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August 22nd 9:30 am - A workshop organised by the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Organisation of Sri Lanka

Venue - Chennai

Timings - August

A workshop on Human Values in Water Sanitation and Hygiene Education organised by the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Organisation of Sri Lanka in collaboration with the United Nations World Habitat will be held on August 31 from 9 am to 5.30 pm at Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo. Home Affairs and Public Administration Minister Karu Jayasuriya will preside.

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August 22nd 9:30 am - Not many donate blood at park

Venue - Chennai

Timings - August

An article which says that devotees of Sathya Sai Baba have been donating blood with highest number of donors for the last three years in Fiji.

Mr Bolaqece said every year the blood service awarded a religious organisation for the highest number of donors.

"For the past three years Sai Baba has won the award," he said. "We hope other religions will donate. Maybe in years to come we will be included or invited to attend other church conferences."

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August 22nd 9:30 am - Dinamalar newspaper carried swamy's sayings today

Venue - Chennai

Timings - August

Today (August 21, 2008) the Tamil daily Dinamalar carried the sayings of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The verbatim translation is reproduced for our readers.

*Women could have their education like the men on the earth. They can also earn more than men. Women could enjoy full liberation, but those liberations must be checked often and must be kept under control. Otherewise, the very same uncontrolled liberation would take them to troubles.

* When women engage themselves in the services of public they should not forget the righteousness known as Athma Dharma. Education should give them moral, and the capacity to think and divide the good and bad. In olden days there were many learned women. Like them the present-day women should emulate them in the path of keeping them from the wrong paths.

* The women should not forget the whole good life of anyone purely depended upon the good character. There were many women like Anusuya, Savithri, Nalayani who were intellectuals and never gave up their chastity and had set examples in their lives for the future women generations.

* Though women has had the knowledge about the present-day scientific advancement they should possess the qualities and knowledge about God and theism. When they look at anything or anyone they should see them with pristine pure heart and visions. The present-day women should strive to stick to the principles of this pristine pure heart and vision.

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August 22nd 9:30 am - Miracles of Bhagawan Sathya Sai Baba in a Tamil Monthly Magazine

Venue - Chennai

Timings - August

A new experience of the writer and journalist of Mangyar Malar Anuradha Sekar with Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, before she could understood that Baba is an avatar.

She has stated that how she and her husband had lost their tickets in a bus leaving for Chennai from Puttaparthi. Both of them suffered on account of the loss of the tickets. They were blinking what could be done, if the tickets were not found. At last a co-passenger with them found the two tickets lying on the last row of the bus. She started prayaing Bhaghavan to find them out the tickets.

In another occasion, she had a severe cold and she started sneezing but forgot to bring her kerchief. This took, when many of the devotees were waiting for Swamy's discourse. A lady who walked through them dropped a new kerchief near to her along with other papers. She refused to take back the kerchief but had removed all other items that fell on the lecture hall. By the time, the author Anuradha Sekar was at the pinnacle of the severe cold. She was searching a kerchief, so that she could sneeze in the hall without disturbing others. She took the kerchief fell on the ground untouched by anyone assembled in the hall. Suddenly, she felt that it was Baba who alone provided those kerchief for her use. At the same time the writer felt that there was a sudden recovery from her cold.

During the night of one day, after she finished her official duties, she was alone near Kathipara, a lonely bus stop. Anuradha Sekar says that the time she had left from her office was almost dark. Suddenly, she felt the loneliness. She prayed Bhaghavan about His presence with her in another ten minutes. Suddenly, a car which took reverse in the mid-nght brought out the music of Om Jaga Jaga Deesagare. "Immediately, I felt that the presence of Bhaghavan with her always". Leaving the fear, she went to her house on that day.

In the coming September issue,film actress and an ardent devotee Anjali Devi writes her experience and there are many more devotees have started sending their experiences with Baba.

The magazine belonged to the Kalki Group of Publications has pasted banners all over the Chennai City about the Miracles of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba being carried by the Mangyar Malar magazine from this month onwards.

