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About GAB

Global Akhanda Bhajan is a 24-hour global devotional singing event. It is done for the welfare of humanity every year. The Global Akhanda Bhajan started in 1944, in Bangalore, where nine families met in the divine presence of Sri Sathya Sai Baba to conduct the bhajan. From the humble beginning attended by 150 people, this Bhajan is now conducted every year during the second weekend of November, at Sai Centers all across the globe. This bhajan also heralds the birthday celebrations of Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

“Bhajan is the process of singing that originates in the heart, not from the lips or the tongue. It is the expression of the joyous thrill that wells up from the heart when the Glory of God is remembered. It is the spontaneous manifestation of inner ecstasy. No attention is paid to the blame or praise that others may give. It does not seek the admiration or the appreciation of the listeners.

"Akhanda-Bhajan" means that it should not be just a twenty-four hour, or even a seven-day affair. It must go on from birth to death. Bhajan (devotional song) has to start in childhood and continue onward. It must be constant companion of man, his solace and strength. Do not postpone it until old age, for it is the essential food for the mind.

“Conduct your bhajans with a pure unsullied heart, oblivious to all worldly desires. When you chant the Lord's name with a pure heart, you will experience the Divine. If a man, devotes one moment of the time devoted to thoughts of family, friends, business and wealth, to thoughts on the Lotus Feet of the Lord, he will have no need to fear the messengers of death.