AUGUST 22nd, EVENING - PROCESSION BY DEVOTEES FROM SRIKAKULAM DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH

On Sunday evening, about 8000 people who had come on a Parthi Yatra (pilgrimage to Puttaparthi) belonging to the Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organization, Srikakulam District in Andhra Pradesh, came in a procession to Sai Kulwant Hall. After Swami was seated, all the devotees marched in front of Swami. There were numerous bands, with the band members dressed up in village attire, which played vigorously with a lot of enthusiasm and devotion in the tradition prevalent in villages (they even made a human pyramid), and also a palanquin wherein Swami’s photo was respectfully carried into Sai Kulwant Hall. There were also devotees dressed up as Rama, Sita and Lakshmana, and Lord Krishna. There was even Hanuman with His band of monkeys! There was also a representation of the Golden Chariot forming the backdrop to the procession. Swami reviewed everything, seated majestically on the front veranda of Sai Kulwant Hall and one could see that He was visibly moved by the devotion of these villagers.