Girish's Blog

The Nepal Tourism Board has nominated and then appointed His Holiness Shivkrupanand Swamiji as the Tourism Goodwill Ambassador for Visit Nepal Year 2020. Swamiji was felicitated on 6 th June 2019, by the Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. K.P. Sharma Oli, at the inaugural function of the Himalayan Travel Mart, 2019 in Kathmandu, Nepal. Honourable PM Mr K.P Sharma Oli felicitating Swamiji Honourable PM Mr K.P Sharma Oli congratulating Swamiji Post the formal felicitation ceremony, His Holiness Swamiji had informal discussions with the Honourable Prime Minister of Nepal and the Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Mr. Manjeev Singh Puri. Honourable PM of Nepal in discussions with His and her Holiness His Holiness in discussion with the Indian Ambassador to Nepal   On 7 th June, 2019 20 speakers made their presentations at the HTM 2019 and Swamiji’s session was the last one which started at 6pm and was attended by approximately 250 delegates from 42 co...

Dandi Ashram, Navsari, 24 th February, 2017 We were to be nine sadhaks travelling to Navsari on 23 rd , but in the end two dropped out and two decided to travel late in the evening, as a result our two cars reduced to one and we had a pretty comfortable journey. I left home at 5.07 am and picked up Deepaliji and Harishji at 5.23am (8 minutes behind schedule). I had requested Umeshji to be ready on the highway at Mira Road at 5.45am. I reached the spot at 5.40am, ahead of schedule and we waited for Umeshji who came bang on time. We got stuck at the Vasai creek bridge for about 15 minutes and then we were on our way to the Ashram. We got very heavy traffic and weaving through the traffic made the going a bit slow. I had factored this parameter into the travel time and had informed our fellow sadhaks that we would reach the Ashram by 10am. After a breakfast halt of 45 minutes at Vithal Kamats at 7am, we left for Dandi and reached the Ashram at 10.15am. During the journey, I ...

7 th March, 2016 – Samarpan Ashram, Dandi This year too there were last minute hiccups before departing for Mahashivratri festival. Three sadhaks dropped out and three new came in as last minute replacements. This time I left home at 6 in the morning on Sunday 6 th March, picked up Mallika Ghai, Revathi Venkateshvaran and Peeyush Shivananda (a new sadhak) from Andheri East, then at around 6.30am picked up Deepali Gokhale from Borivali East on the highway. I had a meeting at Yoga Prabha Bhavan at 11am hence the early departure. We had sumptuous breakfast at Datta Wada House at around 7.30am. We reached Yoga Prabha Bhavan at 10.30am. I parked my car and went to A1 Bungalows to Mr. Sundeep Sharma’s residence and joined Pratapbhai and family for some light snacks. In the meanwhile Ramaniji came with the international sadhaks and I spent some time chatting with them. We got a message to come to Yoga Prabha Bhavan for the meeting and then left at 11.15 for the meeting. Mr. Sundeep S...