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Baba's miracle at Akhanda Bhajan
Nine families started an Akhanda
Bhajan Mandali in 1944, consisting mostly of our relations. We
had bhajans every thursday evening regularly. In 1946 , we
requested swami to attend our first annual Akhanda bhajan, which
He did. Swami stayed with us for full 24 hours of the bhajans.
We had originally planned the Bhajans for about 150 people with
our limited means. As Bhagavan attended the function, over 500
people attended, including several distinguished devotees who
came with swami. We had a problemas to how to give prasadam to
all of them, as we had not anticipated such a situation. We
represented our problem to Swami. Baba with his merciful love,
came to the kitchen and blessed the food. after the functionwas
over we served Pongal to over 1000 people till the evening. it
never got finished. This miracleis one of the earliest
experiences in our lives, which is still green in our memory. We
did this annual Akhanda Bhajan for twenty five years
continuously. Once or twice Baba could not attend the function,
but we took into account only the years when He attended.
Bhajans becomes global
In the year 1974, we celebrated the 25th year of our Akhanda
Bhajan in the golden Jubilee Hall, Lalbagh. By then our Akhanda
bhajan had become very popular and ever increasing numbers of
people attended the function. Nearly 10.000 people attended the
1974 celebrations. Swami, in his concluding speech, declared
that in future instead of our family conducting this akhanda
bhajan, the entire world should conduct the bhajan on the same
day . He materialised a Navarathamala and gave it to me as a
benedictory blessing to our family.
From the book Sanathana Sarathi, page 128
from the chapter " five decades at the lotus Feet" from
Dr.R.S.Padmanabhan.
Sri Sathya Sai Books and Publications Trust
Bhagavan's 70 th birthday.
In Sai love, Titia de Groot-Boelens,
Holland
Online source:
http://sai_maa.tripod.com/diwali02/akhanda.htm
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