100TH BIRTHDAY OF BHAGAWAN SRI SATHYA SAI BABA: ESSENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE

This year shall be the Sri Vishwavasu Nama Samvatsara. It is the 39th year in the 60 year cycle of Samvatsaras (years). ‘Viswavasu’ indicates that it shall be a year of beneficence, peace and good fortune.

A spiritual dip in the Sangam is a symbolic washing away of desires, ego and bad karma. The holy water becomes a conduit to receive divine grace and prepare for an elevated form of existence. Your spirit of surrender, piety and purity, makes the experience magical.

At the time of a Hindu marriage, the groom is worshipped by the bride’s parents as an embodiment of Lord Vishnu. They anoint his forehead with Kumkum and rice, wash his feet and offer him Panchamrit (mixture of milk, curd, honey, desi ghee and sugarcane juice). They give their