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Om Sree Sai Ram
24th SRI SATHYA SAI SANGEETHOLSAVAM2014 NOVEMBER 18th to 23rd
E-mail: saisangeetholsavamvaikom@yahoo.com,saisangeetholsavamvaikom@gmail.com
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89TH JAYANTHI CELEBRATIONS OFBHAGAWAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA
SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA SAMITHYSamithy Mandiram, Thekkenada,
Vaikom, Kerala - 686 142
24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 2
18.11.2014 TUESDAY
5.30 pm : Inaugural Session
Inauguration : Sangeetha Kalanidhi, KalaimamaniDr. M. Chandrasekharan
Felicitations : Vidushi Smt G. BharathiSri. Pallippuram SunilSmt. Paris LakshmiSri. K.M.S. ManiSri. P.K. Nandana Varma
Sopana SangeethamVocal : Sri Baby M MararEdakka & Sanghu : Sri Balussery Krishnadas
6.30 pmViolin DuetViolin : Sangeetha Kalanidhi, Kalaimamani
Sri. Dr.M. Chandrasekharan &Smt. G. Bharathi
Mridangam : Sri. K.M.S. ManiKanjira : Sri. Thrikkakara Y.N. SantharamGhatom : Sri. Mangad Pramod
19.11.2014 Wednesday
5.30 pmMusic ConcertVocal : Kum. Kavya VarmaViolin : Sri. Vaikom ManojMridangam : Sri. Vaikom Shine Kumar
6.30 pmMusic ConcertVocal : Sri. Harippad K.P.N. PillaiViolin : Smt. Parvathy VenkatachalamMridangam : Sri. Tripunithura NeelakantanGhatom : Sri. Aluva R. RajeshMugharsanghu : Sri. Tripunithura K. Harikrishnan
3 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom
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24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 4
20.11.2014 Thursday5.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Sri. Vellinezhi SubramoniamViolin : Smt. Vrinda VarmaMridangam : Sri. Kangazha Vasudevan NamboothiriGhatom : Sri. Anchal Krishna Iyer
7.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Kum Vaikom VijayalakshmiViolin : Sri. Thirunalloor Ajith KumarMridangam : Sri. Aymanam Sajeev KumarGhatom : Sri. Kumarakam Ganesh Gopal
21.11.2014 Friday5.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Sri. Cherthala BaburajViolin : Smt. Lekha VarmaMridangam : Sri. Cherthala Premdath
6.30 pm Music ConcertVocal : Smt. Mathangi SathyamoorthyViolin : Smt. Bindu K. ShenoyMridangam : Sri. Palakkad K. JayakrishnanGhatom : Sri. Kurichithanam Ananthakrishnan
22.11.2014 Saturday
6.00 am Sahasranama Japam: Sri. Sreekumar T.S.
6.45 am Namasamkeerthanam: Sri. Prasanan and Party
7.30 am Music ConcertVocal : Kum. ShanmukhapriyaViolin : Sri. Vaikom ManojMridangam : Sri. Vaikom Mahesh
5 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom
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24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 6
8.30 am Violin ConcertViolin : Kum. Arya JayadevMridangam : Sri. Aluva Gopakumar
9.30 am Music ConcertVocal : Kum. Anu VisweswaranViolin : Sri. Panavalli AnilMridangam : Sri. Aymanam Chandrakumar
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11.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Sri. Sreekant SarmaViolin : Kum. Vani RamdasMridangam : Sri. Aneesh Krishna
12.00 noon Music ConcertVocal : Kum. ParvathyViolin : Sri. KailasapathyMridangam : Sri. Palakkad Laxmanan
1.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Sri. Santhosh ChangamkaryViolin : Sri. Vaikom Narendra BabuMridangam : Sri. Venu Narayanan
2.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Smt. Suma RajeevViolin : Sri. Satheesh VarmaMridangam : Sri. Vaikom Prasad
3.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Sri. Vivek AttuvasseryViolin : Kum. Vani RamdasMridangam : Sri. Aneesh KrishnaGhatom : Sri. Thiruvananthapuram R. Rajesh
7 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom
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24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 8
4.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Sri. Attuvassery Mohanan PillaiViolin : Sri. C.V. Krishna Subramaniam, ChennaiMridangam : Sri. Thiruvananthapuram RaveendranGhatom : Sri. Anchal Krishna Iyer
5.30 pm Music ConcertVocal : Sri. Muthu Krishna M.Violin : Sri. N.C. MadhavMridangam : Sri. Nanjil A.R. ArulGhatom : Sri. Vazhappally R. Krishna Kumar
