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Day 3 - 11th April 2010 Sathya Sai Baba Darshan in Delhi
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Sunday morning, on the 3rd day of His Delhi sojourn,
Bhagawan was ushered in at 10:50 while bhajan was on.
Upon coming onstage, Bhagawan sat for sometime blessing
the concourse with His Darshan, before moving down the
ramp proceeding to the aisle blessing the devotees with
closer darshan. Moving half way through the aisle
Bhagawan returned onstage to sit through till 11:25 when
Arathi was offered.
Later during the day, in the evening,
Bhagawan is expected to grant Divine Darshan at Sri
Sathya Sai International Centre at around 5 before
proceeding to a private function to be held at
Mavalankar Auditorium, behind Parliament House of India,
twenty minute drive from Sri Sathya Sai International
Centre. Former Vice Chancellor of Sri Sathya Sai
University and eminent scientist, Padmasree Prof.
G.Venkataraman, Bharti Group Chairman Sunil Bharti
Mittal etc. are scheduled to address the selected
audience. This would be followed by a cultural
presentation, drama, by alumni of Sri Sathya Sai
University, Prasanthi Nilayam.
Information received from Delhi indicates that, in the
evening, Bhagawan came out at 4:20 to come onstage while
Vedam was on. Even as Vedam gave way to bhajans,
Bhagawan continued to preside over the session till
4:40. Upon accepting Arathi, at 4:45, Bhagawan left for
Mavalankar Audiotorium, the venue for the evening
function.
Information received from Delhi
indicates that, in the evening,
Bhagawan came out at 4:20 to come onstage while Vedam
was on. Even as Vedam gave way to bhajans, Bhagawan
continued to preside over the session till 4:40. Upon
accepting Arathi, at 4:45, Bhagawan left for Mavalankar
Audiotorium, the venue for the evening function.
Bhagawan and His entourage reached at the Mavalankar
Auditorium at about 5. There were three speakers for the
session. Prof. G Venkataraman who spoke first dwelled
upon in detail ont the Chennai Water Project. His speech
was aided with video and slide show presentations. He
spoke about the beginning of the project, as to how
dramatically Bhagawan announced of the project and how
the project went ahead despite challenges from variosu
fronts, by sheer grace ofr Bhagawan. He was followed by
Sunil Bharti Mittal who spoke about Bhagawan and the
greater good fortune of being a part of His Mission. He
mentioned about His marriage into a family devoted to
Bhagawan for decades and His first darshan of Bhagawan
in the seventies. What attracted him most about Bhagawan
was Bhagawan's secular approach where religion does not
play any role. He mentioned about the presence of two
prominent muslims in Prasanthi during the twin visits he
had made to His Divine Abode in Andhra Pradesh. While it
was Dr. Farooq Abdullah, a devout muslim and former
Chief Minister of J & K, was the first one, second one
was the then Minister of Education of UAE, Shaikh Nahyan
bin Mubarak Al Nahyan. Sri SV Giri, the third speaker
spoke in detail on the subject, Bhagawan and His
Mission.
These three illuminating speeches were followed by a
cultural presentation, drama, by Delhi Youth with the
active participation of alumni of Sri Sathya Sai
University. Upon the programme, that lasted for
approximately two hours, Bhagawan along with His
entourage moved to the residence of Kulwant Rai at
Aurangazeb Lane where the entourage was treated with
sumptuous dinner. Presiding over the Bhajans, blessing
the family members, Bhagawan along with His entourage
returned to the Sri Sathya Sai International Centre at
Lodhi Road bringing curtains down for the third day of
Bhagawan's Delhi sojourn.
In the morning, Jaswanth Singh, formerly Minister for
External Affairs, Govt. of India, was at the
International Centre seeking Divine Blessings.
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