Guest guest Posted December 25, 2004 Report Share Posted December 25, 2004 Namaste December 25 Happy Christmas to you All Today morning the mandir was full with devotees, for the Christmas celebrations. Then Swami came around 7:30 am and the students began songs. The students performed some musical programs. There were quite a few Santa's in mandir today, then the bhajans started after which while going back to his room Swami cut few cakes which the devotees brought. Then prasadam was distributed to the devotees. Today evening at 4.45 pm there will a discourse by Swami. December 25 Yesterday evening there were some programs by the devotees from oversees. They performed some musical programs and later sang a few bhajans after which the regular bhajans started. Then prasadam was distributed to the devotees. The mandir is beautifully decorated and looks really colorful, gift packets hanging all over the place. December 23 Yesterday evening two students spoke, and one of them talked about some of the miracles devotees experienced. Like once when a devotee was rushing to catch his plane but still was a bit far from the air port, he got a taxi which got him in time for the flight, and once he reached Puttaparthi Swami asked him how much did he pay for the taxi, that's when the devotee realizes he didn't pay for the taxi in his hurry. Then Swami said that this taxi driver does not take money, only helps there were many such incidents mentioned. December 21 Yesterday evening there two speeches in mandir. One was by Mr.Anil Kumar and the other was by a devotee he talked about how Swami was helping all the communities with schools, hospital and water etc. And its our duty to use them well etc December 21 Yesterday I heard that this years choir is going to be 550 people strong. Compare that too last year which was around 450 people. So this year the choir is going to be big and special. I also heard that they are practicing nearly five hours every day for the program on Christmas day. Courtesy: http://www.puttaparthi.org/news.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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