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August 11th 6:30 pm - Sai devotees treat beggars daily in Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Venue - Chikmagalur, Karnataka

Timings - August

A group of seven or eight devotees of Sathya Sai Baba provide food daily to nearly 22 physically-challenged beggars . Vasu, who supplies food every day to these beggars, said they were inspired by Krishnappa , who used to work in a cooperative. One day, when discussing the issue of beggars, Krishnappa said that instead of talking one should find ways to help them. But it should not encourage the ablebodied among them to stop earning their bread.

Vasu said the beggars look up to them as God in human form. "But we feel they are God, because Swamy (Sathya Sai Baba) has preached that 'Daridra devo Bhava' (the poor are God). Since eight years, we are doing this service and no housewife has complained," he adds with pride.

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July 13th 1:30 pm - Miracles of Bhagawan Sathya Sai Baba in a Leading Tamil Monthly Magazine

Venue - Chennai

Timings - July

The leading Tamil monthly magazine, Mangayar Malar, published from Chennai has started to write the life history and miracles of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba from this month July issue. The renowned writer Anuradha Sekar is writing the series in the magazine which takes the readers in a dramatic way of narrating her experience with Bhghavan. Immediately, after Anuradha Sekar joining the magazine as a Reporter, her first assignment was that of to cover the Bhaghavan's Birthday which took place in Puttaparthi. Though the author earlier had visited on several occasions to the then Journaist Saavi's house and had seen Sri Sathya Sai being worshipped by him, Anuradha Sekar did not pay heed much to it. Whenever Saavi asked her whether she had seen Baba she showed her disinterestedness with Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Even when she visited the late Carnatic musician M.S.Subbulakshmi's house, she did not miss to witness that the great singer was performing poojas to Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. However, her mind did not attract towards Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. On a particular day in Anuradha Sekar's life a close friend invited her to Puttaparthi to have darshan of Bhaghavan. Anuradha Sekar was like a Tom Sawyer on a Sunday holiday white-washing the fence when other children enjoying the holiday. Anuradha Sekar gave her nod to her friend's family that she was prepared to visit Puttaparthi with them, if not for worship atleast for a jolly tour with them, spending her day in the Holy Place.

This is what has been written by the author in the July month current issue. The magazine has also appealed to its readers who are also devotees to send some more miracles of Bhaghavan with nice pictures of Bhaghavan if anything available for publication in the coming months.

The magazine belonged to the Kalki Group of Publications has pasted banners all over the Chennai City about the Miracles of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba being carried by the Mangyar Malar magazine from this month onwards.

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June 30th 2:30 pm - Grama Seva by Sai Devotees in Chapro Kha village near Allahabad

Venue - Chapro Kha village near Allahabad

Timings - June

Responding to the Bhagwan Baba's Clarion call to all the Sai Youths to offer the services in the Village for it's all round development, Sai Youths of Allahabad (U.P.) Under the SSSVIP Scheme visited the adopted Village "Chapro Khas".

The program began by chanting of Sai Gayatri Mantra.Under the Medicare Category, about 95 patients were examined by the doctor and were offered medicines.Under Educare, Bal vikas children were taught mantra and were told stories from life of swami by Bal Vikas gurus.Matter of Health and Hygine was also discussed with the childrens like Nail-cutting, Hair- Combing etc. They were given clothes also. The program which lasted for Three hours finished with the distribution of 400 Mangoes to all the inmates of the village.

With the grace and blessings of swami, program was successful. Hope this inspires many more Sai devotees to do such services in villages near to them.

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June 17th 11:30 am - About sai ganga project in all the news papers in tamil nadu

Venue - Chennai

Timings - June

News papers of Tamil, Telugu or English came out with the news of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Sai-Ganga project on last Thursday.

He said the water is brought to the Tamil Nadu from Kandaleru anicut to Poondi lake considered to be one of the most important water reservoir for the people of Chennai. He said the up gradation of the Kandaleru-Poondi canal was being carried out at a cost of Rs.50 crores fully provided by the Sri Sathya Sai Trust. Stretches and pucca walls had been laid out by the Trust between Kandaleru to Poondi and from Poondi to zero point of the Chennai Metropolitan area, thus covering a total distance of 177.97 Kilo meter.