7.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Sri. Kottakal Renjith WarrierViolin : Smt. Saraswathy Moorthy,Mridangam : Sri. Kottayam G. Santhosh KumarGhatom : Sri. Anchal Krishna Iyer
23.11.2014 SUNDAY
89th Jayanthi Day of SRI SATHYA SAI BABA 5.00 am
Omkaram, SuprabhatamNagarasamkeerthanam, Veda Japam
5.30 amSrimad Bhagavatha Parayanam Sri. Kaliyath Krishnankutty Nair
6.00 amMangala VadyamVeena : Sri. Vaikom Sreejith P.Mridangam : Sri. Vaikom Vinod Kumar
6.30 amDivya Namasankeerthanam
: Brahmasree Vittal Vinod Bhagavatharand Party
9 24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom
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24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 10
7.30 amMusic ConcertVocal : Sri. Deepak JohnViolin : Smt. Veena T.R.Mridangam : Sri. Gokul Krishna Moorthy
8.30 amMusic ConcertVocal : Kum. N.J. NandiniViolin : Sri. Ambalapuzha PradeepMridangam : Sri. Palakkad Karthik ViswanathanGhatom : Sri. Thiruvananthapuram R. Rajesh
9.30 am Flute RecitalFlute : Brahmasree Kalaimamani
Chittoor G. Venkatesan, ChennaiViolin : Sri. C.V. Krishna Subramanian, ChennaiMridangam : Kalaimamani
Sri. Vaikom R. Gopalakrishnan, ChennaiKanjira : Sri. Thrikkakkara Y.N. SantharamKhadom : Sri. Thiruvananthapuram R. Rajesh
10:30 AMSri Thyagaraja Pancharathna Keerthana Alaapanam
Vocal: S/Sri. N.P.Ramaswamy, Prof P.R.Kumarakerala Varma, VaikomVasudevan Namboodiri,Vaikom V N Rajan, Arakulam Devarajan,Prof Ponkunnam Ramachandran, Prof. Vinayachandran, ProfMavelikara P Subramoniam, Thamarakad Govindan Namboothiri,Thamarakad Krishnan Namboodiri, K N Rajeev Kumar, Muthu KrishnaS/ Kum/Smt. Vaikom Rajammal, Dr. Malini Hariharan, MathangiSathyamoorthy, Prof Ambalapuzha Thulasi, Dr. K. Jayalakshmi, Prof K.Kamakshi,Dr. G Bhuvaneswari, Girija Varma, N J Nandini, Laila Raveendranath,Vaikom Vijayalakshmy, Gayathri Subramanyam,Smt. Rajani Prasad,Smt Suma Rajeevkumar, Parvathy, Archana RajeshVeena : Dr. Padma S. Thampuran , Smt. A.R. Devi,
Sri. Sreejith ParameswaranFlute : Brahmasree Chittoor G. Venkatesan,
Sri. Vivek R. ShenoySanghu & Idakka : Sri. Balussery Krishnadas
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24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 12
Violin : S/Sri Prof. Dr. M N Moorthy, Sri. C V KrishnaSubramaniam, Cherthala Sunil,Ampalapuzha Pradeep, G. Kailasapathy,Vaikom Manoj, Vaikom Narendrababu,Vaikom Dileep R Prabhu.S/Smt /Kum Saraswathy Moorthy, ParvathyVenkatachalam, Lekha Varma, VaniRamdas, Veena T R.
Mridangam : S/ Sri. Prof Parassala Ravi, Cherthala A KRamachandran, Thiruvananthapuram MBalasubramoniom, ThiruvananthapuramRaveendran, Cherthala Sreekumara Varma,Kangazha Vasudevan Namboothiri,Palakkad Karthik Vishwanathan, VaikomPrasad, Cherthala Premdath, Suresh K Pai,Vaikom Shine Kumar,
Ghatam : S/ Sri. Vaikom Gopalakrishnan (Chennai),Anchal Krishna Iyer, Thiruvananthapuram RRajesh, Vaikom Vinod, Vaikom Anurag
Kanjira : Sri. Thrikkakkara Y.N. Santharam,Sri Lakshmanan
Tabala : Sri. Renjith Kumar, Kum. Ratnasree IyerHarmonium : Sri. M.V. Omanakuttan
1.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Kum. Gydha NazarViolin : Kum. Vani RamdasMridangam : Sri. Vaikom Vinod KumarMugharsanghu : Sri. Vaikom Uthaman
2.00 pm Music concertVocal : Dr. K. JayalakshmiViolin : Sri. Satheesh VarmaMridangam : Sri Suresh K. PaiGhatom : Vaikom Anurag
3.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Dr. G. BhuvaneswariViolin : Smt. Saraswathy MoorthyMridangam : Sri. Thuravoor Susheel Kumar
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24th Sri Sathya Sai Sangeetholsavam, Vaikom 14
4.00 pm Music ConcertVocal : Prof. P.R. Kumara Kerala VarmaViolin : Prof. Dr. M.N. MoorthyMridangam : Sri. Cherthala Sreekumara Varma
5.00 pm : JHOOLA ‘THE DIVINE SWING’(A special musical offering Led by Sri. Vechoor Shankar)
MANGALA ARATHYSAMASTHA LOKA SUKHINO BHAVANTHU
Published by Sri. P.R. Prasad,Convenor, Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithy, Vaikom, for private circulation only.
