{"id":3587,"date":"2011-07-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-15T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/gurupurnima-2011-2\/"},"modified":"2014-06-11T11:51:37","modified_gmt":"2014-06-11T09:51:37","slug":"gurupurnima-2011-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/en\/2011\/07\/gurupurnima-2011-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gurupurnima 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<h1><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\">Gurupurnima 2011<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/TempioNotte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The temple decorated with light<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Hot and humid weather is the characteristic of this season. When clouds leave room for the sun, water discharged by storms turns into humidity, ground oozes with a thin steam that permeates and make the air heavy and sticky.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Presentazione libro.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Shri Manoj Kumar, I.A.S., presents the book published by Anil Baba<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It\u2019s nature that colors this painting and showed itself with all its abundance through vegetation and the animal kingdom. A wonder one can see, smell, listen to, touch, taste; flowers, fruits, trees, insects, birds, animal, in such a variety that stuns one\u2019s senses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/AsuaBaba.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Asuha Baba, Shri Aghoreshwar\u2019s old disciple<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The garden of the ashram, with the one of the nearby Samadhi of Shri Aghoreshwar, is the only green lungs of this area. Many kinds of animals and birds live here, among the fronds and roots of secular trees close to mango, guava, papaya, almond, teak, pipal, neem trees and many others we planted over the years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Pubblico pomeriggio.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Audience on Gurupurnima<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In this period Viviana joined me from Italy and started to work at school with a group of little girls, Lucrezia\u2019s friends, teaching them some songs to be presented during the meeting of the day of the Guru. Viviana, degree in languages, is in a theatre company and, in Italy, has been acting in plays for children, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Vivi e i suoi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Viviana and the little girls on Gurupurnima<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Some days before Gurupurnima we started to prepare the different areas: for the kitchen, for the meeting and music and theatre performances, for the meals, for the overnight stay of those who would spent the night in the ashram, some hundred people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Cucina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Camp kitchen brings puris out<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The day before many guests, even important ones, arrived. Many will be those who will be flocking the following day and many people will have to work hard to serve the crowd reaching the ashram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Sadhu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sadhus<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In the morning, at about six \u2019o \u2019 clock, Anil Babaji and Gurubabaji did a havan in Shri Aghoreshwar\u2019s honor, followed by Digbandhan and Aarti. The flag-raising ceremony has started the public event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Jyoti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Our youth serve kids<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">A large number of people began to arrive and get Prashad, semolina (halua) and chickpeas (chana) breakfast. The day is hot and sunny, very good for the execution of the program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Acqua Gange.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ganges water for the ceremony<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">All the classes of the complex Indian social and economic system were present, to testify their respect towards Shri Aghoreshwar and the Babas of the Siddhapith. Doctors, lawyers, civil servants, teachers, architects, writers, journalists, clerks, workers, hand workers, peasants, fishermen, jobless people, women and children, curious persons; they were thousands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Prasad.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Prashad for everybody<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">After one p.m. we started to serve Prashad, lunch composed of puris (fried flour wafer) and sabji (vegetable pie), chutney, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Puri.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Hot puris all the time<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The inner staff, the members of the association, our youth, the elder sons of friends and members have been feverishly busy cooking and serving the people during both the meals, in total almost three thousand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/OspedaleIlluminato.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The hospital during Gurupurnima night<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In the afternoon, under a big top, the meeting with the guests took place. After our girls welcomed them, the members of the centre &#8211; doctors, lawyers, etc. &#8211; and the important persons present gave short speeches about our educational and medical activities and about the day of the Guru.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Benvenuto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Welcoming the guests<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gurubabaji and Anilbabaji\u2019s words closed the introduction, inviting the kids to show what they have been rehearsing during the previous weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/GbDiscorso.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gurubaba and Anil Baba address people<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Chants and sketches have kept the people present busy until late in the evening, giving them laughs and fun.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Amiche Lucrezia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Viviana\u2019s little girls during their performance <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The audience was more and more numerous and late in the night a youth company of Varanasi staged some episodes taken from Puranas and Mira Bai\u2019s life, the well-known poetess, who composed very many devotional works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/MiraKrishna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Krishna appears to Mira Bai <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Audience participation has been total and many exclamations of joy have been addressed to the stage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Pubblico notte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Night is falling but not interest and fun<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Nobody wanted to leave his seat, even if evening Prashad was ready. We too had dinner very late.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/ShivaTandava.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Shiva Puranas<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The following morning guests left the ashram and the residents could have some rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Dibbia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dibbhya and her classmates dance happily <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">It was an intense but serene day. Viviana lived a special experience and soon she will tell you about this last journey. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Canti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/ShivaPujia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Chandini.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Chapati.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Mirabhai.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/PrasadRagazzi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/Pubblico.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"335\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shriaghoreshwar.org\/contenuto\/subsections\/115\/Image\/RamaSita.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" align=\"middle\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Gurupurnima 2011 &nbsp; The temple decorated with light &nbsp; Hot and humid weather is the characteristic of this season. 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