The main inspiration for writing this bhajan is my daughter Ratna who is 8 years old.

For all that Swami is doing and enlightening us and also HIS love of infinite mothers inspired me to compose this Bhajan to offer as a flower at HIS lotus feet and show our gratitude with “Sashtanga Pranamam.”
Invoking HIS blessings in the form of SAI MAA to guide and protect all of us.

Saluting Swami for spreading his divine rays around the universe. While dropping to school this morning, she innocently told me that she wanted to compose a song on Lord Rama. I was surprised and very happy on hearing this from her. The yearning in her motivated me to compose this bhajan for my Guru and God, Sri Sathya Sai Baba in my most loved raga Des. I could feel Swami guiding me line by line when I started writing this and took me only 3 minutes to compose this. I am not an accomplished musician but a lover of music and have learnt basics of Hindustani Music. I have tried to render to this to the best of my ability. I came to know about the Bhajan submission in Radio Sai only after I composed this.

Krishna Janmashtami inspired me to write this bhajan.

Bhajan composed and set to tune by my son Shri K. Lalit Aditya, age 13 years.

- Ravindra Kalur

I composed this song almost 7 years ago and I have a desire to sing this song in front of SWAMI.

I think he showed the route through Radio Sai to reach the final divine destination.

My inspiration for this song is Divine darshan. I always get dreams of Swami that He always gives darshan in every form and satisfies His devotees by His blessings. As Swami always says He is Omnipresent. My song is a bit lengthy but every word is for our SWAMI.

This particular Bhajan lyrics automatically flashed in my heart in the year 1992, while I was in great desperation regarding my job, that is either to continue in the present job or go to abroad. After finding the tune, practiced several times and started singing this Sai Bhajan in the Sai centre and felt very much blessed by Swami.

It is really needless to say and to mention that my grandpa - the writer n composer of this bhajan - drew inspiration from 'Bangaru Swamy'. Here I wish to narrate a small incident which propelled my grandpa in composing this bhajan.

It is in the early 90's after his retirement, he spent a lot of time in meditation and gardening. On one such beautiful evening, where he went onto the first floor (which is around 20-25 feet high) to pluck jasmine flowers chanting the name of Swamy in his heart. All of a sudden, without his knowledge/conscious, he slipped from first floor and fell directly on the cement blocks placed on the main road which is quite adjacent to his house. Even for a youngster / middle aged person it is really difficult to survive such fall without any injuries/ fracture. To our utter surprise, my grandpa escaped.. Here as a close onlooker, I personally feel to use the word that he was MIRACULOUSLY SAVED by Bangaru Tandri (i.e, Swamy) as he didn’t suffer any blows / injuries.

Later over the night, while he was pondering and repeatedly recollecting this incident, all of a sudden my grandpa felt Swamy narrating something to him in Telugu through celestial plane and he immediately started to chalk it down on a piece of paper. After he gained conscious, he realized what Swamy dictated him is a wonderful lyric of a Telugu bhajan. Later, for which my grandpa composed a tune for it.

It was about a week before Vaikuntha Ekadasi of 2013. I had an intense desire to compose a bhajan on Sai Narayana. I tried hard to do something but nothing came out, which was frustrating. I started for office in the morning and was passing by a Shiridi Sai temple close to my house. As I passed by the temple I made a sincere prayer with a tear to Swami expressing my feeling. I did not try again to continue the composition.

After this, on the second day early in the morning, it must have been around 4:30AM. I was asleep and had a dream of a male voice singing the "Mohana" raga and the sound was coming from the same Shiridi Sai temple. I must have then woken up a bit from sleep and I unconciously started paying attention. I heard the first 2 lines of this Bhajan being sung by the same voice... "Balaji Venkatesham Bhajore".

And then I started waking up a bit more from sleep. The music faded off but heard a clear voice saying, "This is Mohana raga your favourite one on Venkatesha... go ahead... think... think... think."

I shot up from sleep and could remember all that I heard almost effortlessly. I then closed my eyes and started thinking about Lord Narayana and several of his aspects and attributes came to my mind clearly and I could complete the remaining lyrics and the tune of the Bhajan within about an hour with surprising ease.

As I was very fond of singing Bhajans in a small way at the samiti Bhajans held at various places in Meerut I felt the urge to compose the lyrics of a Bhajan for Baba's Birthday and also give it a tune of my own. I composed the following Bhajan which the local devotees permitted me to sing and it was liked by all as an appropriate offering on Swami's Birthday and I sang it year after year at Meerut on the auspicious day of 23rd November.