Sri Sathya Sai Seva Samithy hold the right to makeany amendments in the programme. If so required,
Contacts :Anil : 94471 12735, Nadarajan : 94471 33352, P.R. Prasad : 98470 84480
The True LoveAt a fundraising dinner for a school that serves children with learning disabilities,
the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgottenby all who attended. After extolling the school and its Dedicated staff, he offered aquestion:
‘When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does isdone with perfection.
Yet my son, Shay, cannot learn things as other children do. He cannot understandthings as other children do.
Where is the natural order of things in my son?’The audience was stilled by the query.The father continued. ‘I believe that when a child like Shay, who was mentally
and physically disabled comes into the world, an opportunity to realize true humannature presents itself, and it comes in the way other people treat that child.’
Then he told the following story:Shay and I had walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were
playing baseball. Shay asked, ‘Do you think they’ll let me play?’ I knew that most ofthe boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I alsounderstood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-neededsense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of hishandicaps.
I approached one of the boys on the field and asked (not expecting much) ifShay could play. The boy looked around for guidance and said, ‘We’re losing bysix runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team andwe’ll try to put him in to bat in the ninth inning..’
Shay struggled over to the team’s bench and, with a broad smile, put on a teamshirt.. I watched with a small tear in my eye and warmth in my heart. The boys saw
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my joy at my son being accepted.In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was still
behind by three.In the top of the ninth inning, Shay put on a glove and played in the right field.
Even though no hits came his way, he was obviously ecstatic just to be in the gameand on the field, grinning from ear to ear as I waved to him from the stands.
In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay’s team scored again.Now, with two outs and the bases loaded, the potential winning run was on
base and Shay was scheduled to be next at bat.At this juncture, do they let Shay bat and give away their chance to win the
game?Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that a hit was all but
impossible because Shay didn’t even know how to hold the bat properly, muchless connect with the ball.
However, as Shay stepped up to the Plate, the pitcher, recognizing that theother team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay’s life, moved in a fewsteps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.
The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed.The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly towards Shay.As the pitch came in, Shay swung at the ball and hit a slow ground ball right
back to the pitcher.The game would now be over.The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could have easily thrown the ball
to the first baseman.Shay would have been out and that would have been the end of the game.Instead, the pitcher threw the ball right over the first baseman’s head, out of
reach of all team mates.Everyone from the stands and both teams started yelling, ‘Shay, run to first!
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Run to first!’Never in his life had Shay ever run that far, but he made it to first base.He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled.Everyone yelled, ‘Run to second, run to second!’Catching his breath, Shay awkwardly ran towards second, gleaming and
struggling to make it to the base.By the time Shay rounded towards second base, the right fielder had the ball
. The smallest guy on their team who now had his first chance to be the hero for histeam.
He could have thrown the ball to the second-baseman for the tag, but heunderstood the pitcher’s intentions so he, too, intentionally threw the ball high andfar over the third-baseman’s head.
Shay ran toward third base deliriously as the runners ahead of him circled thebases toward home.
All were screaming, ‘Shay, Shay, Shay, all the Way Shay’Shay reached third base because the opposing shortstop ran to help him by
turning him in the direction of third base, and shouted, ‘Run to third!Shay, run to third!’As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams, and the spectators, were on
their feet screaming, ‘Shay, run home! Run home!’Shay ran to home, stepped on the plate, and was cheered as the hero who hit
the grand slam and won the game for his team‘That day’, said the father softly with tears now rolling down his face, ‘the boys
from both teams helped bring a piece of true love and humanity into this world’.Shay didn’t make it to another summer. He died that winter, having never
forgotten being the hero and making me so happy, and coming home and seeinghis Mother tearfully embrace her little hero of the day!
LITTLE FOOT NOTE:
We all send thousands of jokes through the multimedia without a second thought,but when it comes to sending messages about life choices, people hesitate.
The crude, vulgar, and often obscene pass freely through cyberspace, butpublic discussion about decency is too often suppressed in our schools andworkplaces.
If you’re thinking about forwarding this message, chances are that you’reprobably sorting out the people in your address book who aren’t the ‘appropriate’ones to receive this type of message Well, the person who sent you this believesthat we all can make a difference.
We all have thousands of opportunities every single day to help realize the‘natural order of things.’
So many seemingly trivial interactions between two people present us with achoice:
Do we pass along a little spark of love and humanity or do we pass up thoseopportunities and leave the world a little bit colder in the process?
A wise man once said every society is judged by how it treats it’s least fortunateamongst them.
Have a nice day. “LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL”.