This evening, Bhagavan came for darshan at ten minutes to five. He came onstage after His round of the Hall and the programme for the day got underway. One of the village elders spoke in Telugu about the help done by the Sai Organisation in their community. One of the village ladies sang a ditty about Swami and His works. Bhagavan called her up and blessed her with a chain and a saree. Then began the distribution of keys to the community halls and other infrastructure provided to the Godavari villages by the Sai Organisation - the people from the villages came up one by one as announced and received the keys from Swami. After the distribution, Swami asked the students to commence bhajans at 5.30 pm. Half an hour later, He accepted Arati and returned to His residence.
This evening, Bhagavan came at 4.35 pm for darshan, and moved to the interview room from the Eastern side of the Mandir. Ladies who were to be recipients of sewing machines were seated in the centre of Sai Kulwant Hall as part of the second day of the Godavari districts programmes. At 5.15 Swami came onstage and began the proceedings. After the sewing machine distribution, many devotees came up with items for blessings, and their dance drama began at 5.30. The hill folk paid tribute to their Lord in the fifty minute Telugu play featuring many songs and dances. Swami moved to the interview room and songs by the devotees commenced. The rural folk sang group songs in Telugu till Swami returned with clothes for the participants. Bhagavan blessed them with group photographs, prasadam and clothes were distributed as the students commenced bhajans. With Arati concluding at 7 o'clock, Swami sat onstage for a few minutes more interacting with the group leaders before retiring for the day.
The hill people from the Agency areas of the East and West Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh are at Prasanthi Nilayam on their Parthi Yatra. This evening, the Mandir was decorated with festoons and banners, and they presented a programme. Bhagavan came out from His residence by 3.50 pm, and after His darshan round sat onstage while the Vedam went on. At 4.30, He asked for the programme to begin, and many devotees came up to Him, getting many items blessed. After a short speech in Telugu by the leader of the group, there was a short rally by the members of the villages which were being served by the Seva Organisation. A series of traditional dances by the tribal folk followed. After the 75 minute programme, Swami went down from the stage and had group photographs with the participants. When He returned to the stage, bhajans by the devotees commenced and Prasadam was distributed. The students continued the bhajans as clothes were distributed to the participants. Swami accepted Arati at 6.15 pm and returned to His residence.
This evening, Bhagavan came for darshan at 5.30 pm while the bhajans went on. After His round of the Sai Kulwant Hall, He came onstage and sat for a while. At six o'clock, He asked for some bhajans with alaps, and accepted Arati ten minutes later before returning to His residence. The School of Business Management is hosting a three day Management Workshop on 'Predictive Analytics' at the Prasanthi Nilayam campus of the University beginning tomorrow.