My parents came to drop me in my new home, in Nagpur, after my marriage. We wanted to have bhajans in our home. It was the first bhajan. My mother was praying Swamy to take care of me. Only we two were singing. No one was there. Then suddenly my mother saw Swamy's physical form (in White robe) with both hands blessing. She was overwhelmed with joy and then came these words and tune for Swamy, from her heart.

We say Sairam and write Sairam and always meditate upon Sairam. Thus I got influenced by the supreme powerful word "Sairam " and I made each lyrics to end with Sairam ...  Which is as follows...

This is a mere dedication to Lord Sairam. With lord Ganesha's and Lord Krishna's blessings let this song be selected by devotees.

I had the habit of invoking ‘Sai ‘ by chanting ‘Sai Ram‘ the moment I wake up in the morning.

One day when I did like that my inner voice told me ”Sai, the creator of the whole cosmos resides in all forms. But first thing in the morning if you invoke ‘Sai Ganesha’ then He will remove all the obstacles in your daily life. So why don’t you invoke ‘Sai Ganesha’ the first thing in the morning? And He gave me this Bhajan the same moment.

I am not a good composer, not a good singer. At the age of 78+ I have tried to record the Bhajan so that it is submitted at the Divine Lotus Feet on the Avatar Day.

I just finished composing but the thought/source is from the 90’s as I was waiting in the Sai Kulwanth hall for Darshan. I said to Swami, ‘What if we go to Mookambika! (a powerful Devi mandir in the South). The miracle was that when I reached the dorm at Building N 8 in the evening, I heard a lady’s voice ‘I wish if someone was going to Mookambika temple.’ Thus I went to the mandir which is located in Kollur, far away from Puttaparthy with a lady from Malaysia whom I was meeting for the first time. We left all our belongings under the beds and started going. After coming back to Prashanthi Nilayam, I received my first real Darshan from Swami with a Narayana Swami Song. I used to recite the Mookambika Devi stothram from the age of five, yet the first time visit was from Puttaparthy many many years later. Such a fabulous singers all of you are, so surprise me with any tune.

I am 67 years old... I got to know swami through my daughter 4 years back. He came to my house in the form of a photo that my son-in-law brought and asked to do arathi when praying. I didn't like the photo or swami (not knowing him then). Did the arathi mechanically for a week, after which I had a dream of swami asking me to read about him. I didn't bother about this; however the next day after the dream we were invited to friends house bhajan (being new to Sai, I have no idea what they do there). As the prayer ended I was asked to take arathi... tears poured out my eyes. Swami has provided numerous books in Tamil about him through friends and family (I only know to read and write in tamil) for me to know about him. Within a short period of time my love for swami developed. There is not a moment goes by that I never think of him or have conversations with him. One day as I was sitting at my home staring into swami's photo this song came to my thoughts and I noted it down in 2 minutes. He has transformed everyone and everything since his arrival into our home, our life --- he has changed me - removing all my "assai" (wants and wishes of material things). Now all I want and need is Him; him alone. Many such songs been inspired this way since then by swami. When he left his mortal coil, my family was at our Sai centre organizing a leadership program. We had planned to come to Puttaparthi for swami darshans and were waiting for him to get better, but his plans and will was different... he only gave darshan in our dreams. This was one of the inspiration for another song titled "Orutharam yenum tharisanam taruvai" (meaning, please grant me at least one darshan, I plead to you my sai) it is so touching that tears come to my eyes every time I sing it. Till todate we have yet to set foot at Prashanti, he has transformed our hearts to be Prashanti. His Will, will be done, His Love will be lived!

The Bhajan that I have attached is a Divine gift from Bhagavan as He is the sole inspiration behind the Bhajan. The Nada Swaroopa that He is and as the Creator of the Entire Universe, all creativity is His and His alone. I am indeed blessed to be His very little and humble simple instrument and I am extremely grateful to Bhagavan for having used me as His microphone to amplify His Lyrics and His Divine Composition.

Bhagavan is the Lyricist and the composer and He has inspired me from within and the entire Bhajan flowed out completely. Thank you once again for this noble opportunity.

We are blessed to be able to enter our bhajan into the Radio Sai Contest. We were inspired to write this bhajan by our SSE teachers. Our Atlanta Sai Center asked students to submit entries for a newsletter and this is what we came up with. This bhajan is perfect for the ups and downs we face at home, at school, work, and in life in general. We always have to remember God's name in every situation. This goes for SSE students as well as for adults! A reminder for everyone is always nice.

We have grown up listening to bhajans and it was so much fun to write our own. Thank you for listening to it!

The inspiration behind this new bhajan has been the immense Love and Gratitude I feel in my Heart for Swami. Every day my Heart is filled with Gratitude, and He is to my eyes the very embodiment of Love, Truth and Compassion. In this bhajan I put into words my inner feelings for our Beloved Swami.

