Chinmaya Mission Jaipur organised a two-day program to celebrate 99th birthday of Poojya Gurudev on 8th and 9th May 2015. It also marked the beginning of Birth Centenary Year.
On 8th May, 2015 Paduka Poojan and Bhajans were arranged at local centre at Bani Park. Most of the Committee members along with other devotees participated in Paduka Poojan. Swaranjali Group then presented melodious bhajans followed by tea and snacks for all.
On 9th May, 2015 a two-hour seminar on ‘Bhartiya Darshan mein Advait Darshan ka Sthan’ was organised at local Rotary Bhawan at Church Road. Shastri Kosalendra Das, a young Assistant Professor in Philosophy Department of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya Sanskrit University, Jaipur was the main speaker. He spoke in detail about the vitals of Advait Darshan and contribution of Bhgwan Sankaracarya. Prof. R. P. Sharma, HOD of Philosophy Department of Rajasthan University was the chief Guest on the occasion and explained the Pravratti and Nivratti margs. Along with them two other scholars Shari Kalanath Shastri Ji from Jaipur and Shri Shrivats Goswami from Vrindavan also graced the dais. Br. Visharad Chaitanya from Chinmaya Mission Rajasthan, was also present on the occasion and in fact under his guidance only the whole program was organised.
After garlanding and lighting of lamp a brief introduction on life of Poojya Gurudev and Chinmaya Mission was given. Then one by one, all guests spoke about the significance of Advait Darshan in Indian Philosophies. Br. Visharad Chaitanya then informed the contribution of Poojya Gurudev in the field of Advait Darshan.
Program ended with distribution of prasadam for all devotees present.
Report by Malti Gupta