Chembur - Ghatkopar Zone
Bhagavad Geeta Yagna - Chapter 12 in Hindi & Drg Drishya Viveka in English by Swami Advaitanandaji from 21st to 26th April @ Saraswati Vidhyalaya
The venue at Saraswati Vidyalaya was very well lighted and decorated. Around 150 regularly attended the talks.
Bhajans were rendered by balvihar children and other professional singers every evening. TITI workshop on Emotional Transformation together with waoksheet activity for mental concentration was done by Jayelekshmy Viswanathan, Shyamla Venugopal and Manisha Deole, which were very well received by the sadhaks.
Bonus satsang with swamiji during bhiksha helped sadhaks to get many of the doubts/misunderstandings clarified. The samashti Bhikhsa was on 26th April.
All of us sadhaks are eagerly waiting for swamiji’s next satsangh in Chembur area in the month of September.
Guru Paduka Pooja on 25th April 2015)
On Sunday, the morning talk was followed by a Guru Paduka Pooja and Bhiksha hosted by Smt. Neeta Vishwasrao. A group of 18 members of the Prasadji’s study group and few yagna attendees came for the Pooja. The ritual was done wonderfully and systematically by Ramani uncle. The atmosphere bloomed to a joyous bhakti bhaava when Swamiji sang in his melodious voice, “Om Guru Om Guru Sachidananda Guru...” The pooja ended with Swamiji‘s blessings to all who attended
Balavihar Summer Camp in Kurla from 5th May to 8th May @ Kurla West
Balvihar Summer Camp was conducted in Kohinoor City, Kurla west from 5th May 2015 to 8th May 2015. The theme for this year was “Supreme God - Lord Krishna”. 15 children participated in this camp where Bhajans, Stories, Quiz, Coloring and Bhagavad Geeta was taught to the children. The
theme song was “Krishnam Vande Nandakuram” followed by “Krishnatakam” and “Raath Shyam Sapne mein Aaye” song.
The children learnt all these new songs and enjoyed the melodious tunes giving details of Krishna’s achievements. Daily snacks and drinks were provided to the children who were happy to spend four days learning about God with fun elements.
On the last day, parents attended the camp and heard all children singing the new Bhajans in different groups. Parents and Children were given gift by senior members and the camp ended happily with the children grateful to the Didi Praba Iyengar for the wonderful time that they spent here.
Centenary Year Celebrations on 8th May
24 Sadhaks of the Bhagavad Geeta / Drg Drsya Viveka study group led by Prasad Deoleji assembled early in the morning and travelled together in a bus to our Powai Ashram. Beautiful bhajans, rendered by our Chandrasekarji and followed by the sadhaks throughout the journey.
As we all know, we, the Chinmaya Mission family, are celebrating the Centenary year of our dear Pujya Gurudev Swami Chinmayanandaji, from 8th May 2015 to 8th May 2016. As a small token of our gratitude to the Great work done by Pujya Gurudev, let all of us of the Chembur-Ghatkopar Zone take a sankalp to have atleast one of the following program (if not all), just for One and an Half Hours, on any one day in this year.
Let us all come together and make this
centenary year a very memorable one.
Unto HIM our Best
Hariom
