The streets around the Sathya Sai Maa Moksha Dham seem to be especially alive and vibrant on this morning of February 23rd. We are walking together with students from the Sai Maa community towards the Ashram where a feeding program is being offered to the children and schools of the local community.
For the students it is an opportunity to serve and get to know these children who are becoming part of the Sai Maa Ashram base at Harishchandra Ghat. All the students are soon handing out plates, clay pots and glasses and ensuring that the plates all have food. Part of the skill in serving food is to ensure that no child receives too much. Food is sacred and as such no food is to be wasted. For this reason small servings are offered frequently rather than large servings. Today many of the children play games with the new servers, pretending, laughing and generally enjoying themselves.
For the students it is an opportunity to serve and get to know these children who are becoming part of the Sai Maa Ashram base at Harishchandra Ghat. All the students are soon handing out plates, clay pots and glasses and ensuring that the plates all have food. Part of the skill in serving food is to ensure that no child receives too much. Food is sacred and as such no food is to be wasted. For this reason small servings are offered frequently rather than large servings. Today many of the children play games with the new servers, pretending, laughing and generally enjoying themselves.
The local children welcome the meals served regularly at the Ashram. In general they are a very boisterous and loud group of children, in stark contrast to the disciplined school groups that attend. Of special appeal to these children is the delicious kheer, a spiced sweetened milk with dried fruit and nuts. They appeal to the students for extra servings, smiling and pleading sweetly for their cups to be refilled. Some even try to hide their cups and ask for more. They love the sweetened milk and know that they are only to receive one serving each but like children everywhere they try very enticing when they think they may get want they want.
Todays feeding program is highly successful with more than 200 people fed, rather than the usual 150. In fact there were insufficient puris, and more dough had to be obtained from the local market to feed the last few guests attending the feeding. These hours together provided the students with a delightful insight into the joy, beauty and organized chaos of a feeding programs offered to the local community at the Sai Maa Moksha Dham.
Todays feeding program is highly successful with more than 200 people fed, rather than the usual 150. In fact there were insufficient puris, and more dough had to be obtained from the local market to feed the last few guests attending the feeding. These hours together provided the students with a delightful insight into the joy, beauty and organized chaos of a feeding programs offered to the local community at the Sai Maa Moksha Dham.
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