15 August Parade at Happy home

मुंबईत 1 तारखेपासून पाणीकपात बंद

1 तारखेपासून मुंबईत 100 टक्के पाणीपुरवठा केला जाणार आहे. सण- उत्सवादरम्यान म्हणजेच सप्टेंबर महिन्यात पाणीकपात केली जाणार नाही, असा निर्णय महापालिकेनं घेतलाय. महापालिका आयुक्तांनी ही घोषणा केलीय.

सप्टेंबर महिन्यात 100 टक्के पाणीपुरवठा केल्यानंतर पाणीसाठ्याचा आढावा घेतला जाणार आहे. आणि त्यानंतर पाणीकपात सुरू करायची की नाही यावर निर्णय घेतला जाणार आहे.

Eco Friendly Ganapti Seva

Eco Friendly Ganapti painting activity is going on in full speed at various upasana centers. If you are interested in joining for seva please contact your nearest upasana Kendra. It is not necessary that everybody should be skilled or good in painting,  any one who wishes to do Seva can participate. 

AADM

I am very happy to bring to your notice of everyone of you that Aniruddha's Academy of Disaster Management was invited for the meeting organized by Mumbai Police and other concerned forces which help is managing and conducting Ganpati Utsav. I was extremely privileged to be part of this meeting.

The meeting was held at Nehru Centre, Worli in which the Joint Commissioner of Police – Traffic (Shri. Sanjay Barve), Deputy Commissioner of Police – Traffic (Shri. Solunke) and all the senior most officers of Traffic department, Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Shri. Kshirsagar) and other representatives from other arms of the Government like like the Indian Army, Life Guards, Brihan-Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Mumbai Fire Brigade, etc and major Ganpati Utsav Mandals of Mumbai city (one of them being Lalbaug Cha Raja) had participated.

The meeting was basically organized for streamlining the co-ordination between all these forces before the start of the world's largest festival (footfall wise) i.e. Ganesh Utsav and also understand the commitment of number of forces allotted by each of these forces for management of this festival.

The biggest and the most proud aspect of this meeting for Aniruddha's Academy of Disaster Management was to understand the fact that our Academy is the highest contributor in terms of forces for managing this festival. [This year we have committed 4, 000 forces (volunteers, which are called as DMVs or Disaster Management Volunteers)].

***  Background of This Preparatory Exercise ***

This festival last year (in 2009) had recorded the immersion of total 1, 87, 507 idols of Lord Ganesh (domestic and public) across the period of 11 days of the festival. This year the government authorities expect another 4 - 5 % rise in this figure. It is also observed over the years that on the day of Anant Chaturdashi more than 15 lakh people congregate at Girgaum Chowpatty in the evening (This can be equated with the population of few European countries).

It is also observed that Consul Generals and Envoys of almost 45 foreign countries attend the Immersion ceremony at Girgaum Chowpatty and hence the government intends to use this festival to project Mumbai and this festival on the globally platform to attract tourism, enhance Mumbai’s i.e. ultimately India’s image globally and showcase the discipline in the Indian masses that is displayed by them even when such large number of people congregate at a single spot which is a fact that has been acknowledged and appreciated by all the foreign Consul Generals and Envoys who visit this festival.

Following are the details that were shared during the meeting by Mumbai Police and BMC respectively:

1) Preparation by Mumbai Police

a) Control Rooms would be setup at 7 places across the city which includes prime spots like Girgaum Chowpatty, Bandra (Bada Masjid), Shivaji Park Chowpatty, etc.

b) The newly bought Sealegs and Amphibious Vehicles would be deployed for the security of the immersion ceremony from the side of sea.

c) Life Guards from various NGOs and Indian Navy would be deployed at all the immersion spots.

d) Motorboats would be put on duty at major immersion spots.

e) Online Request Management System would be launched for all the Ganpati Mandals in the city so that they can file their permission requests for erecting festival tents, stalls and hoardings online.

f) For Ganpati mandals who would want to apply for permission physically would have to download the permission requisition forms from Mumbai Police’s website.

g) Police would regulate the roads in the city on the days of immersion. Under this exercise 24 roads would be completely closed for traffic, 47 would be allowed one-way entry, 10 roads would be closed for heavy vehicles and parking would not be permitted on 40 roads.

h) All the traditional Ganpati mandals (which have completed 5 years of existence) would be given police permission without verification in-case the tents are to be constructed on same place and have area as previous years.


