Puttaparthi News - November 15th-18th, 2005

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border="0"> November 18th: 2:00 pm The food is fantastic. I

ate today afternoon. They are giving chappati and curry for that. Then coconut

rice, curd rice. They also gave two sweets. This keeps changing three times a

day. And will last for seven days. Is it Swami's birthday or our birthday

looking at the feast on offer it seems like our birthday. November

18th: 2:00 pm - Free food for all Free food for all the devotees who come to

puttaparthi. Anyone can go and eat. They have some tasty dishes too. From today

18th to 24th november the food will be free. It will be given three times a

day. So for one week the food will be free for all the devotees who come for

the event. i am going to eat the food after that i will let you know more about

it. November 18th: 1:30 pm - Rathosavam in Puttaparthi Today morning

Rathosavam was held in Puttaparthi. Swami came for the event and blessed the

ratham and the devotees who were waiting there. This event happened at 7:40 am

and Swami came at 8:15 am and blessed the devotees and the ratham. The idol of

Lord Rama and Krishan were brought from mandir and kept in the ratham, pooja

was done with Swami's blessings and the rathosavam was complete. Rathosavam

on 80th Birthday in Puttaparthi - Photos

November 18th: 10:30 am - 80 Marraiges in Puttaparthi

Yesterday the 80 marriages were conducted in puttaparthi. We have some picture

for you of the event. Swami personally blessed each one of them. Swami handed

each bridegroom the thali (mangalasuthra), how special can you get. 80

Marriages for 80th Birthday in Puttaparthi - Photos

November 18th: 9:00 am - Download program to perform Virtual Pooja to

Sathya Sai Baba Go here and download a program to perform Virtual Pooja to

Sathya Sai Baba. You don't have to install anything. just download the zip file

and open it and click on the program and you can perform pooja while you listen

to aarathi and suprabhatham. Pass this to other devotees also. Click here to

Download Virtual Pooja. November 17th: 8:00 pm - Many new things are

being done in Puttaparthi There are loud speakers all along the road. Which

play bhajans of Sathya Sai Baba. They were switched on today and it was nice.

They have been switched off now because its bed time for most people who want

to go to darshan in the morning. Then there are announcements that are being

made to keep the city clean and asking people to move on to the side walk etc

which can help when it gets even busier. P.S If anyone know some one inside

mandir get us a press pass so that we could cover this birthday events even

closely, just kidding. November 17th: 1:45 pm - 80 Marriages as part

of the 80th Birthday Not one, not two, not three, 80 couples tied knot today

morning at exact 9:00 am. Those lucky couples got Swami blessings and

Padanamaskars too. Not only that they were given golden chains as Thalis and

they were provided with a bagful of presents. After the wedding they were give

lavish food as a celebrations of their wedding. November 16th: 4:00 pm -

Indian Airlines will commence their schedule operations Indian Airlines will

commence their schedule operations with effect from 14th November 2005 on

Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays with timings as given below: For Booking and

Enquiry, Please contact 0091-8555-287444 - Prashanthi Nilayam Office or

0091-8555-287484 - Airport. FROM TO DEPARTURE ARRIVAL BANGALORE

PUTTAPARTHI 1030 1100 PUTTAPARTHI BANGALORE 1135 1205 November 16th:

2:00 pm - Swami Inagurates Mobile Hospitals Swami inagurated mobile

hospitals for doing medical camps and for providing mediecal help to the

people. The vans have the latest technology to provide medical help to all

those who need. November 16th: 12:00 pm - More new from here If the

updates that you get here are not enough to quench your thirst. Then you can

also go to this site to read the news. Even though the site is not updated that

often still you can get the news with all those details you love so much.

November 15th: 5:35 pm - Sorry for the Interruption Our site was down

for a few hours today due to the enormous responce we are getting for the

online pooja. Its back on now but we had to make it smaller by removing the

suprabhatam and putting in meditation. Hope you will understand our problem.

November 15th: 12:10 pm - Puttaparthi Getting Ready Puttaparthi is

getting ready for the big event. With new road already laid in two days. The

tents and other things are being prepared inside mandir. The decorations are

going up in the hill view stadium. In a few days the world conference is going

to start. Preparations for the 80th Birthday

in Puttaparthi - Photos