Prasanthi Update - An Unforgettable Ugadi Morning

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Prasanthi Nilayam was beaming with the thousands who had come celebrate the New Year at the Divine Lotus Feet. The Kulwant hall was wonderfully decorated seldom seen in recent times with colourful decorative pieces hanging all over the hall. The Center stage was magnificently decorated with a great varities of flowers. The stage was also decked with new bronze images of elephants. Swami arrived in the Kulwant hall at almost exactly 5 minutes past 9.00 A.M in the chair right Yajur Manidram. Instructions were already given that the Music programme may begin as soon as He enters the hall. Accordingly, starting with Sai Gayathri, the Music group of the University offered their salutations to His feet and began their program.

 

Swami took the usual round, but instead of coming on to the stage, He took another round near ladies side, came on to gents side and entered the portico this time. Meanwhile the program was on, with some introductory remarks on the importance of the Ugadi day. Swami finally came on to the stage.

 

The Music program was not just a list of songs sung one after the other. Interleaved with speeches, Bhagawan's message was conveyed in a most striking and enriching way. Songs that were chosen for the occasion were exceedingly apt, and to suit each of them, well written scripts were delivered as intro. "Panchanga patanam" was the pick of all. Explaining the meaning of "Panchangam", two students read out the forecast for different sun-signs, particularly for Swami's! Accordingly it turned out that it is a very auspicious and pleasant year for that 'raashi'. Swami enjoyed the depiction and he blessed one of the students with a gold chain.

 

The program continued with scintillating verses in telugu as intro to the songs, and few skits and dialogues to convey messages. Every singer gave himself to the song, enthralling the audience so much that none realized that it was almost 10:30AM. The pinnacle of this string of songs, as an icing on the cake, was the rendering of one Hindi song sung by three Students starting with the word 'barso'.

 

Call it co-incidence or anything, Swami suddenly asked His boys to take him down the stage, and called for something. What was in the offing? As everyone wondered, one of them brought a bowl of 'theertham' and with a bunch of leaves, Swami himself sprinkled that "kalasa theertham" on the music group and vedam boys. He also went little ahead and blessed few more group of students. Later Swami called for the pandit and asked him to sprinkle the water on all devotees, students and staff. The program came to an end with that song and truly these three singers mesmerized the congregation. The Rendering of the song was beyond anyone's comprehension and was the most beautiful and wonderful sung in recent times.

 

What could one ask more for on this Most Auspicious Day ?

 

As the memories of the "Sarvajit" fade away and fresh lease of life begins on the Ugadi Day of "Sarvadhara", Let us all pray to HIM to shower his infinite and everflowing grace so as to remain HIS for ever.

 

Om Sai Ram

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