UK - Merton Sai Centre Easwaramma Day

On the afternoon of 6th May, 60 students spanning Nursery to Group 3 Year 3 took part in Merton Sai Centre’s Easwaramma Day celebrations. The programme commenced with the Nursery 1 & 2 and Group 1 Year 1 students paying homage to the story of Sage Bharadwaja; the children aged 4-7 encapsulated this story in the form of 3 beautiful bhajans.

The Bal Vikas girls of Groups 1-3 then continued with the story of Swami’s birth and early childhood: starting with the origins of Puttaparthi, marriage of mother Easwaramma and how Swami was conceived, right up until how Swami would always give up His food to the homeless. We then had the boys of Groups 1-3 presenting the remainder of Swami’s childhood, up until the remarkable annunciation made on 20th October 1940. The children all came together and concluded with the various forms of Swami in a line reciting His first bhajan, “Manasa Bhajare Guru Charanam''.

Finally, the evening was rounded off with our esteemed guest, Brother Pratap Thakkar, UK National President, giving a speech followed by a few bhajans and the Mangala Aarti and gifts for all the children that participated. The confident and devoted performance of the children was appreciated and well-received by the 170 spectators.