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Social and Spiritual Achivements of HDH Pramukh Swami Maharaj
1 January - 31 December 1999

With Lord Harikrishna Maharaj before the pyramids and sphinx of Giza. 1 Sept 99

Travels

  • India: Over 125 city, town and village visits
  • South Africa: Lenasia, Johannesburg, Durban
  • Botswana: Gabarone
  • Zambia: Lusaka
  • Malawi: Blantyre, Lilongwe
  • Zimbabwe: Harare
  • Kenya: Nairobi, Mombasa, Eldoret, Kakamega, Kisumu, Chowakali, Kericho, Nakuru
  • Egypt: Cairo
  • Israel: Tel Aviv, Bethlehem, Jerusalem
  • Tanzania: Dar-es-Salaam, Mwanza
  • Uganda: Kampala, Jinja, Tororo
Performing Murti Pratishtha ceremony of Akshar Purushottam Maharaj, Bhatiel, 6 Dec 99

Murti Pratishthas


India:

  • Hari Mandirs: Zarola, Sabarmati (Amdavad), Vachhra, Kadodara, Mandvi (Surat), Bajipura (Surat), Galonda (Surat), Nani Tambadi (Silvassa), Visavadar, Vaso, Kailashpuri Laat, Mahudha, Padgol, Bhatiel, Kavitha.
  • Shikharbaddha Mandirs: Mahelav (22-1-99), Kosamba (Tithal, Dist. Valsad; 28-6-99)

Abroad:

  • Hari Mandirs: Durban (South Africa), Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania), Kampala (Uganda), Jinja (Uganda), Nakuru (Kenya).
  • Shikharbaddh Mandir: Nairobi (Kenya; 29-8-99)

Total: 20 hari mandirs; 3 shikharbaddh mandirs.

Performing Vedic rites for Bhagwat diksha, initiation into saffron order, Vasad, 15 Dec 99

Dikshas

  • 28-7-99 : 9 youths given parshad diksha.
  • 15-12-99 : 35 youths given sadhu diksha.
    11 youths given parshad diksha.
Placing a flower offered to Harikrishna Maharaj in a recess of the Wailing Wall and with the Shanti Path, the Swaminarayan dhun was chanted for the good of all. 5 Sept 99

Major Celebrations

  • Special ceremonies honouring Harikrishna Maharaj at Badalpur, Vidyanagar, Himatnagar, Sarangpur, Navsari, Kosamba, Silvassa, Mumbai, Nadiad, Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dar-es-Salaam, Eldoret, Kisumu, Bhuj, Anjar, Gandhidham, Junagadh, Shahpur, Bharuch, Surat.
  • Uttarayan festival at Amdavad - Over 17,000 devotees attended (14-1-99)
  • Fuldol Festival at Sarangpur - Over 50,000 devotees attended (2-3-99)
  • Shri Hari Jayanti celebrations at Bhuj (25-3-99)
  • 50th Pramukh Varni Day at Mumbai (17-6-99)
  • Guru Purnima at Bochasan (28-7-99)
  • Sharad Purnima at Gondal (24-10-99)
  • Annakut festival at Gondal (8-11-99)
The devotees danced with joy as they approached Swamishri, Fuldol, Sarangpur, 2 March, 99

Special Highlights

  • Tribal Villagers' Assembly at Khedbrahma (23-2-99)
  • 'Divya Sannidhi Parva' at Sankari - attended by over 700 children's, youth and women's activities coordinators (22-4-99 to 28-4-99)
  • Tribal Villagers' Assembly at Dharampur - over 8000 tribals attended
    (3-5-99)
  • Meeting with President of Botswana, (5-8-99)
  • Meeting with Daniel Arap Moi, Prme Minister of Kenya, in Nairobi
    (26-8-99)
  • Visit to birthplace of Jesus Christ in Bethelehem (4-9-99)
  • Meeting with Rabbi Lau and Rabbi Bakshi, in Tel Aviv (5-9-99)
  • Visit to the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem (5-9-99)
  • Meeting with former Israeli Prime Minister, Shimon Peres, in Tel Aviv
    (6-9-99)
  • ll World Religions Assembly in Mombasa (12-9-99)
Ground-breaking ceremony of a new hostel, Surat.

Inaugurated

  • Performed ground-breaking ceremony for Hari Mandirs at Padgol (23-1-99); Tajpur (11-3-99); Limdi (12-3-99); Dabhasi (30-3-99); Dumas (18-4-99)
  • 'Pramukh Swami Sarvoday Vidyalay' at Badalpur
    (30-1-99)
  • 'Pramukh Swami Computer Institute' at Vidyanagar
    (29-3-99)
  • Ground-breaking ceremony for new students hostel in Surat (17-4-99)
  • Bhumi Pujan for Akshardham in Mumbai (13-5-99)
  • 'Glorious India' exhibition in Nairobi Mandir (26-8-99)
  • Premier Academy Primary School in Nairobi (26-8-99)

 
© 1999, Bochasanwasi Shree Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha, Swaminarayan Aksharpith