This three day feast was kicked off on the evening of August 26 by the recitation of ‘Sai Katha’ by Sri Balaramachandran, an alumnus of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning. Sai Katha is a beautiful poetic presentation on Bhagavan’s childhood and youth authored by our beloved Lord Himself. In his rendering, Sri Balaramachandran made a musical presentation of select verses from the poems highlighting major incidents from Swami’s childhood. Interspersed with appropriate explanatory commentary in English and set to melodious music, he held everyone spellbound in rapt attention. Following the Sai Katha, there was a short programme of sacred chanting by the ladies wing of the Sai Youth of Kerala. The devotional mood was further deepened by the devotional songs rendered next by two renowned artistes of Kerala – Kum. Nivedita and Sri Kavalam Sreekumar. Flowing mellifluously from the very depths of their souls, the music transported all to states of ecstasy.

The evening of August 27, 2004, the second day of the Onam celebrations saw a drama ‘Bhaktha Sakha Bhagavan’, being staged in Sai Kulwant Hall by 24 girls and 3 boys from Ernakulam District, Kerala.