This Thursday morning wore on donning a gloomy mask, owing to the cyclonic depression that was closing in moving towards the Andhra coast. This morning there was no Darshan and Arathi was offered at 0940 hrs.
Yesterday evening in Parthi, Bhagawan emerged at 1710 hrs. to come for a full round of Darshan. Coming onstage at 1725 hrs., as Bhagawan sat through glancing over the letters, Veda chanting continued beyond the scheduled hour until Bhagawan asked for the bhajans to commence at 1745 hrs. Bhagawan sat through the next fifteen minutes before calling for Arathi just after 1800 hrs. Upon accepting Arathi, blessing the rose beneficiary, blessing the student beneficiaries, conversing with one of the bhajan boys for sometime, Bhagawan moved off the dais at 1810 hrs. not before blessing the concourse with double abhayahasta, ladies and gents seperately. Bringing respite from the scorching summer, Parthi, for a change had a different experience with the day's complexion turning from bright to gloomy. The inclement weather owing to a cyclonic storm in the bay of bengal has come as a great relief with temperature dropping from a scorching 42 to 25-27.
