The year-long centenary celebrations will culminate in an exquisite, four-day public festival on 13, 14, 15 & 17 December 2007. Organized by a force of 14,000 full-time volunteers, the festival will take place on a 250-acre site in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Intricately carved entrance gates, lush gardens and beautiful landscapes will adorn the festival grounds by day. Majestic displays of fireworks will light the sky by night. The festival will bring together in prayer more than a half a million people from around the world through touching displays of celebration and moral, cultural and spiritual values.

Broadcast live around the world, the festival will showcase an array of unique and colourful programmes presented by more than 4,000 performers spread across a stage spanning 300 feet.
Venue: Sabarmati-Gandhinagar Highway, Chandkheda, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Live-Televised Programs

(LIVE)	(North America)
5:30 pm - 8:30 pm IST 7.00 am - 10.00 am EST (North America) 12.00 noon - 3.00 pm UK time	12.00 noon - 3.00 pm EST (Dt. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)

         

Technical details of the telecast:

Parameters	AASTHA	Parameters	AASTHA International
Satellite	PAS - 10 at 68.5° East	Satellite	PAS - 10 at 68.5° East
Transponder N°	14C	Transponder N°	14C
Downlink Frequency	3773 Mhz	Downlink Frequency	3777 Mhz
Polarisation	Vertical	Polarisation	Vertical
Symbol Rate	2.940 or 2.944 Msy/s	Symbol Rate	2.940 or 2.944 Msy/s
Modulation Type	QPSK	Modulation Type	QPSK
FEC Coding	Rate 3/4	FEC Coding	Rate 3/4

 

Note:
Pramukh Swami Maharaj’s morning puja will be televised live from 7.30 to 8.30 am (IST) on 17 December 2007.
All the above programmes will be broadcast live on AASTHA TV Channel. Also the programmes will be re-broadcast on AASTHA as follows: In USA, Canada, UK - two hours after the live broadcast ends; India and elsewhere - at 11.00 pm IST