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| Amdavad, Page-3, 16
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| Shri Harikrishna Maharaj and Shri Radha Krishna Dev decorated for the festival of Rakshabandhan | Aksharbrahma Shri Gunatitanand Swami, Bhagwan Shri Sahajanand Swami and Shri Gopalanand Swami | Shri Ghanshyam Maharaj | ||
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| Sanctified rakhdis for distribution to the devotees | Thakorji's darshan on Rakshabandhan day | Swamishri performs arti of Thakorji placed in a hindolo made of rakhdis | ||
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| Over 400 Brahmin devotees change their 'janois' in the holy presence of Swamishri | Swamishri blesses the Brahmins by showering flowers | |||
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| Utsav murti of Shriji Maharaj adorned in a majestic sinhasan | Swamishri engrossed in his morning puja on Rakshabandhan day | |||
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| Swamishri ties a rakhdi to Shri Harikrishna Maharaj | Balaks perform a folk dance during the Rakshabandhan assembly | Swamishri humbly bows to the assembly after being honored with a garland of rakhdis | ||
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| Swamishri blesses the Rakshabandhan assembly saying that Shriji Maharaj protects His devotees from the cycle of life and death | Swamishri sanctifies rakhdis to be tied on the wrists of devotees with a shower of petals | Swamishri inaugurates an ayurvedic cough syrup produced by BAPS Swaminarayan Herbal Care | ||
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| Devotees file past as they do darshan and receive Swamishri's blessings after the Rakshabandhan assembly | ||||
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| Pujya Doctor Swami, Ishwarcharan Swami, Viveksagar Swami and senior sadhus give the sanctified rakhdis to the devotees | Some of the female devotees seated in the open assembly hall during the Rakshabandhan assembly | |||
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| Devotees enjoy the prasad served in the mandir precincts after the Rakshabandhan assembly | ||||
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| On the evening of Rakshabandhan, Shri Narendrabhai Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat, offers his respects to Swamishri during his visit to the Swaminarayan mandir | Swamishri during the evening kirtan bhakti program by sadhus | |||
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Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, Swaminarayan Aksharpith
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