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- 18 November
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak sud 7) Thursday, Gadhada, Sarangpur
The murti-pratishtha rituals of deities for hari mandirs in
the villages of Nana Rajkot and Ugamedi were carried out during
Swamishri’s morning puja. Thereafter Swamishri performed
pujan and arti of the deities.
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- 21 November
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak sud 10) Sunday, Sarangpur, Sarangpur,
Khambhda, Amdavad
At 10.15 am Swamishri departed for Khambhda village to perform
the murti-pratishtha rituals of a BAPS hari mandir. Swamishri
invoked the Divine into the murtis of Shri Akshar Purushottam
Maharaj, Guru Parampara and deities. After speeches by Dr. Swami
and Viveksagar Swami, Swamishri blessed the assembly of 8,000
devotees and villagers.
At 6.15 pm Swamishri departed from Sarangpur and arrived at
the Amdavad mandir at 7.45 pm amid a tumultuous welcome. After
having Thakorji’s darshan Swamishri briefly blessed the
devotees during the Sunday satsang assembly.
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- 22 November
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak sud 11) Monday, Amdavad; Prabodhini
Ekadashi and Swamishri's 66th Diksha Anniversary
At 7.10 pm Swamishri performed the shakotsav arti of Thakorji.
A variety of fresh vegetable had been displayed before the deities.
During the evening satsang assembly Swamishri underlined the
meaning of true living.
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- 23 November
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak sud 12) Tuesday, Amdavad
After concluding his morning puja, Swamishri performed the murti-pratishtha
rituals of pujan and arti of deities to be installed in BAPS
hari mandirs in Memnagar (Amdavad), Odhav (Amdavad), Khoraj
and Sector 22, Gandhinagar.
At about 10.00 am Swamishri performed the foundation-stone laying
ceremony of ‘Jivan Sandhya Kutir’ (home for senior
citizens) and also inaugurated the newly built student’s
hostel called ‘Ishavasyam Chhatralay’ of Hiramani
Vidyalay in Chharodi on the outskirts of Amdavad. Thereafter
Swamishri addressed the assembly of dignitaries and blessed
Shri Narharibhai Amin, the president and proprietor of the Hiramani
Educational Trust.
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- 24 November
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak sud 13) Wednesday, Amdavad
At 9.30 am Swamishri, and renowned pundits K.K. Shastri and
Dr Devkinandan Dwivedi lit the divas to inaugurate the Golden
Anniversary Convention of the Akhil Bharatiya Darshan Parishad
arranged at the Pramukh Swami Auditorium in the mandir complex.
More than 300 philosophers from all parts of India had congregated
for the convention.
During the inaugural session of the conference, renowned pundits,
namely, Siddheshwar Bhatt, S.R. Vyas, Ramjisinh, S.K. Sheth,
D.R. Bhandari, Devkinandan Dwivedi, Jyotiswarup Dubey and others
honoured Swamishri and received his blessings. Thereafter Dr.
Siddheshwar Bhatt and S.R. Vyas and others addressed the convention.
Swamishri honoured K.K. Shastri, a centurion and renowned pundit
on Vaishnavism in Gujarat, by presenting a golden kalash and
shawl. Swamishri blessed K.K. Shastri saying, “No matter
how much we honour you it is less. You have internalised the
Vaishnav principles in your life.” Thereafter K.K. Shastri
addressed the convention, “I am indeed blessed to have
been honoured by Pramukh Swami Maharaj in my centennial year.
My family was blessed by Shastriji Maharaj. Yogiji Maharaj,
too, showered his grace upon me and Pramukh Swami Maharaj has
blessed me personally.” Then Dr. Devkinandan Dwivedi presented
his keynote address. Finally Swamishri blessed the assembly,
“It brings me great joy to welcome all of you here today
who have come to discuss and enlighten your selves about philosophy
and dharma. The Shrimad Bhagvad Gita has proclaimed that whenever
there is an ebb in dharma God descends on earth. The Gita also
mentions the presence of good and evil elements. The evil elements
cause pain, destruction and misery. Whereas peace is got through
good elements…” Then Swamishri succinctly narrated
the life and work of Bhagwan Swaminarayan.
