The glorious 97th Birthday arrived. Devotees were waiting for this most blissful occasion to celebrate their Divine Mother's Birthday. The Lord's beautifully decorated Car arrived in swiftly at Sri Sathya Sai Divyaamritam premises. Swami blessed all with an initial glimpse to His Children as devotees had arrived from all corners of the country as well as from abroad, from Far East and West with the hope of experiencing His Love that they feel they had missed out in their earlier part of life. These are the ones who seemed to have cursed themselves for having not been to Puttaparthi in those years when Swami moved amidst everyone, in less than 3 ft distance from the devotees, doling out beautiful enchanting darshans for all with His Majestic grandeur.

The Devotees who eagerly awaited His arrival were jubilant that their Supreme Master would have flown into the Skies over the Eastern Ghats to give His Darshan to the Demi Gods, Semi Gods and Gods . Suddenly the sacred land adorned perfect silence. Every God seemed to have set the place to perfection in their own way. The weather, breeze, light all were in unison with each other. The decoration too was absolutely a treat to the eyes.

Swami then went to the Helipad outside Sri Sai Palle to take a aerial route to bless the Devis and Devatas, who all seemed to be lined up across the sky on His Birthday. He profusely blessed the devotees who were standing below at Sri Sai Palle and waving at Him like excited young children.The Devotees who eagerly awaited His arrival were jubilant that their Supreme Master would have flown into the skies over the Eastern Ghats to give His Darshan to the Demi Gods, Semi Gods and Gods . Of course, our age never interferes with the fact that we are His young children forever! Swami lovingly blessed many with the most opportune photo session once the helicopter landed. It was interesting to see that even the pilot and the staff involved took turns eagerly to take pictures with their Lord that their next generations could boast of!

Swami's Convoy of cars returned to the hospital site where the OPD block inauguration was to take place. The Avatar of the Age was welcomed with Poornakumbham by His devotees and with local people dancing and singing to their hearts' content. Indeed, their innocence and love for the Lord was admirable. Sri Sathya Sai Divyaamritam, a boon granted by Sai Maatha (the Veda Maatha) to be a Divya Bhoomi (the Bhoomatha) is now designed to be a Healing Center in the lap of the Desha Maatha with Thatipudi reservoir providing the life sustaining resource across its location as the Ganga Maatha and accommodating in its bossom the Gomaatha, prepared itself to shower the Divine nectar in every possible way on the 97th Jayanti Mahotsavam of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba varu. The Lord had already willed by then that He would offer the Poornaahuti into the Ganesha Homam and the Dhanwantari Homam that commenced the previous day. Offering Poornaahuti meant transporting all the offerings to the intended Gods through the Fire God as stipulated in the Vedic procedure.

Bhagawan immediately proceeded, after the Poornahuti, to the OPD Block, where He was received with garlands and flower showerings. Vedam was being chanted all the while in parallel. There were a set of devotees from the farther lands who showered praises on the Lord through heart-touching bhajans and tears of joy. Indeed, two eyes were not enough for one to enjoy the Glory of the Lord's Birthday Celebrations. Love was raining and flowing all around. As the Lord reached the steps of the OPD block, He was welcomed by guests and devotees, who prayed to Him to inaugurate the grand humanitarian project of free-of-cost comprehensive cancer treatment facility - Sri Sathya Sai Divyaamritam!

The blessed moment arrived. Managala Vadhyam got divinely intense amidst claps and smiles of devotees when the Lord conducted the inauguration at the most auspicious time! Indeed, this is an auspicious occasion for humanity for the hospital will be a succour-providing mother's lap for all cancer affected patients. The Lord declared that everyone who comes here for treatment will go back hale and healthy - such was His Divine Will! The Lord took a tour of the OPD Block's structure and blessed everyone involved in this gigantic effort. The whole area no soon was thronged by not just these residents of Sri Sai Palle but from across surrounding towns and villages as far as 60km away. Doctors, para medical staff, devotees from various places across the country and abroad thronged the holy Abode while the plaque was unveiled and the OPD block was inaugurated in the Divine Presence by Shri Raghuraj., the local MLC and his wife.

Sri Sathya Sai Divyaamritam designed to house 100 beds for cancer treatment and 30 beds for dialysis along with a research institute absolutely at no cost to patients is a unique hospital of its kind conceptualised by Swami at Sri Sai Palle for the people of the backward tribal region that covers three districts of Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam. The joy of the residents of the villages knew no bounds for they would not have even dreamt of such a development in the region. When Swami met them on the occasion of Sri Ramanavami earlier in the year, they couldn’t believe their ears. Why should anybody come and talk about taking care of their Aarogya- health, akshara-their children's education, aahara-their hunger? The medical camps conducted, the food distribution, the speedy development of the project site, the construction of the beautiful temple and their hands on involvement joining hands with their Selfless compassionate and loving Master have brought them very close to the Supreme Lord. Now with God by their side, they realised the impossible is possible!

It was now time for the Birthday Programme. The stage was filled with dignitaries including the honourable MLC, the architects involved, doctors etc. After lighting the lamp, Swami ascended the Dias along with the Chief Guest and others. 'Swami's Squirrel (Ever At Your Command, Swami', a book authored by Dr. Kalyan Sarvepalli was launched by the Chief Guest. The book is indeed a must read for all ages, seekers, volunteers and devotees for the author is one such able instrument, chosen by Swami, who made himself available to His Master to play the assigned role with total Surrender for executing massive charitable projects in the service of mankind that are beyond human comprehension. The story is born out of a solidified resolve to fathom the unexplored with the urge to please His Master and merge in Him! The book is sure to unravel many a secret of the Divine mystery-mantras that transport and enable the being to travel from this to That!

Shri Raghuraju, MLC spoke at ease for none in the congregation was a stranger to him and every inch of the locality has been familiar to him since his childhood. He relished every word that he uttered with full of Love and gratitude for the Master and sought His Blessings for the people of the region for all times to come. He also assured his total support for all the selfless work going on for the gigantic projects and thanked Swami for choosing the region for establishing SSSDA and offered his full support. He also applauded the pace at which the Holy Abode was prepared for the inauguration of the OPD Block within such a short time.

The session wore a further delightful look when the Ex Member of Parliament Smt Botsa Jhansi Lakshmi, fondly addressed by one and all in the region as Amma (mother) joined the proceedings. She addressed the gathering by offering her gratitude to Swami. She said that she experienced something very divine as she entered the project site and thanked Swami for giving her an opportunity. Every syllable that she spoke was uttered with purity straight from heart and was aimed at seeking the welfare of the people of the region. She also offered prayers to Swami for the all round progress of the Nation and Universal welfare.

Swami then addressed all those present as embodiments of Divine Atma and expressed that His Heart was full with Love amidst the children. He thrilled everyone by saying that the day indeed was their birthday and not His. He also enlightened to everyone’s amazement that indeed every day is a birthday for everyone and that everyone should strive to do something good everyday worth recalling. Saying “Good days are yours when you treat others as God”, Swami at the end went on to say “What we offer to God is ephemeral, What He gifts to us is eternal”. He concluded His Divine Discourse urging upon everyone to share Love, work unitedly and live in Harmony.

The Lord gave a proximate Darshan to all the many hundreds of devotees seated in the Birthday Celebrations Hall. While interacting with all with a few words, He blessed everyone with chocolates to celebrate the Divine occasion. The Lord also distributed gulab jamoons to devotees on His Way out, after the Mangala Arathi, at the end of the morning's proceedings. Everyone was then treated to a large menu of delicious Divya Prasadam bringing the morning session to an end!