PP Shri Kakamaharaj in the news

PP Shri Narayankaka Maharaj held a press conference in Chicago on Thursday Sept. 20, 2007 and informed the reporters about his efforts to spread the path of Siddhayoga to the whole world.

Desi Talk, a Chicago-based newspaper has posted an article about the same. Read the same by visiting here. Please go to the page 19 to read the full article.

Letter of appreciation

PP Shri Narayankaka Maharaj was at the Riverside (California) function during his tour and made his presence felt at the event. One of the sadhaks, Mrs. Victoria Truver, took the initiatives to make sure PP Shri Kakamaharaj was invited to attend this gathering.

Mrs. Victoria Truver aka "Vikki", got a letter from the organizers. It is as follows,

Thank you, Narayan Dhekane, for your beautiful contribution to the topics of peace and nonviolence at ICFOR's "The Other 9/11" event on Tuesday, Sept 11, 2007 at the Gandhi Statue in Riverside, CA. Just your presence, first of all, made an impact...and then your obvious experience dealing with microphones made your message so very able to be heard. You had such a gentle insistence in your "please help me with this" to get people to close their eyes, relax their bodies, and feel Mother Air going in and out of the body. This quiet experience of peace and Brotherhood was enhanced by the presence of the gentle breezes coming through the Mall at the time. Your presentation was unique in that people got to experience peace within themselves, while the rest of the Program they were mainly hearing about it through words and song.

The Inland Communities Chapter of the Fellowship of Reconciliation appreciates your participation in this event and wishes you well during your visit to the United States. May you have many opportunities to spread your important message of Peace through Sidduyoga.

Namaste,
Marilyn Sequoia and Linda Dunn
ICFOR
www.icfor.org www.forusa.org www.nonviolentpeaceforce.org

Photos from UK Trip

Here are some of the pictures from PP Shri Kakamaharaj's trip to UK. All the photos have been taken by Lalit Dandekar. Thanks to Lalit, for hosting PP Shri Kakamaharaj during his UK stay.

Note: Click on the photos to view enlarged copy.

PP Shri Kakamaharaj taking a walk in the park

Dr. Deshpande Maharaj and PP Shri Kakamaharaj in London Underground Train

Lalit Dandekar with PP Shri Kakamaharaj and Dr. Deshpande Maharaj

PP Shri Kakamaharaj giving discourse at Dnyaneshwari Mandal, London

Dr. Deshpande Maharaj and PP Shri Kakamaharaj at the Greenwich Observatory

PP Shri Kakamaharaj in discussion at RSS Shakha

More than 1000 gather at the California Kumbh Mela

PP Shri Kakamaharaj is in California these days. He was invited to attend the Kumbh Mela that gets organized every year, in Southern California, on a Sunday prior to Sept. 11. Following paragraphs have been taken from an article written by one of the sadhaks named Mrs. Victoria Truver.

The participants gathered in the parking lot of Sanatan Dharma Mandir in anticipation of the beginning of the 2007 Kumbha Mela. Intricate chariots, huge decorated temple umbrellas, and specially constructed parade floats, designed to carry the many large murtis, vied for space with cars and trucks in the parade line. Some groups had constructed special platforms to hold garlanded framed pictures of their Gurus. Sadhaks carried banners to identify their marg.

At the head of the procession Nityananda’s devotees waved a sea of white and blue pennants. Even as it prepared to begin the Kumbha Mela was already a feast of color, sound and texture.

A 12-foot green-faced Kathakali dancer on stilts swayed in the breeze that began to disperse the heat and give some relief. Two of Swami Vishwananda’s devotees dressed as butterflies seemed about to fly away on their wings of colorful multi-hued sheer fabric.

The procession slowly walked from Sanatan Dharma Temple to Excelsior High School. Traffic crawled along on Pioneer Boulevard allowing the parade to pass. Many cars stopped to view the participants and accept some of the many items of literature being handed out. Local residents stopped along the sidewalks to view the procession as it passed, ask questions and receive literature and information.

The Kumbha Mela attracted representatives from margs around the world. Swami Vishwananda arrived from Mauritius. Shri Narayan Kaka Maharaj Dhekane arranged his trip to the U.S. from Nasik, specifically to attend the Mela. His sadhaks came from all over California to attend the event and walk in the procession with him. While one dikshit held a golden ceremonial umbrella to shield him from the sun, a second carried a chair for him to rest and a third bore the garlanded framed photograph of Paramaguru H.H. Loknath Tirth. When main disciple Dr. Shamsunder Deshpande asked Swami Vishwananda to chant “Digambara Digambara” using his microphone, Swami Vishwananda walked back to the place where Kaka Maharaj waited and invited him to walk together. For the rest of the procession the two holy men walked side by side and the two margs seemed joined as one as the sadhaks blended into one group.

After 2 hours the parade finally ended on a field at the high school where a tent had been constructed to seat the swamis during the Maheshwara Pooja when traditional Respect was paid to all the Swamis of the Mela. This was followed by abhishek of all deities in the pool containing tirth waters from 5 sacred rivers.

The swamis and deities were then brought to the main area where the holy men were sequestered in an enclosed tent and the murtis were placed in a second tent for arati. Onstage the organizers of the program, Swami Nityananda, Yogesh Acharya and Vedanta Society’s Swami Sarvadevananda each spoke for 5 minutes on peace.

The All-World Gayatri Pariwar performed bhajans on stage while a 51-kund havan took place on the ground directly below. A cultural program concluded this year’s mela. While it is impossible to accurately calculate the attendance, at least 1,000 were present.

More Photos

Photos have been requested from hosts of the programs conducted till date. These will be uploaded on the blog as and when they are available.