2) Preparation by Brihan-Mumbai Municipal Corporation

a) There are 88 spots that are marked for immersion ceremony.

b) Steel plates are to be laid on all the chowpatties which have sandy or soft surface so that movement of trolleys carrying Lord’s idol is made easy and the incidences of they getting stuck in sand is avoided.

c) First-Aid Counters and Ambulances would be kept ready at all the immersion spots.

d) Mobile Toilets would be deployed so that the surroundings are kept clean and the waste collection and disposal is done in hygienic manner.

e) Big Nirmalya Pots (Kalashs) would be erected at all the immersion spots. Compost manure would be produced from all the nirmalya (residue of flowers and other items offered to Lord) collected in these pots. The BMC has created special facilities for carrying composting of this nirmalya. This compost would then be used in Municipal gardens as manures of trees and plants.

f) Flood Lights and Search Lights would be installed at all the immersion spots for ease in research and rescue.

g) Watch Towers would be erected at all the immersion spots for ease in research and rescue and also for keeping vigilance.

h) New Twats of German Technology have been imported by the BMC from Germany, so that mass immersion of Lord’s idols can be carried out.

i) BMC would be deploying close to 500 - 600 engineers and another 600 personnel for making the festival safe and successful.

Happy Independence Day...

The National Flag (flag) is a symbol of the Nation's respect and pride. There is a liberal use of the flag on Independence Day and Republic day. There is a new trend of selling flags made up of paper and plastic, which is incorrect. With a sense of national pride, people enthusiastically buy such flags but the very next day, we find these flags being trampled upon the road, in dustbins and elsewhere. In this context, people forget that they are insulting the flag. Often, these flags are burnt along with garbage. It is the duty of every individual to maintain proper respect of the National Flag. From this point of view the following dos & donts will prove useful.

Do's and Don'ts

• Hoist the Flag at a height in a suitable manner.
• Do not let small children use the National Flag as a toy.
• Do not use or buy plastic Flags.
• Do not use paper Flags to pin up on shirt pockets, etc.
• Take care to see that the Flag does not get crumpled.
• Do not use the Flag as a banner or for decoration.
• Take care to see that the National Flag is not trampled upon or torn.
• Do not let the Flag fall on the ground.
• Do not join cloth pieces to resemble the National Flag.

1.Collect spoilt flags and respectfully dispose them by burning of or burial.

2. Circulate the information to schools by putting these dos and donts on their notice boards.

3. You can try and educate maximum number of people you come in contact with and fulfill your duty towards the motherland.

4. Form a group in order to educate people on this issue and prevent disrespect of flag.

5. Inform us about your action and send the photos, so we can post those in this section to set an example.

Ghorkashtodharan Stotra

Ghorkashtodharan Stotra Chanting Program has been arranged by Sadguru Shri Aniruddha Upasana Trust as like every year in the highly auspicious month of Shravan.

The program would be carried in two sessions. In each session the Ghorkashtodharan Stotra would be chanted for 108 times. Following are the details for the program.

Address:
Shri Krishna Hall, Jadhav Marg,
Off S S Wagh Marg,
Naigaon, Dadar (East)
Mumbai 400014,
Maharashtra.
Landmark: Opposite Chitra Cinema

Date & Timings: From 10th August 2010 to 8th September 2010.

Except Thursdays
Session - I: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Session - II: 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

For Thursdays
Session - I: 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Session - II: 4:00 pm- 7:00 pm

All the bhaktas a requested to make use of the opportunity to the fullest.

"SHREE RANACHANDIKA PRAPATTI".

This year we are going to celebrate "SHREE RANACHANDIKA PRAPATTI".
The details of this event are already published in Ramrajya book.

The dates for "SHREE RANACHANDIKA PRAPATTI" are:

1) August 16, 2010
2) August 23, 2010
3) August 30, 2010
4) September 6, 2010

“The Shreee Chandika Prapatti”. Although fully spiritual in itself, this will make of every man and every woman, a valiant soldier, a valiant human being, a valiant spiritual person.

For the women it is going to be ‘The Shreemangalchandika Prapatti’ and for the men it is going to be ‘The Shree Rannachandika Prapatti’.

The ‘Rana’ is the battlefield and both kinds of prapatti make out of men and women alike, successful and capable soldiers.

The word ‘Prapatti’ simply means ‘surrender that relieves of disaster or calamity.’
The Prapatti, be it the 'Shree managalchandika Prapatti' or the 'Shree rannachandika Prapatti', there are five aspects to it.

