Saturday, Sept 29 2018
Visiting Livermore Temple today, happened to there is a program by Padmasri Sri Shobharaju garu conducted by BATA , Bay Area Telugu Association, and stopped by to attend. .
It was indeed a divine intervention to let me have this fantastic opportunity with blessings from Lord Venkanna himself. What a divine voice and wonderfully marvelous voice that Sri Shobharaju has. Indeed an out of world voice right in at the Livermore, California.
With well spoken speeches, Sanskrit Sukthis and Annamacharya Keerthanas intermixed throughout the two hour period the time literally flew away. Not just my ears, but the whole body and soul felt like just been transformed from earthly world to heavenly abodes. It was an ultimate ecstasy to say the least.
Heard about the Very glad to hear about the Annamacharya Bhavana Vahini , a project that is currently underway in Hyderabad. If you can help in anyway, please do. At the minimum you sure can go and visit the place and enjoy.
Heard many snippets of personal experiences during the program.
Rajinikanth's latest film Sivaji: The Boss may be delayed in Kerala due to opposition to a ruling by the Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce. The Kerala Film Chamber of Commerce ruled that the film should be released in more theaters than the theaters which it is set to be released in (48 theater owners have bought the rights) so it can have greater exposure to the public, but the theater owners who have the rights to show the film disagree. They do not wish to lose money due to more theater owners cashing in on Sivaji: The Boss.

In Kerala 38000 CDs of the Sivaji: The Boss audio were sold on the first day, which is a first for a non-Malayalam film audio to sell. Sayanora who originates from Kerala is a lead singer in the song Athiradee, the song also features the voice of A. R. Rahman who is the music director for the film and also had made himself a name from creating the musical Bombay Dreams. The Sivaji: The Boss songs have been top of the charts in Tamil Nadu since they were released on April 2, 2007.