Prasanthi Bulletin , Tuesday, November 18, 2008

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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

The traditional Rathotsavam in which the idols of Rama Lakshmana Sita

along with Venugopala Swami are taken from the Mandir to the

Kalyanamantapam in Puttaparthi was held this morning. Bhagawan arrived

at Sai Kulwant Hall after blessing the baby elephant Gita near His

residence and after a darshan round in His chair, went inside a few

minutes before 9.30 am. The procession led by Vedam chanting students

began soon after, and as they came near the stage, Bhagawan arrived

there to send them to the Gopuram gate. He then moved to the Gopuram

gate to see off the procession and then returned to the Mandir and

asked for Bhajans to begin a few minutes before 10 o'clock. At 10.30,

He accepted Arati and returned to His residence.

 

Monday, November 17, 2008 This

morning dawned bright and sunny. The Stadium was filled with devotees

by 9 o'clock for the conclusion of the three day Yagnam. Bhagawan left

His residence shortly after 9.30 and alighted from His car to arrive at

the stage in the Golden Chariot, moving all the way down the stadium in

a procession, blessing everyone on the way. By 10 o'clock, He was

onstage, and the Poornahuti got underway after all the distinguished

religious figures onstage like heads of Kanchi Peetham, Sri Siddaganga

Muth of Tumkur and many others had a brief interaction with Him. The

Poornahuti function concluded, and the centurion Dr. Sivakumara

Swamigalu of Tumkur gave a brief talk before Bhagawan accepted Arati

and returned to Yajur Mandir at 11 o'clock.

At 5.30 in the evening, Bhagawan arrived at Sai Kulwant Hall while the

priests finished rituals leading up to the 'Rukmini Kalyanam' function.

After a brief visit to the interview room, Swami sat onstage as the

priests finished the marriage ceremony of Sri Krishna with Rukmini

Devi. After the ceremony concluded, Bhagawan blessed the priests with

gifts of clocks and then went on a round in His chair before the

devotional songs by Ms. Mahalakshmi Iyer and party began onstage at

6.45. Forty-five minutes later, Bhagawan asked them to remain onstage,

and called up the Malladi brothers to have their concert for the next

45 minutes. Swami then blessed the concert artistes with clothes,

accepted Arati and returned to His residence at 8.15 pm.

Sunday, November 16, 2008

This morning, Bhagawan arrived at the venue of the Yagnam in the

Stadium at 9.30 as the skies showered a fine spray of rain. Additions

paraphernalia there were two huge elephants who were to lead the

procession tomorrow. After spending an hour there moving around the

stage and blessing the participants, He accepted Arati and returned to

His residence. One of the distinguished persons onstage for today's

function was Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swamiji of Mysore. In the

evening, He arrived at Sai Kulwant Hall at 4.45 pm while the Abhisheka

puja was going on for the deities onstage. After His darshan round in

the chair, Swami sat there till the ceremonies concluded before

starting the speeches an hour later. Pancha Sahasravadhani Sri. M.

Mohan garu spoke on the story of Sri Krishna's birth for around 45

minutes. Bhagawan blessed him with a chain and clothes before the next

presentation, which was a concert by the Malladi brothers along with

their father. They offered a CD produced by them to be released by

Bhagawan and a song from it was played before their hour-long

programme, following which Swami accepted Arati at 7.45 pm before

returning to His residence.

 

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