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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...

At Worli Dairy just after getting out of the car At Worli Dairy just after getting out of the car This year was the third year the Samarpan Family was taking part in the Marathon. Yoga Prabha Bharati Seva Sanstha Trust (YPBSST) got itself registered with United Way of Mumbai, the charity partner for the movement for the third year running, and this time we were given 45 charity bibs based on last year’s collections. We had actually got the third highest average collection per bib hence the extra bibs this time. Sadhana Education Trust ran in our support as part of the Corporate Challenge section. We also had made a team under the able guidance of our corporate acharyaa and Shri Malav Doshi to participate in the Jabong Costume/Skit Contest and in setting up a stage for promoting Samarpan Meditation. Hectic preparations and practice went in for the singing and the contest. It was great team work performed in a spirit of love and joy. The joy and energy displayed was something ...

As usual I woke up at around 3.30am on the 6th and completed my morning formalities. I went to Ujjwala Didi’s house to take a package to be delivered to Ramaniji at the Ashram at around 6.45am. I took the package and then left for my first pick up which was Sridhar Mani from Bangalore whose flight had landed right on time. I picked him up at the scheduled time of 7.15am and then called Harish Rao to check where he had reached – he said he was on his way to Sai Motors, Andheri and should reach in 5minutes. We reached Andheri in the next 5 minutes and Harish came within a couple of minutes of us reaching there. I then called Deepali Gokhaleji saying that we had left the airport and we were on our way to Borivali. We reached Borivali at around 7.35am and waited for her. She came within 5 minutes of our reaching Borivali. Deepak Tandon and his party were to join us at Fountain. We reached Fountain at around 8.05 and waited for Deepak Tandon. He came at around 8.30am after picking up Ash...