OM Namah Shivay

Secretary’s Report for the Year 2008- 09

 It is my pleasure to welcome you all once again to the Annual Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Samaj being held at Anandpuri Ashram, Chilianaula during the Autumn Navratri. With the blessings of Babaji and continued guidance of our Chairman Shree Munirajji another Samaj year has concluded in peace.

As usual I would like share with you my report of the main events for the past year as follows:

Autumn Navratri was celebrated from September 30th to 8th October, 2008 in Chilianaula, to invoke the blessings of Mother Durga in all Her nine forms. The preparations had a late start because of the rains and late arrival of karma yogis. However the much needed energy was provided by the arrival of Munirajji and the work got moving in the right speed and the normal annual upkeep of cleaning and painting of the ashram and temple areas got completed in time for the celebrations. Mention must be made of our ever dependable Pratibha, Indra, Neelam and Chamkua for shouldering the brunt of the work; however they were later ably supported by Nirmala, Kamaksha and Angela. Prem Das from Italy and his group of workers must be given special thanks for having worked hard for almost a year to prepare the new Babaji Kutir.

The attendance of our devotees from abroad was a little thin this year; it was only 170 from 30 countries as compared to over 300 the previous year. A large number of Indian devotees were also present. The daily rituals started as usual from early morning with Paduka puja and chandan in Babaji’s Kutir, small havan in Munirajji’s dhuni, morning aarti, Baba’s paduka puja, Mother’s puja, reading of the Saptasati and followed by the main Havan. Bhandaras were a big event sponsored each day by different countries or individuals. Devi Bhagvatam was read by Shastriji every evening followed by evening aarti and bhajans.

An added attraction of the Navratri is the Panchakarma therapy for our devotees. Many devotees now join the therapy and even stay on after the Navratri to complete the course.

I would like to extend my thanks to all the devotees for participating in this great event and particularly to all the karmayoginis and karmayogis for their hard work and energy and also to Harish Singh and his team of staff for their dedicated work to make this big event a big success.

The Annual Meeting of the Executive Committee and the Annual General Body Meeting of the Samaj were held in Chilianaula on 3^rd & 6^th October,08 respectively, proceedings of which have been reported separately.

Shree Babaji’s Paduka visited Punjab in the first week of December with Shree Munirajji leading a team of devotees. The function was as usual hosted by Shree Sushil Khanna and his family and other devotees. Mehtaji and his group of dedicated workers took care of all the needs of the visiting devotees and in making the function a grand success for the hundreds of devotees present. Our big thanks go to the Khannas for their kind hospitality.

Christmas was celebrated in Haidakhan on 24^th & 25^th December 08, under the guidance of Shree Munirajji. This year the celebration was held on a low key and no function could be arranged because not many devotees were present. However on the 25^th the traditional havan was performed led by Munirajji, followed by distribution of Prasad bags to the children and a big bhandara for the local crowd.

Makar Sankranti was celebrated in Haidakhan on 14^th January, 09 as usual with a whole night Kirtan in the Mahashakti dhuni on the 13^th night and followed by early morning bath in Gautami Ganga, havan and bhandara. Shree Babaji’s Mahasamadhi divas were observed on 7^th February, 09 in Haidakhan with usual puja and havan.

Maha Shiva Ratri was celebrated at our Manda ashram on 23^rd &24^th March 09 with the usual devotion and spiritual fervor of the occasion. Shree Munirajji accompanied Shree Babaji’s padukas and arrived a day ahead along with a number of devotees who had come with him. On Shivaratri day the rituals started with Munirajji giving chandan in Babaji’s Kutir followed by aarti, reading of Saptasati and Havan and bhandara. In the evening after the normal temple aarti, a special Paduka puja was performed with a lamp stand having 108 lights. The main puja was performed through the night with Abhiskek to The Lingam and Rudri path. The following day Shree Pakuas visited the home of Late Raman Bhai, an old time devotee of Babaji, for puja and havan organized by the family members. Our grateful thanks go to Palluji and Yogendra Bhai and the devotees from Mumbai for organizing this beautiful function since the time of Babaji.

