Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba | Honoring of Elderly Couples (Shastipurthi) | Aug 21 1995

On Augst 21st 1995, the wives of the staff of the Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning and the lady teachers of the Sri Sathya Sai Primary School arranged for a Shashtipoorti in the Divine Presence of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. This is a traditional ritual wherein husbands who have reached the age of 60 are remarried to their spouses as a symbol of the couple's shift in focus from worldly pursuits to the spiritual goal of life. This being the 70th year of the avatar, 70 couples were chosen from Puttaparthi and nearby villages to receive the blessing of participating in this ceremony at His Lotus Feet. Swami is on His feet the whole time, and spends extra time at the end of the function blessing each couple individually as they exit the Sai Kulwant Hall in procession.