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As all of us know, when
we are with Maa, we do not know what date, day or time it is. Everyone is
just lost in enjoying celebration of Maa's Sannidhi Parva.
Last night Maa announced
that next day (i.e. today), Prabhat Feri will start at 7:00 am as it got
little late. Captured on the minds of everyone was the new dhoon/Geet Maa
composed for Kapura. It's sung in the Desh Bhakti raga and reads as - 'Jai
Jai Karpur Vand, Jai Jai Karpur Vand'.
Today Sanjaybhai and
Vinaben welcomed Maa with Aarti in the Mandap. Today was little chilly, so
people here felt cold. For Foreigners, it was just perfect. Maa said, 'let's
remove cold' and Maa made everyone to do light exercises. After the
exercise, daily Pranams to Prabhuji was offered.
Today was reserved for
Rakta Daan (i.e. Blood donation). 108 volunteers gave their name for this
donation camp. Maa advised them to take nasto (light breakfast) first. The
rest of the people were advised to go once they finish in the dining hall.
Meanwhile Maa announced
Niyams of the devotees from Canada and America. Toronto Youth Dhyan Kendra
and Los Angeles youths had taken niyam of 60000 Pranams. This was completed
and reported to Maa in detail. Rajubhai read names of all the participants.
When Uma, the youngest member in Toronto's name was read, Maa called upon
her and garlanded her and asked her to sing a dhoon.
Blood donation started
in nearby school at 8:45 am. Maa visited the place and made everyone
cheerful. Some people were giving blood for the first time and were little
apprehensive. Qualified people were there to assist in this program.
Niruben from Toronto was helping with patients in measuring blood pressure
level etc. More than 200 donors showed readiness but in the end only 111
donors were allowed to give blood. Others were told to donate in future.
(Above: Place where Blood
Donation Camp was organized)
In the
hall, a
book entitled 'Sarvamangal' throwing light on activities of Sarvamangal
Charitable Trust was released. A new CD was also released. Thereafter,
Prof. Tarlaben Desai spoke about more than 30 qualities of Maa, which was
very amazing but will take too long to narrate here.
(Above: Jayshreeben Vora
releasing 'Sarvamangal')
Afternoon session was
dominated by plays from Vadodara group. All the plays were impromptu,
without much preparation. They just took 10 to 15 minutes to prepare. Wow!
In all they did 3 dramas. One was on the harmful effect of popular soft
drinks - Pepsi and coke. The play was very hilarious. In this drama two
children were selling Pepsi and coke respectively.
Other play depicted Shri
Yogeshwarji and Maa's visit to Somnath Temple in Gujarat. There, one lady
came and prostrated to Yogeshwarji with great reverence and went into the
temple but never came out. There was only one entrance open to the temple at
that time. Later, Yogeshwarji explained that the lady was none other than
Lord Somnath.
(Above: Vododara group
presenting their play)
A similar incident from
Maa's life was also narrated. When Maa along with devotees were climbing
Saptashrungi mountain, one lady came and told everybody who Maa was and
suddenly disappeared. No trace of her was found. Drama also showed how
Vasantbhai of Panama overcame his physical limitations and climbed more than
350 steps of this hill. Vasantbhai was in the audience and after the drama
recollected his experience.
There is much more to write
about but I will stop here for now.
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