95th Birthday Celebration

Sairam. The day that marked the arrival of the Divine Love to lead the mankind towards Selfless Love, the day that heralded a new era of rejuvenation of the Sanathana Dharma, yes, it is the Birthday of our beloved Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

With the Divine Grace, the 95th Birthday Celebration of our beloved Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba was organized in a grand manner today (23rd Nov 2020) between 9:00 and 11:00 am at SSSIE, following all the COVID-19 safety measures.

For the first time, the birthday celebration was held in the absence of our dear children due to Lockdown. Few senior students and alumni brothers took it as their blessed chance to come to SSSIE and participate in the program.

The entire programme was organized spectacularly in an eye-catching way through a compering between Sage Vishwamitra and SSSIE staff. The celebration began with a grand procession to our beloved lord comprising vibrant Veda Parayanam, soulful Swagatham singing. After the traditional ‘Jai Vijayee Bhava’ song offering, 95 lamps of love were lit by the staff and the guests marking the glorious 95 years of love in action by Bhagawan, with the accompaniment of the mellifluous ‘Akhand Jyothi Jalao…’ song.

Director Sri P.Kumarasamy welcomed the gathering and introduced the Guests of the day Sri Vanchinathan and Smt. Bhavani Vanchinathan, ardent devotees of Bhagawan and SSSIE well-wishers. He advised everyone to join together in carrying out the Sai Mission through SSSIE.

Then, fascinating cultural programmes and thoughtful speeches by students occupied the stage. A video compilation presenting a glimpse of various sports and fine art activities of the students were displayed.

Chief Guest Smt. Bhavani Vanchinathan expressed her gratitude to Bhagawan for blessing her to be present on this holy occasion at this Mini Prasanthi Nilayam – SSSIE. She extolled Bhagawan as the embodiment of Divine Love walked on earth.

The music group offered Happy Birthday Song to Swami. It was followed by a touching video compilation of SSSIE students from different parts of the world wishing and singing their heartfelt wishes to Bhagawan.

For the lord who is dancing in our hearts as our Athma Sai, Jhoola Seva was offered. The programme ended with Mangala Ararthi and Prasadam Distribution.

The meditation tree sapling – Dhyana Vruksha brought from Prasanthi Nilayam was planted inside SSSIE Campus by the dignitaries from SSSSO, Kanchipuram (North) and SSSIE Management Members on this holy occasion.