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Guru
Purnima Celebration
in Omkarananda Ashram
Himalayas, on 15th July 2011
Report by Prof.
Lokaranjan Guha
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Gurudev, decorated with fragrant flowers, after the Puja. |
In the morning special Guru Puja, Guru-Paduka Abhisheka and
Recitation of the 108 names of Paramahamsa Omkarananda Saraswati
along with offering of flowers and Bilva leaves were performed in
the Pranapratishtha Shrine of Omkarananda-Shanta-Durga Mandir, by
Swami Vishveshwarananda, Swami Satchidananda and Kumari
Somashekhari with the help of Omkarananda Ashram Priests. The Guru
Puja was concluded with the Omkarananda Arati and
Prasad-Distribution. It was like a positive response of the Divine
Mother, when exactly after the Puja rain started.
During noon on this
auspicious day 120 young Sanskrit Students had been invited from
Rishikesh. They assembled in Omkarananda Vidya Bhawan and among
powerful chanting of Sanskrit Prayers they were served a delicious
Bhandara. Their chorus chanting of Sanskrit mantras and verses,
led by saintly Shri Siddhartha Krishna, filled the hall of
Omkarananda Vidya Bhawan with powerful divine vibrations. The
offering of Prasadam and Dakshina to these pure hearts, made the
entire scene truly unforgettable. The Dakshinas to all the
Sanskrit students were distributed by Swami Satchidananda.
Abhisheka of
Gurudev's Padukas.
120 young
Sanskrit students proceed from Omkarananda-Kamakshi-Devi
Mandir to Omkarananda Vidya Bhawan.
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| Prasadam is served to the
students. |
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| Shri G. Sukumar
distributes Dakshina and Kumari Somashekhari recites Vedic
Shlokas on the dais. |
In the evening many
devotees had assembled in Omkarananda-Kamakshi-Devi Mandir. After
the regular Bhajan and Arati, Kumari Somashekhari and her student
Kumari Neha presented Indian classical dances in honour of
Sadgurudev Paramahamsa Omkarananda Saraswati. It was again a
different form of divine experience with colorful costumes and
lighting, which thrilled the devotees thirsting for Darshan of
God, but in a dance feature and joyful mood.
This auspicious Guru
Purnima Celebration was brought to a crowning conclusion by a
charming speech from President Swami Vishveshwaranandaji befitting
the occasion. In that he reminded, that Guru is the guiding light,
who removes the darkness of ignorance and the anxieties and
struggles of life to which we all are susceptible in a varying
degree. Guru, by virtue of a penetrating insight, takes us from
this visible but unreal world of Maya into the world of the
invisible but the real world of Truth. Swami Vishveshwaranandaji
stressed on the importance of Guru Remembrance, and that Guru
Purnima should be celebrated internally, in our heart, every day.
The whole program kept
the devotees thrilled and also the audience from the nearby
Ashrams spontaneously expressed their joyous appreciation.
The program concluded
with varieties of Prasad distribution.
Bharatanatyam by Kumari
Somashekhari.
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After the dance performance
Somashekhari is
giving her adorations to everybody. |
Somashekhari
and one of her students perform a Krishna Dance.
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