Girish's Blog

  Sector 21 - Our First Enclosure                                            Divinity at the Mahakumbh When the news about the Mahakumbh first started coming into the public domain I had a great inner desire to participate in it. I sent a message to Swamiji in the beginning of January and he replied with an emoji. With that response I was sure that I would get to go there. Once the Mahakumbh started along with the Samarpan Mahakumbh (Gahan Dhyan Anushthan) on January 12-13, I went to my friend’s office in the same office complex and expressed my intention of going to Prayagraj for the Mahakumbh. He immediately responded, saying that he too would come and that he is originally from Benaras and has relatives in Prayagraj, as a result he would also take care of all the arrangements. I spoke with Harish another friend and sadhak and he responded saying that he too will join –...

MAHASHIVRATRI – 2020 21.2.2020, Dandi Ashram I left for Dandi on 19 th morning along with Sridhar Mani from Bangalore whom I picked up from Mumbai domestic airport at around 7.30am. It was a very peaceful drive and we stopped for breakfast at Silver Miles restaurant. After breakfast, we again drove on peacefully till we reached Vapi around 9.30-9.45. The bridge at Vapi was being repaired and half the carriageway going towards Gujarat was blocked. There was a massive traffic jam as people tried to squeeze in from the left in their vehicles. I too was in the left lane as the right lane was not moving at all – as I edged towards the top of the bridge, I realised why – one of the workers had blocked the road with a red plastic barrier and was just letting one vehicle at a time pass by. We reached that point and were waiting for him to either remove the barrier so that we could go on or for the traffic on the right to move. On my right was a huge trailer truck and there was a...

                                                       SAMARPAN ASHRAM, DANDI Swamiji as Krishna delivering his nectar filled discourse from His Chariot This year I left home at 5.30am then picked up Parulji at Airoli junction at 6am and thereafter Sharmilaji at Fountain around 6.40am. The drive to Dandi Ashram was pretty smooth with a halt at Silver Miles restaurant at around 7.45 for breakfast. We reached Samarpan Bhavan around 10.30am for a meeting related to the Trust. That meeting got over at around 1.00pm after which we left for the Ashram. We reached the Ashram around 1.45pm, registered for our stay till the 4 th and went to the accommodation arranged for us respectively. After partaking of prasad, I relaxed at the Ashram and left for another meeting at 6pm. This meeting got over by 7pm after which I left for taking prasad and th...