AP:Veda Purusha Saptaha Jnana Yajna Begins at Prasanthi Nilayam

Puttaparthi (Andhra Pradesh), Oct 14 (UNI) The week-long Veda Purusha Saptaha Jnana Yajna commenced at Prasanthi Nilayam, the main ashram of Sri Sathya Sai Baba, here on Wednesday as part of the ongoing Devi Navaratri and Dasara celebrations, with priests performing sacred rituals and Vedic chants invoking peace, harmony and the welfare of all beings. The rituals began with prayers and Kumkuma Archana to the sanctified Kalasha at the Bhajan Hall. The Kalasha was later taken in a ceremonial procession to the Poornachandra Auditorium amid Vedic chanting. The commencement of the Yajna was marked by the traditional invocation of Agni…