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I don’t know how to describe it….calling it a museum seems to be an
injustice because it doesn’t encompass the living spirit of the place.
When you enter Yog Tirth you have the first darshan of Prabhuji. There
is a life-size cut out of Prabhuji with flowers adorning his feet. A
3-D scene of the mountain range of Himalayas and a flowing Gangaji is
added as a backdrop to Prabhuji's swaroop. As you continue forward you
are introduced to Prabhuji's home in Saroda. Everything is life-size
including a cut out of Jyotirmayi Mataji. The ‘ghanti’ (flour mill)
used by Mataji is also placed in this section.
Next there are two miniature models: one of Devprayag and one of
Massoorie. The Devprayag model showcases the Shantashram Kutia and all
the wild animals in the area (there are little plastic models). There
is a button that you can press and down flows Gangaji!!!
After the models there is a section with pictures of Prabhuji in his
visits to foreign lands (SA, England, America and Canada). And lastly
there is a section of when Prabhuji took Mahasamadhi. This area also
depicts the last day(s) of Mataji Jyotirmayi.
There are cases with Prabhuji’s books, pictures of different yaatras,
shibirs, saints and sages he met….etc. Maa has also taken great care
to preserve all that is Prabhuji…there are his sweaters, jackets, nail
clippings, a notebook of letters that he had written to Mataji
Jyotirmayi during his early days of sadhana, other diaries, letters of
gratitude from institutions where Prabhuji had given discourses. There
are pictures of Prabhuji lecturing at Sanatan SevaSangh Hall. There
are two pictures of the audience and all those who are new get to play
the game “Where is Maa?”…. The best part is trying to find Maa in the
audience!!!!
Maa had a series of pictures painted depicting major events in
Prabhuji’s life. When you look at these paintings you are taken
through Steps Towards Eternity (STE), the people, places and events
all jump out at you. Besides these smaller paintings there are several
‘masterpieces’ (like royal portraits, bigger than life-size)
throughout the hall. The cover to STE is also one of the
‘masterpieces’.
When you tour Yog Tirth, you would think that it’s about 65-75%
finished, but Maa said that at the moment only 25% of the work has
been done. I don’t know Maa’s vision for Yog Tirth, but if She
considers the present condition only 25% complete, the final product
is going to be nothing less than amazing.
I have only given a brief overview of Yog Tirth, you really have to
see this for yourself to get a better feel for the place. Maa has
promoted silence while moving through Yog Tirth and has asked everyone
to do pranam on entering and exiting Yog Tirth. There is a sense of
quiet and peace that can only be felt.
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