Chaitra (spring) Navratri was celebrated in Haidakhan 27^th March to 3^rd April 09. The Ashram was full to its capacity with over 250 devotees from abroad, representing 23 countries and about 200 Babaji devotees from India.

Paduka puja was performed by Munirajji and a few devotees in Babaji’s Kutir followed by chandan by Shree Munirajji to about 25 devotees and continued thereafter by Pujari from Holland. This year effort was made that devotees receive chandan at least once from Munirajji. Thereafter the usual programme of Aarti, Paduka puja, Devi puja and Saptasati path were performed. Padukas then were taken to the Gufa side for puja in the nine temples and havan. Bhandara each day was a sumptuous affair sponsored by different countries and well managed by Sandeep and his team of karma yogis. In the evenings Shastriji recited from the Devi Bhagvatam and followed by aarti and bhajans. It was a great function to invoke the blessings of the Mother.

Guru Purnima this year was celebrated in Chilianaula on Tuesday 7^th July 09 as usual with great devotion to our Supreme Guru Shree Babaji with full rituals. The preparations were underway well ahead of the date by the ashramites the lead being taken by Pratibha, Totapuri and few others. Many Indian devotees with their families arrived for the function with a small number of foreign devotees, as a major number of devotees attend the Guru Purnima function organized in Europe and America.

Shree Munirajji started the function with Paduka puja and chandan in Babaji’s Kutir. After the normal temple aarti, Abhiskek was performed by male devotees

to Babaji’s murti in the temple followed by Paduka puja by Shree Munirajji . Thereafter all the devotees performed the whole ritual of performing guru puja to Shree Munirajji.

The highlight of this year’s Guru Purnima was the formal inauguration of the new Kutir dedicated to Shree Babaji. The process had started with an all night

Vigil and reading from the Sadashiv Charitamrit which was performed by most of the devotees. On Gurupurnima day Sri Munirajji performed a special Puja in the main hall of the Kutir. Thereafter Kirtan and bhajans were sang in a joyous and blissful mood.  

This year Gurupurnima was celebrated from 2^nd to 7^th July at the Schweibenalp Ashram in Switzerland. It was a big function attended by over 250 devotees from Europe, U S A, Australia and India. The lone Indian representing the Indian Samaj was your General Secretary. The main hotel building was full to its capacity and devotees found place in tents and caravans and some devotees were accommodated in a separate guest house. The morning Paduka Puja was performed in the temple which is now situated in the Chalet occupied by Sunder Singh and his family. Thereafter chandan was given by Hargovind Baba in the old Havan Tent .The main aarti were held in another big tent separate room the main building. It was a joyous occasion and celebrated with great devotion and harmony to Sree Babaji.

Munirajji’s80th Birthday   was celebrated in Haldwani on 16^th July 2009. A well decorated a large box has been made ready for devotees to put in their birthday donations which was handed over to Sri Munirajji as a present from his devotees. Sri Munirajji also cut a big cake specially arranged for the occasion and all the devotees present there received a piece of the same as Prasad. This was followed by sumptuous Bhandara which is offered by Sri Munirajji to all his devotees.

Parthiv Puja -  this year was performed in Chilianaula from 30^th July to 5^th August 2009. This is a special puja performed during the month Shravan offered to Shiva in the form of Lingams. Parthiv puja is being performed in Haidakhan since the time of Babaji and now also being introduced in Chilianaula as Sri Munirajji for the convenience of devotees. This year lingam puja this year was offered to about 25,000 lingams each day and the final day the figure of 1, 25,000 were achieved.

Reports of the activities of Shree Haidakhan Charitable Hospital and Bole Baba Ayurvedic Hospital are being placed separately.

Before concluding I offer my thanks to our Chairman Shree Munirajji for his valuable guidance and to the members for their support and cooperation and also to the members of the staff of our Hospitals and Ashrams for their valuable service in making this a successful Samaj year.

Bhole Baba Ki Jai

Alok Banerjee

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