Tumhi Ho Rama, Tumhi Ho Krishna, Tumhi Ho Sai Baba Tumhi Ho
Tumhi Ho Swami, Tuhmi Sahare, Koi Na Apna Bina Tumhare
Tumhi Ho Prema, Tumhi Ho Sathya, Tumhi Ho Mata, Pita Tumhi Ho
Jo Kheel Saka Na, Woh Phul Hum Hai, Tumhare Charano Ki Dhul Hum Hai
Daya ki Dhristi, Sada Hi Rakhana, Tumhi Ho Mata, Pita Tumhi Ho

I am sending you this bhajan in memory of my father Mr. Ramesh Modi who
was an ardent devotee of Shri Sathya Sai Baba.

This summer, on July 28th,
2014 my father passed away at the age of 78 in Syracuse, NY. His entire
life was about his journey with Baba. In his younger years, he set up the
Sathya Sai Center in Syracuse, organised many retreats and actively spread
Swami¹s teachings wherever he went. Professionally he was an engineer,
actively running his own business but his thoughts were always on Swami.
Even though he did not have any support in a foreign country, he taught us
that Baba is always there with you, no matter what life's circumstances
bring you. Faith, patience and love is all you need and this carried him
through his entire life.

He was surrounded by family, friends and Sai devotees till his last breath
and we felt Swami¹s presence with him and around him all the time. Our
father's favorite activity was to go to the Sai Center whether he was in
Pune, Syracuse or Chicago. He participated by singing bhajans, discussing
study circles and doing seva with love and enthusiasm. No matter what was
happening, he would never miss a Sunday to go to the Sai Center. He loved
to sing bhajans and would always carry his small bhajan book in his
pocket, so he could sing if anyone asked him.

He composed many bhajans for our beloved Swami over the years and I am
attaching one of his old favourite bhajans that he loved to sing. Thank
you for giving us all a chance to be a part of this CD that will be
offered to Swami

Brahma Vishnu Maheswara Pujitha Sri Lalitha,
Sudha Sagara Madhya Sthitha Maatha,
Kaathyayini Kadambavana Vasini,
Siva Sakthi Rupini Sai Jagatjanani

Mother Sri Lalitha is situated in the Chintamini griha, in Mani dweepa of the Ocean of Nectar. She is the primordial energy from which Srishti (Brahma), Sthithi (Vishnu) and Laya (Maheswara) are expressed. The primordial energy Sri Laitha is worshipped as Mother Kathyayani who resides in and presides over the kadamba vana. Our beloved Divine Mother Sai is Siva Sakthi Swarupa, the very avatar, the Jagatjanani. At the lotus feet of the primordial mother Sai Lalitha, we offer this humble recital.

Vigneshwara Gajanana Vishwadhara Gajanana
Shankara Putra Gajanana Shanmukha Sodara Gajanana (Vigneshwara....)
Parvati Thanaya Gajanana Pashankushadhara Gajanana
Gajanana Shri Gajanana Palayamam Shri Gajanana

These bhajan lyrics came to my mother during her intense prayers to Bhagawan. She started writing them down. Soon she compiled quite a few bhajans. Here are some of them. The tunes to these bhajans would then come to me (her son) while I read these lyrics out and meditated on the Lord. Truly, these are all His miracles to us.

Bhava Sagara Tharanam (Sai)
Sai Nama Smaranam Smaranam
Bhava Sagara Tharanam (Sai)

Sai Pankaja Charanam Sharanam Sharanam
Bhava Bhaya Haranam Haranam
Nityam Smaranam Sai Namam
Madhuram Madhuram Madhuram
Sai Namam Madhuram

Sai Divya Roopam Smarami
Bhava Sagara Tharanam

Bhava Sagara Tharanam
Sai Nama Smaranam Smaranam
Bhava Sagara Tharanam (Sai)

I would like to send my compositions on Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba (all given by His Love) for the Avathar Declaration Day this Oct 2014.

Sarvaadharaa Ishwaraa
Sathya Sai Pranam Pranam
Sathya Bodaka Parthipuri Nathaa
Dharma Rakshakaa Loka Naayakaa
Shanti Dhaayakara Krupaakaraa
Premaavatharaa Karunaakaraa

Mere Praan Sakhaa Bhagawan
Sri Sathya Sai Bhagawan
Sabme Tu Hi Tu (Hain) Samaya
Sab Teri Pehachan (Mere Pran...)
Tum Hi Ho Aadhar Jagat ke
Tum Sristi Ke Kan Kan Rahte
Koi Allah Koi Naanak
Koi Buddha Zoroarastra Kahte
Bhakta Vatsal Sai Hamare
“Sabka Maalik Ek” Kahte
Ye Sai Abhiyan

As I saw your posting in facebook, I prayed to Swami 'What do I do?' Suddenly Swami guided me with this tune. It was Thursday evening after Bhajan. As I am running a group of pages in fb only for Swami, it is a blessing of Swami to me after Bhajan for Sai Abhiyan.

