - Diwali and New Year programs by devotees from Gujarat Programs started at 5:30 pm with Swami's arrival on to the dais. Devotees from Gujarat presented gifts to

Swami which Swami blessed. Beautiful Songs were being sung while the gifts were being brought to Swami. Soon after that the cultural programs began. First was a type of dance called Dandiya. Boys in colorful costumes performed it to very nice songs. Then there was a patriotic song about "Man journey from In-Dependence to Independence". And how even after getting independence for 60 years Indians are still enslaved by their anger, jealously and greed. And how man should strive to become independent of these qualities. Third was a Drama about how a village in Gujarat called Surajpur was helped by Sai Samithi under the rural development scheme, which Swami announced recently. When other NGO left the village for the cities and floods ravaged the village. The Sai Organization in Gujarat came to their help by adopting that village. After the Flood went down they even built a community health center in the village so that they could helps people from

surrounding villages. All this was beautifully dramatized in Sai Kulwant Hall. They even built the community center with cardboard boxes while the dances were going. The performance ended with the performers asking to Swami to bless them this New Year so that they could come even closer to Swami. And offered pranams to Swami. After a while Swami came walking from the dais and took pictures with the performers and while the prasadam was being distributed to all the devotees in Sai Kulwant Hall. Swami presented one of the lead performers with a Golden Chain. After Aarathi Swami left Sai Kulwant Hall for Yajur Mandiram (swami's home) at 6:30 pm ending the Diwali and Gujarathi New Year celebrations. November 9th 10:30 pm - Diwali celebrations in Puttaparthi Sai Kulwant Hall has gotten few more decorations than yesterday. This morning at 9:30 am Sathya Sai Baba came to Sai Kulwant Hall. Swami came in the mobile chair giving the

devotees on the ladies side a wonderful darshan on this auspicious day. Swami also blessed few devotees on the veranda of the mandir. Bhajans went on till 9:45 am after aarathi Swami blessed prasadam that was distributed to devotees and left for Yajur Mandiram (swami's home). Ending the morning program for Diwali

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