A packed audience made up of Sachin Tendulkar fans and local
sportspersons joined a popular bhajan singer at Eklavya Stadium here to
recite the 'Sachin chalisa' - otherwise a devotional genre, but in this
case dedicated to the cricket maestro!
They were celebrating his 100th century, of course.
The
musical programme was formally opened Sunday by the city's additional
district magistrate Arun Prakash and attended by a large number of
cricketers and other sportspersons.
Pandit Manish Sharma, the singer, started with Sachin kahani - "Sachin ne kar diya aisa kaam, saare jag mein kar diya naam."
This
was followed by the Sachin chalisa- a la Hanuman Chalisa. "Master
blaster Tenduliya little master kahlaye; champion, genius, cricket god
kahlaye: ek shatak ki kya, usne shatakon ka shatak diya banaye."
The programme ended with distribution of sweets as prasad.