According to Elangovan, the Poondi lake starting from the zero point to Poondy reservoir was in a dilapidated condition with a lot of sands and muds covering on both the sides of the walls of the canal carrying water to the Chennai city. Since, the condition of the lake was in a worst condition and when the water was released, the entire water was not reaching the Chennai city people, for the water was eaten away by the sands and the muds. When the very same problem was faced by the Andhra Pradesh, the Sathya Sai Trust intervened and set right the things properly, it is said. Hence, the Tamil Nadu government had appealed recently to carry out the work by the Sathya Sai Trust to make it possible to receive the water to the Chennai city. The Sathya Sai Trust immediately took out the work and started to upgrade the conditions since May last year. The Trust had allocated a sum of Rs.50 crores for the project.

He also revealed that Sri Sathya Sai Trust had undertaken the work of cleaning up the two lakes in Chennai city. He said the Porur lake and Madhavaram Rettai Eri would be undertaken by them, however, this could be possible only when the two lakes became dry.

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April 13th 9:30 pm - Two Day Narayana Seva At Sundaram, Chennai

Venue - Sundaram, Chennai

Timings - April 13th

A two-day Narayana Seva is being organized by the various samithis and sevadal organizations of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Thousands of food packets brought from the devotees houses were distributed to the poor people on the eve of the Tamil New Year’s Day. A variety of food such as Lemon rice, sambar rice, puliyodharai and other varieties were distributed by the sevadals at the Sundaram Building . Similarly, it is expected that Curd rice will be distributed to thousands of poor people on April 14 on the eve of Malayalam New Year’s Day.

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April 13th 9:30 pm - Super Star Rajinikanth In Puttaparthi

Venue - Chennai

Timings - April 13th

The happy news and talk of the Tamil Nadu is about the Tamil film Super Star Rajinikanth who visited Puttaparthi to have the blessings of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is carried out in all the Tamil news papers including the Daily Thanthi and Dinamalar.

According to the news, the Super Star who visited Parthi to have darshan on the Tamil New Year’s day fell on April 13, just went straight to Kulwant hall and mingled with other devotees while the Bhajan songs were sung. He had the darshan of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba and received the blessings.

Whenever his fans and many other political leaders wanted the actor to start a political party in the Tamil Nadu, the actor was shying away from them. But his visit to Puttaparthi immediately after the fastings, it is expected that he is likely to launch his new political party.

Sometime ago, the Super Star had announced a crore of rupees would be paid in the event of implementing the Nationalisation of all the rivers in India .

Since our Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba who has the experience of providing good drinking water to all the people through his various water project was sought by the Super Star Rajnikanth to announce such scheme for the Tamil Nadu and also to avoid any misunderstanding between the two states, it is rumoured.

However, the news of Rajini’s darshan of Sri Sathya Sai Baba has brought happiness among his fans and many of his well wishers that the reason for his darshan at Puttaparthi if it is made known to the general public on his return to Chennai.

Rajini has been visiting either Whitefield or Puttaparthi or Sundaram in Chennai whenever Bhaghavan used to visit. It was last year the actor along with his family members visited at the Athi Rudra Maha Yagnam venue in Chennai and had darshan of Sathya Sai Baba.

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April 7th 3:30 pm - Sai Devotees over the moon in South Africa

Venue - South Africa

Timings - April 6th

South African Sai Baba devotees were left mystified and awestruck after what appeared to be an image of Sri Sathya Sai Baba's face on the moon, with claims of it being sighted in Durban and Johannesburg.

Swamy gives darshan on moon in South africa

Two weeks ago, when the South Africa Sai Devotees took out a March and did bhajans to sing the glory of our beloved Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, the people who assembled in the hall fortunately happened to see Swamy’s image on the moon. When a devotee noticed the image, he suddenly cried in the midst of the devotees who were busily in singing bhajan songs. Similarly, the other parts of the South Africa also witnessed the very same image of Swamy. Next day the leading English daily, The Post carried out the Photos on the front page with three column news.

People in South Africa began to call their friends and relatives in South Africa . Some called several times to other parts of the country whether they could see the image of Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.
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March 25 9:30 am - Sai Darshan in Yagna Kund

Venue - Nacogdoches, Texas, USA

Timings - March 14th

This is photo from our "Shivam" Bhagwan Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Temple in Nacogdoches. Swami is visible in Havan Fire as we performed 11 Gayatri's Yagna on Friday March 14th 2008 in Nacogdoches, Texas. We are so Thankful to out Beloved Bhagwan That he showed his presence in his Shivam Mandir and blessed us all with his divine darshan our humble pranam at his lotus feet.

