OUR VISITING TO PUTTAPARTHY

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WE VISITED PUTTAPARTHY ON 17th JANUARY, 2006.WHEN WE REACHED PARTHY, WE WERE

TOLD THAT SWAMI WAS NOT IN THE ASHRAM.MY WIFE WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE

THIS WAS HER FIRST VISIT TO PARTHY. HOWEVER WE SPENT TWO DAYS VISITING STADIUM,

BIRTH PLACE OF SWAMI (SHIV TEMPLE) , CHAITANYA JOTHY AND OTHER IMPORTANT PLACES

AROUND PARTHI. WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE 'SAI GEETHA' TOO VERY CLOSER.

IT WAS 19th AND WE WERE SPENT THREE DAYS WITHOUT SWAMI AND SWAMI WAS STILL IN

WHITE FIELD. (EARLIER WE DECIDED TO STAY IN PARTHY FOR 10 DAYS) WE WERE FED UP

AND THEN DECIDED TO LEAVE FROM PARTHY TO BANGALORE BECAUSE WE HAD TO SEE OTHER

FRIENDS AND RELATIVE IN SEVERAL PLACES. EARLY MORNING WE WENT TO PARTHY BUS

STAND AND CONFIRMED THE BUS TIME TO BANGALORE. THEN CAME AGAIN TO OUR ROOM, AND

PACKED EVERYTHING TO LEAVE.

THEN WE WANTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MORNING BHAJAN AND SAT IN FRONT ROW.BEFORE

THE BHAJAN, A SENIOR VOLUNTEER CAME NEAR AND TOLD US THAT THOSE WHO HAS 'A

POSITIVE' BLOOD, CAN GO TO THE SSS HOSPITAL AND DONATE.BEFORE WE REACH INDIA I

DID BLOOD TEST AS I HAVE LITTLE SUGAR PROBLEM ANDTHAT WAS THE FIRST TIME I CAME

TO KNOW MY BLOOD GROUP. YES IT WAS 'A POSITIVE'.

SO, AFTER THE BHAJAN WE WENT TO THE SSS HOSPITAL AND I DONATED THE BLOOD.WHAT A

OPPORTUNITY... IT WAS THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE DONATING THE BLOOD.WHEN I WAS

IN THE BED DONATING MY BLOOD, I SAW A CALENDER OF 'BLESSING SWAMI' ON MY RIGHT

SIDE.... AND I WAS SURPRISED. BECAUSE, IT WAS MY GRAPHIC DESIGN.

ABOVE IS THE DESIGN I SAW IN THE SSS HOSPITAL.

AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, I USE TO DESIGN GREETINGS "IN THE NAME OF SAI"FOR EVERY

BIRTHDAY OF SWAMI. IT WAS ONE OF THEM.

SO, WHEN ME AND MY WIFE RETURNED FROM THE HOSPITAL, OUR PLAN TO LEAVE PARTHY WAS

TOTALLY CHANGED.AND WE WANTED TO STAY SOME MORE DAYS. WHEN WE RETURNED TO ASRAM,

WE HEARD THATSWAMI WAS SUPPOSED TO RETURN FROM BANGALORE (19th OF FEB.)

GRADUALLY THE DEVOTEES GATHERED AT THE MAIN GATE.VERY QUICKLY THE ASHRAM WAS

ACTIVATED AND LADY VOLUNTEERS MADE BEAUTIFUL RANGOLIES. AT ABOUT 2 O CLOCK,

THERE WAS A BIG CROWD OF DEVOTEES BOTH SIDS OF THE STREET FROM THE MAIN GATE TO

THE ENTRANCE OF VIDYAGIRI. NEARLY AT 4.40 THERE WAS A GREAT EXCITEMENT AMONG THE

DEVOTEES.YES, WE COULD SEE A BEAUTIFUL GRAY COLOUR CAR MOVING VERY SLOWLY

TOWARDS US. THE DEVOTEES CRIED OUT LOUDLY "SAI RAM, SAI RAM" I WAS WITH MY

DIGITAL CAMERA AND FOCUED TO THE CAR. THERE......OUR BELOVED SWAMI WAS PAAASING

US AND I SUDDENLY CLICKED MY CAMERA... AND THE PHOTO WAS THIS........

ALL OF US RUSHED INTO THE MANDIR AND THERE WAS A VERY BIG CROWED WAITING FOR

SWAMI DHARSHAN.I DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHERE MY WIFE RAN AWAY. WHEN SWAMI'S CAR

ENTERED STRAIGHT AWAY INTO THE MANDIR,THE DEVOTEES CRIED OUT AGAIN LOUDLY "SAI

RAM, SAI RAM, SAI RAM" AND SWAMI WAS WITH CUTE SMILE GAVE FANTASTIC DHARSHAN

SEVERAL TIMES COVERED ALL THE DEVOTEES. AT ABOUT 5 .15 THE CAR WENT THROUGH

LADIES SIDE TO SWAMI'S PLACE.

THE FIRST DAY I RECEIVED SWAMI'S DHARSHAN ABOUT 5 TIMES. AND MY WIFE RAN INSIDE

THE MANDIR AND SHE SAT DOWN IN THE 3rd RAW. SHE ALSO RECEIVED VERY VERY NICE

DHARSHAN. NEXT TWO DAYS WE RECEIVED MORE ANDMORE DHARSHAN. ON 21st MORNING

SWAMI AGAIN LEFT BANGALORE. SAME DAY IN THE EVENING WE ALSO LEFT FROM PARTHY TO

BANGALORE. AFTER 2 DAYS, WE JUST WANTED TO VISIT BRINDAVANTO SEE THE ASRAM. AT

THIS TIME WE DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT SWAMI WAS THERE. WHEN WE ENTERED INTO

THEASHRAM IT WAS ABOUT 5.00 O' CLOCK, BHAJAN WAS STARTED. WE RUSHED TO THE

HALL...THERE...SWAMI WAS SITTING IN THE STAGE. WE BOTH COULD GET DHARSHAN OF

SWAMI FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. FOR ME, THIS WAS MY 4TH TRIP AND FOR MY WIFE,

THIS WAS THE FIRST. WE WERE MOST SATISFIED WITH OUR BELOWED SWAMI'S DHARSHAN. -

Jai Sai Ram -

 

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