Puttaparthi (AP), March 27 -- The sacred festival of Sri Rama Navami was celebrated with great spiritual fervour at Prasanthi Nilayam, marked by the grand and celestial wedding of Lord Sri Rama and Mother Sita, performed with deep devotion in the divine presence sanctified by Sri Sathya Sai Baba.

Held at the Sai Kulwant Hall, the Sri Sita Rama Kalyanam unfolded amidst the resonant chanting of Vedic hymns, devotional music, and the spiritually charged presence of thousands of devotees who had gathered from across the country and abroad.

This age-old tradition, upheld during Sri Sathya Sai Baba's physical presence and continued with the same sanctity, symbolises the divine union of dharma and purity.

The sacred proceedings included rituals...