Swami arrived from His residence at 4 o'clock, and after an hour in the interview room, emerged to come onstage. The approaching Krishna Janmashtami festival was the inspiration for their drama, comparing the divine leelas of Krishna and Sai. This evening, devotees from Vishakhapatnam presented a musical dance drama. Swami accepted Arati at 6.30 pm after prasadam was distributed before returning to His residence.Д«hagawan moved about in the Sai Kulwant Hall on a second extended darshan round in His chair on two occasions this week, on Tuesday and on Thursday. He interacted with them for nearly half an hour, blessing them with clothes and talking at length to the teachers. As they concluded at 6.05 pm, Swami came down from the stage to have group photographs with them. The programme was made more accessible by the addition of English dialogues by the actors. He then went down to near the Sai Kulwant Hall main gate where the performers were seated and interacted with them before returning to the stage and starting the programme at 4.45 pm.

Bhagawan came for darshan in His chair and went into the interview room for a while. This is an adaptation of the traditional art-form of Karnataka, involving colourful costumes and stylized dance. This evening, the students from the Sri Sathya Sai Loka Seva school at Alike presented a Yakshagana Roopaka.

Arati was at 6.20 pm and Swami left for Yajur Mandir in His car. Around an hour later, He came to the Bhajan hall and interacted with the students and teachers there till He asked for the Bhajans to begin at 5.40 pm. In the evening, Bhagawan arrived by four o'clock and moved to the interview room. It was 10.45 when He started back to His residence in the car. At 10.20, Bhagawan accepted Arati and prasadam was distributed as He blessed the various cards brought up to Him by the students of the schools and college. A couple of Krishna songs were followed by a flute programme, ten students on flutes playing popular melodies on Krishna. At 9.45, He asked for the music programme by the students to begin. After feeding the cows and blessing His elephant calf and others like a deer and doves there, Swami moved to the stage and sat there for a while as the Vedam went on. He moved to the main gate of the Sai Kulwant Hall, where the procession of cows from the Gokulam had just arrived. Swami then accepted Arati a few minutes after six o'clock and returned to His residence.Д«hagawan arrived at Sai Kulwant Hall to the strains of Nadaswaram music this Krishnashtami morning resplendent in a yellow robe at 9.20 am.

Srinivasan to announce the drama being presented the next day by the youth. As the Bhajans concluded, Swami asked the All India Sai Organisation President Sri V. The ladies and gents sang alternately till Bhagawan asked the students to start bhajans. After twenty minutes in the interview room, He moved around the verandah and made a complete round of the hall in His chair before returning to the stage and beginning the proceedings at 5.15 pm. Bhagawan arrived in Sai Kulwant hall at 4.30 pm. This evening, Sai Youth from Tamil Nadu presented a musical programme. They sang a couple of Bhajans before Swami accepted Arati once again and returned to His residence at 6.50 pm. After the distribution, Bhagawan asked the group to sing Bhajans. Then Swami asked for clothes to be brought, and He gave safari pieces to each performer as he came up and interacted with Him. Chocolates were distributed to the group and Arati was offered. Bhagawan blessed one of the group with a chain and came down from the stage to take group photographs with the participants. The drama had Narada and 'Kali' - the embodiment of the Kali age - as onlookers, as a Sai youth displayed ideal behaviour and proved the Kali age to have been superseded by the Sai age. After spending an hour there, He came onstage and began the proceedings after a few minutes. Bhagawan arrived in Sai Kulwant Hall by 4.15 pm and moved to the interview room. This evening, the youth from Tamil Nadu presented a 45 minute drama, 'Sathya Sai Kavacham'. From today, they chant 'Samasta Loka Sukhino Bhavantu' at the end of each session. One of the points He mentioned was a change in the chant after Arati. Bhagawan came to Sai Kulwant Hall by 3.45 pm and spent the next two hours in the Bhajan Hall interacting with His student-staff. Swami arranged a special lunch for them in the Canteen, and had a private session with them in the evening in the Bhajan Hall. Bhagawan's students working in His various institutions had gathered at His Lotus Feet today, with the anniversary of the Central Trust coming up on the 2nd of September.

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