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Celebrating the 125th Holy Advent Year of Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra
The 125th holy advent year of Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra – the founder of Satsang has been solemnized with great éclat at Satsang Vihar, Shillong, on the 30th of June 2013. Satsang Vihar is an organization dedicated to achieving wellbeing for individuals with their environments. Throughout the day, there were various programmes held which included a free medical camp organized at the premises of the Sishu Mandir Secondary School in the Bishnupur locality of the city. All this was done in commemoration of the holy birth anniversary celebration. Through the presence of multi specialty doctors with free spot BMD tests, blood and urine acid tests along with dental and eye check ups, more than 800 people who attended the free medical camp were benefited.As in previous years, fruits and sweets, besides biscuits were distributed to the orphanages, old age homes and also homes for the visually disabled. Devotees from different places congregated to participate in the auspicious occasion and to offer a congregational prayer.
Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra, as an ideological figurehead, had mobilized a grand socio – spiritual movement which can be considered to be an excellent demonstration of universal brotherhood. People from across the globe, cutting across the so – called divisive ethnic and religious lines gathered at the feet of Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra. It has been said that Sri Sri Thakur is such a great man of our time whom people in distress look for again and again in all periods of their lives.
Thousands of women joined the ‘mati sammelan’ (congregation of mothers) where the role of mothers (women) in the formation of an ideal race was discussed based on the philosophy of Sri Sri Thakur.
There was also the distribution of ‘prasad’ at annand Bazar (common kitchen) which started from 11.30 am onwards. To deal with the rush of devotees while distributing the ‘prasad’, two distribution points were set up o the day, one at the premises of Srimata Sankadev Kristri Kendra and the other at Satsang Vihar itself. Prizes for the winners of the games which were organized as part of the celebration were also handed out at the Devakumar memorial hall at Bishnupur where a general meeting was also held later in the afternoon. Discourses on the divine life and ideology of Sri Sri Thakur towards the fulfillment of the needs of humanity were also held during which the appointed speakers said that Sri Sri Thakur is the best fulfiller of the age. He fulfilled the being and becoming of all – both individually and collectively. It was also stated that people from different sects, cults and religious faiths came to him and found fulfillment, a new inspiration and fresh momentum to follow their own traditional culture and prophets. As such, it was stated that Sri Sri Thakur was the embodiment of universal love.
This discourse was followed by the evening prayer session wherein thousands of devotees prayed together and read the divine messages of Sri Sri Thakur in different languages. The cultural programme which followed attracted a sizeable audience who were spellbound by the performances of the artists.
Satsang is a charitable, philanthropic institution of world repute. Satsang aims at achieving perfection in each individual life by establishing a meaningful coordination of the ideal self and environment wherein the consummation of ‘Dharma’ lies. Sri Sri Thakur has a profound message for all which reads – ‘Oh! Mankind! If you desire to invoke your good, forget sectarian conflict. Be regardful to all past prophets, be attached to your living master or God and take those who love Him as your own because all the past prophets are consummated in the divine man of the present’.