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March 25 9:30 am - Narayana Resides In His Glory Of Song

Venue - Chennai

Timings - March 13th

On March 13th Tamil Daily, Dinamalar carried a news item about our beloved Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. The quotation was taken from our Swamy’s lecture. The verbatim translation of the Tamil is translated into English taken from the news paper and is sent for publication.

OUR BELOVED SRI SATHYA SAI BABA SAYS THE FOLLOWING THING.

“It is better to sing always Bhajan Songs in temples than organizing music programmes. Instead of delving into the music it is always better to delve into the Almighty while singing Bhajan songs. The devotional songs should come out from the heart and not from the lips alone. The God will enjoy the devotional songs if those songs are sung with purity of mind attached to the Almighty. The God will enjoy such type of songs. Once when the Sage Narada asked Lord Narayana that where He could be found on earth. The Lord Narayana replied Narada that it was an easy thing to find His whereabouts. The Lord Naryana added that He could be found wherever His glory is sung with pristine pure of mind, devotion and His devotees minds are fully gravitated towards Him.

The Shastra says that the God has different forms and names. People generally call Him with different names of their own likings like Rama, Krishna, Siva etc., One should cultivate the habit of calling the Almighty often with different names. Once they start chanting the names of the Lord, it will become a customary habit and would start to flow automatically even without their own knowledge. Later, the practice would prove that ‘God alone is True’.

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March 25 9:30 am - Sai Groups of Mauritius celebrate National Day

Venue - Mauritius

Timings - March 12th

Three Sai Groups of Cassis, Port-Louis, Mauritius joined hands under the umbrella of CASSIS PRASHANTI to organise a special event this morning March 12th in the context of the National Day of our country, Mauritius ( 40th independance and 16th Republic anniversaries). The activity began at 9:15 with a rally by SSE children and youths accompanied by parents. The procession arrived at the seat of the Cassis Hindu Dharma Sabha where a flag-raisng ceremony was held. Ther Bal Vikas children and youths then presented a short program composed of poems, patriotic songs, human valiues song, bhajans and a message by the Guest of Honour, a seasoned Head Teacher. The celebration ended with Mangala Aartee, vibhuti, prasad and refreshments.

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January 29 9:30 pm - Giving in Kind

Venue - Singapore

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It was Wee's search for some purpose in life that pushed him in 1980 toward philanthropy. At an age when he was doing a lot of "meaningless pub crawling," he was jolted by a book that a friend gave him, Man of Miracles by Howard Murphet. It chronicles the experiences of Sai Baba, an Indian guru . Feeling inspired, Wee plunged into charity work, visiting homes to reach out to Singapore's aged, sick and delinquent. In 1987 he founded Sunlove, a home for psychiatric patients who suffer from conditions such as schizophrenia. Some 400 people now live there.

Wee has taken on other causes, too. He distributed food and computers to children in Sri Lanka after it was hit by the tsunami in 2004 and has donated hearing aids to schoolchildren in China. "It's the multiplier effect that I'm looking for," he says. "Not just in terms of money but in the spiritual sense--to generate more graciousness." Quoting Mother Teresa, he says he derives joy in being a "doer of small things."

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January 22 12:30 pm - Sri Sathya Sai Bhagavatha Sapthagam in Chennai

Venue - East Tambaram, Chennai

Timings - January 18th

The seven-day Sri Sathya Sai Bhagavatha Sapthagam in Chennai began here on January 18 on a happy note. The sapthgam, a lecture about Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s earlier age miracles, lectures, the purpose of His Avatar in this world, His achievements to humanity as a whole and his life history are all given lecture by the Prema Group of Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation at its venue in East Tambaram, Chennai coming under the purview of the Kancheepuram District.