In the evening satsang assembly at 7.00 pm Swamishri honoured
the renowned pundits, Shri S.K. Dubey and Ramjisinh. After their
brief address Swamishri blessed the assembly in Hindi laced
with Gujarati.
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- 26 November
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak sud 15) Friday, Bochasan; Dev Diwali
For the celebration of Dev Diwali an annakut had been arranged
before the murtis of Shri Akshar Purushottam Maharaj in the
morning.
The festival assembly for Dev Diwali or Kartik Punam commenced
immediately after Swamishri’s puja. Speeches by various
sadhus followed. After Ishwarcharan Swami’s speech BAPS
children and youths performed a traditional dance, “Anandno
avasariyo re meheki rahyo…” Thereafter Dr. Swami
and Mahant Swami addressed the assembly. This was followed by
a garlanding ceremony by senior sadhus to honour and welcome
Swamishri. A mantra-pushpanjali ritual was performed by 10,000
devotees to honour and offer respects to Swamishri. Finally,
in his blessings, Swamishri said, “Shriji Maharaj has
explained in the Vachanamrut the reason for celebrating festivals.
Whosoever may remember a festival on his death bed will remember
God. This will bless his soul with the attainment of the divine
abode of God. So a little remembrance of God blesses a soul
with redemption… Through festivals one’s morals
are strengthened and many give up addictions… When Shriji
Maharaj transformed the terrifying criminal called Joban Pagi
peace prevailed in society. This is a great service to society…”
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- 29 November
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak vad 3) Monday, Bochasan
From 11.20 am to 12.35 pm the Station Director of Akash Vani,
Amdavad, Tusharbhai Shukla, and senior officer, Bhanubhai, and
renowned writer, Raghuvir Chaudhari, arrived to take an interview
of Swamishri. For the archival records of Akash Vani the officials
desired to capture Swamishri’s voice and message. Like
the messages of Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Jawaharlal
Nehru, Subhashchandra Bose, Swamishri’s message would
be of great value to the country.
A radio talk was arranged wherein Swamishri, Viveksagar Swami,
Aksharvatsal Swami, Raghuvirbhai Chaudhari, Tusharbhai Shukla
and Bhanubhai participated. Questions posed to Swamishri were
about how he renounced home to become a sadhu at the hands of
Shastriji Maharaj and his appointment as the president of BAPS
by Shastriji Maharaj. Viveksagar Swami described the unremitting
efforts of Swamishri’s home-visits and vicharan for the
growth of the Satsang fellowship. Aksharvatsal Swami described
the socio-spiritual activities inspired by Swamishri. Swamishri
also advised on how to create family harmony and solidarity.
The entire one-and-a-half hour recording was relayed in half
hour slots on radio throughout Gujarat on 12, 19 and 26 December
2004.
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- 1 December
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak vad 4) Wednesday, Bochasan, Dharmaj,
Bochasan
At 10.00 am Swamishri arrived at Dharmaj from Bochasan to bless
the Silver Jubilee anniversary of the inauguration of the BAPS
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (hari mandir patotsav). After performing
the pujan and arti rituals of the murtis, Swamishri blessed
the assembly, "Shastriji Maharaj and Yogiji Maharaj has
visited Dharmaj on many occasions. Today we find that science
has enabled man to progress immensely but there has also been
a rise in problems and unrest inour world. To dissolve this
darkness of ignorance we have had the divine incarnations of
God and great sadhus. Bhagwan Swaminarayan gave the wonderful
Shikshapatri as a moral, social and spiritual manual for mankind
..."
In conclusion to the assembly, Shri Harikrishna Maharaj was
honored by the devotees.
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- 2 December
2004 (V.S. 2061; Kartak vad 5) Thursday, Bochasan
Swamishri performed the murti-pujan rituals of murtis for BAPS
Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (hari mandir) for Khanpur village.
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