1996-02-18 - Sunday - Shivarathri

Screenshot from this video - Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba | Maha Shivarathri Divine Discourse | Feb 17 1996

1996-02-17 - Saturday - Maha Shivarathri - Morning music program, Qawwali was specially good, claps on keyboard. "Tere bin suni lage zindagi." Arranging mics for bhajan + P. Susheela's program; shifting everything to Poornachandra, took 2 hours - finally brunch at 11:30. Went to College to record organ program from MPF-IP till 2 pm, then bath & Poornachandra. After 3 speeches - Neilank Jha, Avinash Alimchandani & Pavan Kumar, Discourse, then Susheela + 3 others, then bhajans.

Got up once (from the overnight Shivaratri bhajans going on at Poornachandra) at 8 pm to drink water, then continuous. Got (or made) a place near aisle near bhajan group.

1996-02-18 - Sunday - Miraculously, voice is OK after 12 hours (of overnight bhajan singing) - could sing evening bhajans fine. After Discourse & prasadam, helped serve to devotees - nearly an hour. All got. Some pushing initially, later orderly lines outside Poornachandra.

10 am to 3 pm slept. Overslept past the 2 pm alarm, so no tiffin & bath was hurried.

Morning - You gave interview for a VIP (Sikh) family - only students inside Mandir compound. Then Brindavan padanamaskar (they left by lunch-time). Evening ATP (women students of the Anantapur campus) inside bhajan hall, padanamaskar outside.