readings in the hall

[Guest guest]

Day by Day with Bhagavan________25-12-45 AfternoonWhen I went into the hall to take permission fromBhagavan to go round the hill. Mr.N. Pisharoti, ourcompounder, was reading out some verses recently composedby him in Malayalam.Mr. Chinta Dikshitulu's Telugu composition RamanaGopala was read out in the hall. It was greatly enjoyed by all.Bhagavan also appreciated it and thought it worthwhile beingread out to all. It was done accordingly.26-12-45 AfternoonPointing to Mr. Venkatachalam, (father of the girl Souriswho visited Bhagavan a few years ago for the first time and wrotean account of her experiences in the form of a letter to a friend inthe Telugu journal Bharati) Bhagavan said, "He came thismorning. I at once asked Dr. Srinivasa Rao also to come andstand by Mr.Venkatachalam and showed them both to all so thatnone should afterwards mistake the one for the other. They areso much alike. The resemblance was even greater two or threeyears ago." A book has recently been received by Bhagavan inwhich Mr.Venkatachalam's letters to Mr.C. Dikshitulu duringone year (1938 or 1939?) are published. The portions relating toBhagavan in those letters were read out by Mr. Venkatachalamin the hall.