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Janmotsav 2016

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Guru Puja
Yajna being performed by the sannyasis.
Children show their hand made cards.
Children show their hand made cards.

Devotees receiving prasad.
Devotees, friends, and family members are served.
Bird’s eye view of the bhandara arrangement.
Around 10,000 people took prasad in the bhandara.

Documentary
Food is served in leprosy colony.
Swami Shraddhananda welcomes the devotees.
Chanting by Children.

Prabhat Feri – Carrying palanquin with Guruji’s picture around ashram neighbourhood.
Brahmachari Achyutananda leads devotional chanting.
Guruji’s beautifully decorated picture on the altar.
A section of the devotees and friends attending the celebrations.

Swamiji distributes prasad.
Prabhat Feri – Noida
Devotees carry palanquin around the campus singing bhajans.
Narayan Seva – serving God in all.

Around 1,500 people are served prasad during Narayan Seva.
Swami Ishwarananda conducts a special meditation and satsanga.
A section of the devotees attending the evening programme.
Brahmachari Vasudevananda sings bhajans and Cosmic Chants.
Brahmachari Vasudevananda sings bhajans and Cosmic Chants.

Swami Hiteshananda distributes prasad.
Swami Smaranananda delivers the opening talk.
Devotees listen to Swamiji’s discourse.
Monks and devotees serve Guru prasad.

Brahmachari Chaitanyananda reviews the Energization Exercises.
Swami Smaranananda speaking on “Coping With Life’s Challenges.”
A section of the devotees.
Brahmachari Nischalananda leads the Energization Exercises.

Swami Nirvanananda distributes prasad.
Swami Lalitananda lights the lamp before the Public Talk.
The princess of Travancore presides over the programme.
Swami Suddhananda leads meditation.

Swami Madhavananda meets local devotees.
Devotees are engrossed during the screening of the documentary Awake.
YSS sannyasis and devotees during Prabhat Feri at Garpar Road.
Guruji’s brother’s grand daughter-in-law blows conch at 4 Garpar Road.

Swami Amarananda leads bhajan, meditation and satsanga.
Smt Sarita Ghosh (3rd from left) along with devotees listens to discourse.
YSS sannyasis with devotees carry palanquin on a misty Dihika morning.
Chanting Guruji’s blessed name.

Section of the devotees participating in the celebrations.
Swami Omkarananda distributes prasad.
Devotees partake prasad at Dihika, Where Guruji founded his school in 1917.
Janmotsav celebrations at Serampore Smriti Mandir.

Prabhat Feri with sankirtan along the banks of the Ganges in Telary.
Multispeciality medical camp was organized at Kendra.
A total of 450 patients were treated free of cost.
Visually challenged girls are fed a special meal, Ahmedabad.

Devotees meditate at the Dhyana Kendra, Ahmedabad.
Mentally challenged children get gifts, Amalapuram.
A devotee offers flower petals at the altar, Bareilly.
A section of the devotees attending the programme, Bengaluru.

Devotees participate in a special meditation, Chennai.
Devotees pray during a special meditation, Coimbatore.
A few of the devotees and children at Guruji’s birthplace, Gorakhpur.
Hissar Mandali distributes winter clothing at a government school.

Devotees attend a special meditation at Hyderabad Kendra.
Devotees offer flowers during pushpanjali, Hyderabad.
Jabalpur Mandali gifts a washing machine to an Old Age Home.
Jammu Kendra celebrates with Prabhat Feri,

meditation and chanting,
and bhandara.
Prabhat Feri at Lucknow Kendra, was followed by
meditation and chanting,

and distribution of clothes to the poor.
Mangalore Kendra organises an eye camp.
Prabhat Feri in Mumbai.
Special meditations are conducted in the morning and evening.

The documentary.
Gifts are given to visually challenged girls, Patna.
A devotee performs arati at the Pithapuram Mandali…
which was followed by meditation and reading.

Devotees lead meditation and chanting in Pune.
A devotee performs arati as others join in the chanting, Pune.
Visually challenged children are fed a special meal, Salem.
Devotees attend a group meditation, Vishakhapatnam.

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