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Janmotsav Celebrations Across India

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Guruji’s Janmotsav celebrations at YSS Ranchi ashram starts with a Guru puja…
including a yajna by the YSS monastics.
Devotees join in bhajan led by Brahmachari Shankarananda.
Around 9,000 devotees partake of prasad during the bhandara.

Ariel view of the ashram maidan during the bhandara.
Swami Sadananda leads the prayer before the distribution of food to the residents of Nirmala Leprosy Colony, Ranchi.
Brahmachari Narayanananda serves food to the residents of Nirmala Leprosy Colony, Ranchi.
Monastics and devotee volunteers serve food to the residents of Indira Leprosy Colony, Ranchi.

Swami Shreyananda distributes blankets to the residents of a village in Johna, Ranchi.
Blanket distribution by devotee volunteers at Indira Leprosy Colony, Ranchi.
Garden Vedi is decorated with lights, during the Janmotsav celebrations at Yogoda Satsanga Sakha Ashram, Noida.
Swami Adyananda delivers an inspirational talk during Janmotsav celebrations.

Devotees from the NCR region came to the Noida ashram to participate in Janmotsav celebration
YSS sannyasi and devotee volunteers serve bhandara prasad during Narayan Seva, Noida.
Swamis Ishwarananda, Lalitananda, and Adyananda display the first copy of the newly released Hindi edition of YSS Lessons on the Janmotsav day.
Swami Lalitananda and…

Swami Swarupananda distribute prasad after the Janmotsav programme.
Swami Adyananda performs aarti at Gurugram Kendra.
Swami Ameyananda addresses the children of the YSS Dwarahat school during a special programme for Janmotsav.
The school children join in a brief period of meditation…

followed by pushpanjali.
Special food is served to the children on the sacred day.
Swami Nityananda distributes prasad to the children.
Swami Dhairyananda leads a commemorative meditation at the YSS Dwarahat Ashram.

YSS Dakshineswar Ashram is decorated for a five-day Janmotsav programme.
Swami Shraddhananda gives the opening satsanga during the programme.
A section of devotees attending the programme.
Prabhat feri, Dakshineswar.

Devotees partake of prasad during the bhandara.
Swami Achyutananda sings Cosmic Chants and devotional sankirtan.
Swami Madhavananda distributes prasad at the close of the programme.
Devotees come together for a special commemorative function, Serampore.

Brahmachari Sahajananda leads the Energization Exercises at Dihika, West Bengal.
Swami Kedarananda and Brahmachari Nirliptananda, during prabhat feri around Garpar, Kolkata.
Swami Suddhananda serves prasad during a special function at Yogoda Satsanga Dhyana Kendra – Tellary, West Bengal.
Prabhat feri, Tellary…

Jammu, and…
Hubli, and…
Bengaluru.
Special charitable activities are carried out during Janmotsav celebrations by devotees at Amalapuram, Andhra Pradesh,…

Hyderabad, Telangana, and…
Sant Kabir Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
Devotees of Dehradun Kendra watch the documentary: “Awake: The Life of Yogananda” as a part of their Janmotsav celebrations.
Swami Smaranananda delivers an inspirational talk at YSS Bengaluru Kendra.

Devotees gather in groups to celebrate Janmotsav at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh…
Hassan, Karnataka, and…
Hubli, Karnataka.
Special group meditations are conducted as a part of Janmotsav celebrations at Kullu, Himachal Pradesh…

Dharwad, Karnataka….
Mumbai, Maharashtra…
Hyderabad, Telangana, and…
Kannur, Kerala.

Group photo of joyous devotees at Mysuru, Karnataka,…
Siliguri, West Bengal,…
Kolhapur, Maharashtra, and…
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.

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