Live from Queens

It's Sunday 25 April 2010. The screen has been drawn and we are waiting for it to be opened again. For when it is we will see Shri Satchithananda Satguru Sainath Maharaj in resplendent glory. We have just witnessed the pranaprathista of the Sai temple at Flushing in Queens, New York otherwise famous for the flushing meadows. The events started at 630 am this morning but icame to learn today that Baba has been worshipped here for the last 16 years. What started as a modest temple in a house has today become a ful fledged temple in the styles of Bangalore's Malleswaram or Indra Nagar. We were here just in time for the completion of the homam and the start of the kumbabishekam. That was followed by the actual opening of the idol on which a grand Abhishekam was performed. The incessant showers of milk through the sieve over the head of Baba was simply breathtaking. Even as the showers of milk poured tears poured down my eyes and I thanked Him for everything he has given me. To be in West Mambalam in Chennai and witness such a grand function would have been one thing but to be in Queens, New York and witness this, to say I am blessed is a gross understatement. I certainly don't know what I have done to deserve this.

Elsewhere, in motherland India, the whole nation would at this time be glued to the IPL final between Mumbai and Chennai but hundreds of Indians in Queens are witnessing LIVE this wonder of wonders. I hae to say the atmosphere is electric. The chant of Om Sai Sri Sai Jai Jai Sai is currently filling the air, just after the Vedas have been flawlessly rendered. Everyone is waiting with Saburi for the scren to be parted and the Maha Mangala Arathi to begin. That I am sure will the cresendo much like the instruments that Rae played at the Chavadi procession.

I can keep going on and on but the last thing I would like is to miss this grand finale so I will sign of now.

Bolo Shri Satchithanand Satguru Sainath Maharaj ki JAI.