East Godavari District Annual Report
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OM SRI SAIRAM East Godavari District Annual Report st st from 1 April 2018 - 31 March 2019 Contents FOREWORD FROM THE DISTRICT PRESIDENT ............................................................... SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS – AN INTRODUCTION ......................................... WINGS OF THE ORGANISATIONS .............................................................................................. ADMINISTRATION OF THE ORGANISATION ............................................................................... THE 9 POINT CODE OF CONDUCT AND 10 PRINCIPLES ...................................................................... SRI SATHYA SAI SEVA ORGANISATIONS, [EAST GODAWARI District] ................................. BRIEF HISTORY .................................................................................................................................... DIVINE VISIT .............................................................................................................................. OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ SAI CENTRES ....................................................................................................................................... ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ OFFICE BEARERS ................................................................................................................................ SPECIFIC SERVICE PROJECTS OR INITIATIVES ........................................................................ GLIMPSES OF ACTIVITIES IMPORTANT EVENTS OR CONFERENCES ........................................................................................... ..................................................................................................... This report is dedicated at the Lotus Feet of our Lord and Master Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba East Godawari ~ “The Land of Loving God’ Foreword from the District President : ~East Godawari~ Sri Bikkina.SitaRam Babu Dear Loving God Bhagawan Sri Satya Sai Baba…, My Most humble and Loving Pranaams to your Lotus Feet…! Sairam to all Sai Family members Loving grace of beloved Bhagawan Sri SatyaSai Baba is radiating universally in all directions as Sun . All that we have to do is ‘to keep open our lotus hearts’ to receive those divine rays of grace. East Godawari devotees are fortunate to have received that unlimited love and affection abundantly from our Loving God. In fact It is only abundant Love and grace of Bhagawan BaBa on sacred maa- River Godawari, and on the people of godawari districts. Bhagawan gave permanent bliss to the devotees from the beginning of Sai Kingdom. Divine Lotus Feet sanctified our district more than 21 times starting from 1936.That’s why The Trimurty Avatar( the united and single incarnation of Braham-vishnu-maheswara Swarupa) – Sri Guru Dattatreya incarnated in this district as “Sree Pada vallaba” at Pithapuram padgaya shaktipeetham. In fact Bhagavan Sri.Satyasai Baba was named , upon Baba’s parents performed east Godavari district’s famous God “-Sri Satyanarayana swamy ( Annavaram)” vratam before to Babas’s birth., The roiling sounds of Godavari river ripple all around East Godavari reminding of vedic chants. Once Bhagawan says.. “East Godavari is a Veda Bhumi ”. Bhagavan's’ darshan, sparshan and sambhashan have sanctified the lives of East Godavari Devotees many times in many areas including Agency Places. There are many blessed souls chosen by Bhagawan in his divine mission as instruments like swamy Karunya nanda, smt Gali.Saradadevi(peddbottuu amma), Brahmasri.Cherukumilli .Kamavadhnalu, Brahmasri Ghandikota. Subrahmnaya Sastry garu etc including many office bearers. Bhagawan guided this district by “selecting in written’ some devotees as office bearers All these utilized the golden opportunity to follow His Footsteps and dedicated their lives in His Divine mission. We… East Godawari devotees all wish to express our gratitude for most immense love and care showered by you ,Swami please bless all of us to always follow your word ,walk on the path shown by you, Infact No words can express, no act of gratitude can relay, no gift can represent what your Love and Grace showred on Godawari devotees. Please accept Our Hrudaya Puspham only as token of our love for everything you are. Always dedicated to Service and ever in “Sai Mission”. Jai Sairam Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations – an introduction The Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, founded by Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba in the year 1965, is a service organisation with a spiritual core and base to benefit all mankind irrespective of religion, caste, creed or sect. The Organisation serves as a platform for its members to undertake service and other activities motivated by an urge for one's own transformation with the aim of realising one's inherent divinity. Without any distinction of religion, nationality, race, socio- economic status, either for those who work in the Organisation or for those who are served by it, the Organisation transcends all barriers leading humanity towards the ideal of 'Fatherhood of God and Brotherhood of Man'. The concept of fees or membership subscription is alien to the Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisations, for there cannot be any fee or subscription for one's journey towards his own self. The organisation functions through its primary units called as Samithis and Bhajan Mandalis of which individuals - from different strata of society, different ethnic groups pursuing different religions and faiths -are members bound by the dictum of “Love all, Serve All” and pursue their own sadhana towards self-transformation following the path of selfless service to humanity. At no point is an individual asked to follow a certain religion or rituals. On the contrary each is inspired to follow his own faith so as to ensure that a Hindi becomes a better Hindu, a Muslim becomes a better Muslim, a Christian becomes a better Christian and so on. In fact, this spiritual basis inspires everyone to pursue his own religion better by putting into practice Love and Selflessness. That is why the Organisation features in its emblem the symbols of the major religions of the world. “The Organisations named after Me are not to be used for publicizing My Name, or creating a new cult around My worship….They must render seva (service) to the helpless, the sick, the distressed, the illiterate and the needy. Their seva (selfless service) should not be exhibitionistic; it must seek no reward, not even gratitude or thanks from the recipients. Seva is sadhana (spiritual exercise), not a pastime of the rich and well placed. You must have the firm belief that the aim of this Organisation is to remove the obstacles that keep man away from God, that separate maanavathwa (Humanity) from Maadhavathwa (Divinity).. This Organisation must elevate the human into the Divine.” Sri Sathya Sai Baba WINGS OF THE ORGANISATIONS Spirituality and Service are supplementary and The Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation functions complementary to each other. Spirituality is the under three wings viz. (i) Spiritual, (ii) Education, motivational force behind service and service is the and (iii) Service. fulfillment of spirituality. Therefore, spiritual Each activity in a wing is directed to facilitate concepts learnt through education must be put into and help the member in his own spiritual practice in form of service to humanity. Thus, in advancement. Although, the nature of activities order to successfully realise the objective of joining undertaken under different wings appear to be the Sai Organisation, one must participate in distinct and dissimilar, but there is an inherent activities of all the three wings. interrelationship amongst all the three wings. The three wings stand for Worship, Wisdom and Work. Activities under different wings of the Organisation Spiritual Wing Educational Wing Service Wing • Bhajan • Non-formal education of • Gram Seva • Nagarsankeertan children in the age group of • Slums Service, 5-14 years through values- • Study Circle • Medical Camps and based educational training, • Sadhana Camps Health Care • Bal-Vikas • Study of Sai Literature • Sanitation activities • Educare • Meditation, and • Visit to orphanges, old age • Pareting Programmes • Others homes etc. • Disaster relief • Poor feeding • Free Coaching Classes, and • Others ADMINISTRATION OF THE ORGANISATION Headed by an All India President who is Righteousness, Love, Peace and Non-violence, or supported by the National Vice Presidents and State the teachers who having undergone the training in Presidents, the Organisation functions like a well- EHV help in guiding the young minds towards the oiled machine in the District under the stewardship higher goals of life or the Sai Youth who work of the District President, focused on its purpose, tirelessly in the Sri Sathya Sai Village Integrated clear in its vision and dedicated in its efforts to live Programme and Sri Sathya Sai Vidya Jyoti up the Swami’s message – “Love All, Serve All”. Programme – each of them are bound by one goal – “Service to Man is Service to God”. The Samithis and the Bhajan Mandalis constitute a genuine spiritual movement where the members are united by a common bond – Love for God and Service to fellow human beings. The members of the organisation work as one cohesive unit, whether as sevadals providing