The seven-day lecture, considered to be as thesis on Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba is analyzing the Bhaghavan’s purpose of Avatar with Lord Krishna. The topics to be covered in the coming days lecture is the uttering of Bhaghavan’s names which act as the thunder bolt for anyone to achieve the desired goals in one’s life. Servicing to the humanity as a whole to economically depressed and weaker sections is tantamount doing service for Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

T.E.Vasudevan, an ardent devotee of Bhaghavan earlier gave lectures on the leelas of Bhaghvan in his younger days. During his lecture, he had pointed out that Bhaghavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba was born in a poor family. In order to prove that He is an Avatar he materializes lingam from his body, Vasudevan said. During his lecture he recalled Sri Sathya Sai Baba’s sayings that in India alone various Avtars of God taking place, because in India alone one could do services.

Mr Vasudevan in his lecture underlined that Swamy at his younger days liked to have the holy ashes on his forehead. He loved to have it always. That’s was the reason why Sai Baba materializes the vibhuthi from his hands and distributes them, Vasudevan said. Similarly, Bhaghvan liked a big kumkum tilak to appear on His mother Easwaramma’s forehead. He himself, created the kumkum and made a big tilakam on Easwarama’s head, Vasu Devan said.

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January 14 2:00 pm - Xmas cheer for special kids

Venue - Kuantan, Malaysia

Timings - January 14th

The festivities for the special children were organised by the youth wing of the Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Kuantan as part of its community service programme.

Thirty youths and adults from the centre participated in the programme.

“Christmas is a time of sharing and caring and we are indeed delighted to bring some joy and happiness to these beautiful children,” said A. Saravanan, the Sathya Sai Baba Centre’s youth co-ordinator.

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January 14 2:00 pm - That is Baba’s influence on my work

Venue - Sri Lanka

Timings - January 14th

The iconic painter Senaka Senanayake is As well known in Sri Lanka as Husain in India.

His works on the rainforests — he is an environmentalist at heart — came about as a promise to draw attention to, and therefore attempt to save the rainforests of Sri Lanka, as was his attempt to portray spirituality (both Buddhist and Hindu philosophy are evident in his works), not least as a disciple of Satya Sai Baba. “I do not paint anything negative,” he says. “That is Baba’s influence on my work.”

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January 11 8:00 pm - Free health clinic offered to area's Mexican community

Venue - Minnesota, United States

Timings - January 10th

Doctors and nurses from Mayo Clinic will offer a free medical clinic aimed at southeastern Minnesota's Mexican community, many of whose members don't have insurance or money to pay for regular medical checkups.

Most of the doctors are members of the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Organization of America and believe that "they should serve everyone and do it lovingly," Prasad said.

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January 8 12:00 pm - Wheelchairs distributed Madhuvanam Sri Sathya Sai Trust

Venue - Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

Timings - January 2nd

Forest Minister Benoy Viswom distributed wheelchairs to the disabled at a function organised by the Madhuvanam Sri Sathya Sai Trust here on January 2nd.

“Sharing the grief of fellow beings is as important as thinking about life after death,” Mr. Viswom said on the occasion.

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January 8 12:00 pm - Grama Seva in the village Tehetna

Venue - India

Timings -

Sai Devotees doing Grama Seva in the village Tehetna

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December 26 8:00 pm - Indian team a beacon of religious tolerance

Venue - India

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The Indian team has a strong Hindu core, but Muslims are also well represented in the form of Wasim Jaffer, Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan.

"Some of the Hindu players carry with them small Ganeshas and Hannamans, and others have golden pendants of Sai Baba that they wear," Rajput said.

"I think that the diversity is a special part of our team, and it sends a good message to people in our country … there is no problems, and everybody respects the others' beliefs."

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December 26 8:00 pm - Indian team a beacon of religious tolerance

Venue - India

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The Indian team has a strong Hindu core, but Muslims are also well represented in the form of Wasim Jaffer, Zaheer Khan and Irfan Pathan.

"Some of the Hindu players carry with them small Ganeshas and Hannamans, and others have golden pendants of Sai Baba that they wear," Rajput said.

"I think that the diversity is a special part of our team, and it sends a good message to people in our country … there is no problems, and everybody respects the others' beliefs."

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December 13 - Divine darshan of Shirdi Sai Baba during Bhagawan's 82th birthday celebrations

Venue - Curepipe, Wooton, Mauritius

Timings - November 23rd

We were blessed with the divine darshan of Shirdi Sai Baba on Bhagawan's 82th birthday celebrations at the Sri Sathya Sai Baba Centre of Curepipe, Wooton, Mauritius.

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