Celebrations at Shanti Mandir, Magod
Dec 24, 2003 to Jan 1, 2004
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Sant Poojan by Mukhya Yajman       
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Shravanam! (means to listen with rapt attention)       M M Swami Vishveshwaranandji
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Sadhus, Brahmins and house holders eagerly listen!     
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   Sudama's sons very hungry, with nothing to eat! Lord Krishna & Rukmini at Dwarka   
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Richa as Rukmini and Yatharth as Lord    Angad as Sudama   
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Lord Krishna welcomes his friend Lord washing the feet of Sudama   
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Lord Krishna doing aarati to his school mate Sudama Krishna snatches the flat rice which poor Sudama was hesitant to offer after seeing the richness of his friend, Krishna
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When Sudama returned home, his poverty had gone. He found his hut changed to palace, wife with ornaments and children in silk clothes!!  Sanskrit scholar Keshavanand and actors.
The drama was performed in Sanskrit
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On culmination of Bhagavat, poojan of Maharajji and Swamiji
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    Mr. & Mrs. Prajapati, the mukhya yajman and Mr. & Mrs. Tushar Desai, trustee of Shanti Mandir with Swamiji A Brahmin who is respecting the traditional dress, keeping Shika, Tripund on forehead, was honoured to encourage other brahmins to follow the scriptural mandates
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    Pothi Visarjan Yatra  
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    Yajmans carried the Pothi on their heads & brought to Panchdev Mandir   
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Darshan
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