Sai Maheswara Deva
Sri Sadgurunatha Deva
Sathya Sai Maheswara Deva
Parthi Pureeshwara Deva
Brindavana Vaasaa Deva
Sathya Swaroopa Deva
Prashanthi Nivasa Deva
Sairam Sairam Sairam Sairam
Sairam Ramram Sairam Ramram Sairam Sairam

Onbehalf of Late Sri Muthuaiyah Sairam (Dindigul, Tamilnadu), I'm sending one of his compositions.

Sri.Muthaiah Sairam used to sing these bhajans in our samithi as well as many other bhajans which really connects many of us with our Mother Sai. One day he narrated to us how he got such a great devotion and love for composing bhajans. He used to pray to Swami for composing bhajans. One day Swami came in his dream asked him to wake up and write the lyrics on his diary. From that day onwards he started composing for our Lord. When Swami used to come to Kodaikanal, he blesses us with HIS Divine Darshan in Dindigul (1992-1998). On those auspicious occasions these bhajans were offered by Sri. Muthaiah Sairam in His Divine Presence.

Shiva Shiva Shivaya Namah Om
Bhava Bhava Bhavaya Namah Om
Parthipurishwara Sai Shankara
Shirdipurishwara Sai Shankara
Shiva Shiva Shivaya Namah Om
Hara Hara Haraya Namah Om
Samba Shivaya Namah Om
Gowri Shivaya Namah Om

Om Namah Shivaya Namah Om (6)

Baba Baba Baba Shri Sathya Sai Baba
He is the holy one, he is the only one
Baba Baba Baba Shri Sathya Sai Baba
He is the infinite supreme, the only one
Baba Baba Baba Shri Sathya Sai Baba
Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Baba Baba Baba Shri Sathya Sai Baba

I developed staunch faith in Jagadguru Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba right from my boyhood when I had seen Swami first at my 14th year. Now I am 63.

Mere Baba Sai Aavo
Ki Tum Bin Ab Na Raha Jaye
Mere Baba Sai Aavo
Tum Ho Sai Antaryami
Phir Bhi Chaahoon Darshan Swami
Daya Karo Sai Dekar Darshan
Man Ki Pyaas Bujhavo

If you ask me the truth, Swamy is the true inspiration, the composer, the lyrics and the raga. I don’t know how to take credit for it, when Swamy does everything including every breath of mine.

Parthipuri Ke Sai Bhagawan
Shirdi Ke Tum Ishwar Ho
Tumh He Hamare Mata Pitah Sai
Tumh Ho Hamare Praan
Parthipuri Ke Sai Bhagawan
Shirdi Ke Tumh Ishwar Ho
Sadah Nirantar Bhajo Sai Ram
Baba Merey Tumh Avo Mandir Mein
Merey Mandir Mein Hrudaya Mandir Mein

This is the Bhajan I thought of whilst I was driving to work. Inspiration is Swami, He is the doer of everything and credit goes to Him. I am very thankful of this opportunity for having such wonderful parents who support me in everything. Also by Swami's grace I can also play the tabla; so I sang this bhajan and played the tabla along and recorded it myself through Bhagawan.

Baba Baba Baba Shri Sathya Sai Baba
He is the holy one, he is the only one
Baba Baba Baba Shri Sathya Sai Baba
He is the infinite supreme, the only one
Baba Baba Baba Shri Sathya Sai Baba
Hare Ram Hare Ram Ram Hare Hare
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Baba Baba Baba Shri Sathya Sai Baba

Govinda Govinda Krishnaya Nama Om
Gopala Gopala Krishnaya Nama Om
Raghava Raghava Ramaya Nama Om
Shreerama Shreerama Ramaya Nama Om
Krishnaya Nama Om Ramaya Nama Om
Ramaya Nama Om Krishnaya Nama Om

Sai Tumhare Charano Mein Main Jhuk Jaoon Is Seema Tak
Ki Mujhe Hone Ka Ehsaas Na Ho Mujhe Hone Ka Abhaas Na Ho

Sai Tumhare Nayano Mein Main Bas Jaoon Is Seema Tak
Ki Mujhe Hone Ka Ehsaas Na Ho Mujhe Hone Ka Abhaas Na Ho

We mostly sang this bhajan at home only and never took to center for singing. But today I feel to offer it to Swami on behalf of my father. Its very simple. If you like it please feel free to edit, change tune, add lines, etc.