Sai Kingdom (UK) Grama Seva Group 2007 (16th October)

October 17, 2007

Sai Kingdom (UK) Grama Seva Group 2007 (16th October) Morning Darshan Today was the auspicious day of Mangala Vaar (Tuesday), a day dedicated to the worship of the divine mother. The name itself, as described by Swami, was declared to Hanuman by mother Sita on the day Hanuman reached Sita with Lord Rama’s message and ring. Swami had given special instructions yesterday for the Grama Seva students to depart early at 7am. As usual, the Pradakshina of the Mandir took place with Vedam and Bhajans and made its way towards the vehicles. A special village had been selected for today’s distribution of Love. The village itself was located 35km from Prashanthi Nilayam and consisted of 1400 houses. The village was noticeably poor and deprived yet the villagers received all the students with a hearty smile and welcome. Throughout the service the UK

group were joined by a band of joyous children who joined in the chanting of this year’s Grama Seva mantra. This mantra “Aum Satchitanandaya Namah” was given to all students by Swami himself the day before Grama Seva started. Afternoon Darshan For the first time since the beginning of Navratri, Swami came out early at 4.30pm to bless us all with His divine chair darshan. All the grama seva boys were overjoyed, as they had missed the morning darshan and were now able to get close to Swami in physical proximity. Swami then proceeded towards the veranda where He blessed the UK Grama Seva group leader, Sri Ajit Poppat (Puppet) on his birthday. Swami then spent the remainder of the evening session on the portico, where He interacted with numerous Sai students and blessed 2 boys with a chain and a ring. He then

requested for Bhajans to begin that lasted for 10 minutes. As part of the Prashanthi Maha Vidhvan Sabha Swami blessed Professor Anil Kumar to give a talk. Professor Anil Kumar spoke for over 45 minutes in Telugu in his usual witty and jovial manner. He gave examples of how Swami is the Embodiment of Divines Skatis, Maha Lakshmi, Drug and Saraswati. Professional Anil Kumar quoted a number of Telegu Poems written by great Telegu Scholars, in front of Swami. After the talk Swami accepted aarti at 6pm and retired to Yajur Mandiram. Courtesy: Arvind Tank