Yesterday, Saturday evening, Bhagawan arrived at 1847 hrs. to a soul-stirring Shiva bhajan. He began 'His Journey" tossing Vibhuti packets unto a couple of 'little hearts', occupying the front row. Conversing with some in between Bhagawan moved past the ladies 'end to take a diversion.
Blessing a group of ladies specially seated, Bhagawan moved past going for the usual 'extra length' into the ladies' side. Coming on to the Verandah, Bhagawan accepted the 'invocations' by the 1997 Batch of SSSIHL which was praying for a get-together with Bhagawan, 'Prema Bandham". A group of dignitaries attended the three day "Scientific Computing Workshop" at DMACS of SSSIHL was seated on either side in the Verandah. Bhagawan interacted with some of them while blessing many with Padanamaskar. Before taking a detour leading into the bhajan hall, Bhagawan, with a Divinely mischievous pose, was seen tossing Vibhuti packets to a couple of senior devotees. Stage was set for the scheduled "Prema Bandham". Bhagawan entered the bhajan hall through the rear entrance and a group of approximately 250 was present in the hall that included Alumni and their immediate family members. The door turned closed ensuing an exclusive session inside. Inside, Bhagawan intimately interacted with some of the alumni enquiring about their welfare, family etc. Blessing the privileged assembly Bhagawan made two full rounds all along the length of the hall. He also blessed and cut a special cake meant for the occasion. The session lasted for half-an-hour. It was 1935 hrs. and Bhagawan emerged out. The entire "Prema Bandham" batch followed Bhagawan through the rear entrance, merging in the assembly. Bhajans that were on at a low tone all along, facilitating the session inside, picked up turning louder. Bhagawan got into attending the day's bunch of letters and in the meanwhile blessed prasadam went for distribution. After a fifteen minutes' session on stage, Bhagawan accepted Mangala Arathi at 1955 hrs., before leaving for Yajur Mandiram at 2000 hrs. in His car.