1.The first aspect is the Chandika Mahishasurmardini. She is the Mother of the paramatma and therefore the paramatma is forever in a state of surrender unto Her and so it follows that I too must be in surrender unto Her.
2.The second aspect and principle is to harbour and also repeatedly express the unshakable belief anchored firm in the heart that the Chandika Herself and through Her dear Son as well, will definitely protect me.
Not only should you hold on to the belief but root it firmly in your heart and express overtlythat the Chandika and Her Son, Trivikram will protect us and take care of us -the shraddhaavaan-. Hold this belief in your heart and speak it out in so many words.

3.The third one is accepting with love and faith as our refuge, the Son of the Chandika - the paramatma, whom we call Mahavishnu, Sai, Ram, Krishna or the Paramshiva; willingly choosing to live in this refuge and shelter, recalling Him to the mind with love, observing His instruction at all times and at all costs, having unconditional, singular and whole-hearted faith that He and He alone is my support my one and only support in life. This is one of the important aspects of the prapatti.

4. The fourth principle is praying that the Chandika hold usclose in Her arms and hand us over in the charge of the paramatma. Praying to Her with love to say, ‘O Mother Chandika, hold me in Your arms, hold me close and hand me over to the paramatma’

5.The fifth aspect is to offer yourself in loving surrender to the Chandika so that you keep enhancing and intensifying your bhakti and so that with Her grace you attain success and fulfillment both at the worldly and at the spiritual levels.

Shree rannachandika prapatti are both to be performed imbibing all of these five principles as values of life.

Shree rannachandika prapatti is the ‘naimittik prapatti’ or the prapatti to be offered in a prescribed form and on a certain occasion.

** ‘Shreerannachandika Naimittik prapatti’ for men. **

This may be offered on any Monday of the month of Shravan.

Who is worshipped on the Monday of the month of Shravan? The Shivashankar for one, yes sure. Who else? the other pictures that we include in the poojan ? Jeevatyaa and Narsimha.

The poojan on the Monday of the Shravan is addressed to Nrisimha.

The Nrisimha form is half lion and half man. Every man must have the firm belief that the Nrisimha is indeed the Trivikram and the Trivikram is the Nrisimha, they are one and the same.

The men offer at home their prapatti after sunset but individually and separately .

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** The procedure for men **
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1) After a bath, sit before the image of the Trivikram and when it is past sunset, recite the Shree gurukshetram mantra nine times.

2) Then recite the mantra ‘Om namashchandikaayaee’ 108 times. This mantra was born of the loud roar of the Devisinha, who is in fact the paramatma and no different from the Trivikram, the original form of the Nrisinha.
This mantra is the most eminent, the supreme one of all that gives valour to men.

3) Now placing the image of the Trivikram on the head, recite the Gurukshetram mantra nine times all over again. This will initiate and cause the very essence or core feature of the Nrisinha, i.e. of the Devisinha to flow, travel from the head through the entire body. There is no better remedy to rid of timidity and weakness.

The radiant energy of the Nrisinha enters your body and prepares and equips you to become a soldier, capable of protecting the home, the dharma and the country.
So that is how the Shree rannachandika prapatti makes of the man, a protecting soldier of the family, the dharma and the country.

4) Then Offer the Trivikram, a naivedya of a banana along with a mixture of curds and sugar. The banana and the curds (with sugar) are to be offered in separate bowls, do not mix in the two. The one offering the prapatti will eat a spoonful of the curds (mixed with sugar).

5) Give the banana as Prasad, to both the men and the women in the family. Now come back and sit before the Trivikram and eat all of the remaining curds looking at the Trivikram all along as you do so. Curds enhances the oj (valour) (ओज ).
The oj of the Trivikram, that is received in the form of vibrations, is absorbed or taken in, in the form of curds.

6) Then offer fragrant flowers to the Trivikram and then offer the lotangan. (लोटांगण) .The flowers come right at the end, if you noticed! Flowers are meant to express gratitude, to thank.

•Any man above the age of sixteen can do the prapatti.

** Remember the Shree rannachandika prapatti is not to be done in a group; it has got to be done individually, all by yourself.

The prapatti can make of men and women alike, valiant soldiers apart from making them the protector- bodyguards at least of their family. When every single family is protected, it follows that the nation is and so is the dharma.

The Shree rannachandika prapatti will enhance the purushartha, the valour and their power as men.

!! Avadhoot Chintan Shri Gurudev dutta !!
!! Shri Chandika Mata ki Jai !!
!! Ramrajya Suswagatam !!

!! Hari Om !!